Winery Mark WestSanta Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir
Red wine
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Pinot Noir.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or veal.
Taste structure of the Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir from the Winery Mark West
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir of Winery Mark West in the region of California is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir of Winery Mark West in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or spices.
Food and wine pairings with Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir
Pairings that work perfectly with Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir
Original food and wine pairings with Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir
The Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir of Winery Mark West matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of couscous without couscous maker, osso bucco of veal or festive chinese fondue.
Details and technical informations about Winery Mark West's Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir.
Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir
Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir from Winery Mark West are 2008, 2017, 2010, 2015 and 2014.
Informations about the Winery Mark West
The Winery Mark West is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 10 wines for sale in the of Santa Lucia Highlands to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Santa Lucia Highlands
Narrow AVA on the western slope of the Salinas Valley in Monterey (1992, ~5,000 ac): signature dominant Pinot Noir as king red (3,400 ac) — refined, taut reds with red fruits, silky and spicy, saline freshness. Chardonnay (2,100 ac) as a lively, mineral king white with notes of citrus and stone fruits. Syrah in warmer sheltered canyons, fleshy and peppery. Daily fogs from Monterey Bay lengthen the season, a premium fresh Burgundian and Rhone identity.
The wine region of California
Powerful, sunny reds: dense Napa Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, chocolate, tobacco, ample tannins), spicy, jammy Zinfandel from the Sierra Foothills, silky red-fruited Pinot Noir on the cool coast (Sonoma, Russian River, Central Coast). Opulent, buttery Chardonnay, notes of yellow fruit and vanilla. Varied climate, from the hot interior to the Pacific-cooled coast. 80% of US production, 139 AVAs including Napa (1st AVA, 1981).
The word of the wine: Courgée
Name of the fruiting branch left after pruning and which is then arched along the trellis in the Jura (in the Mâconnais, it is called the tail).
