The Winery Mer Soleil of Santa Lucia Highlands of California

Winery Mer Soleil
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
This estate is part of the Wagner Family of Wine.
It is ranked in the top 14 of the estates of California.
It is located in Santa Lucia Highlands in the region of California

The Winery Mer Soleil is one of the world's great estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Santa Lucia Highlands to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Mer Soleil wines

Looking for the best Winery Mer Soleil wines in Santa Lucia Highlands among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Mer Soleil wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Mer Soleil wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Mer Soleil

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Mer Soleil

How Winery Mer Soleil wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of baked pork chops, congolese pondu or ham and comté quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Mer Soleil

On the nose the white wine of Winery Mer Soleil. often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, baked apple or microbio and sometimes also flavors of earth, non oak or toasted almonds. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Mer Soleil. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Mer Soleil

  • 2004With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1990With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.13/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Mer Soleil.

  • Chardonnay

Discovering the wine region of Santa Lucia Highlands

The wine region of Santa Lucia Highlands is located in the region of Monterey County of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Kosta Browne or the Domaine Peter Michael produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Santa Lucia Highlands are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Gewurztraminer, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Santa Lucia Highlands often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, rhubarb or graphite and sometimes also flavors of boysenberries, cedar or chalk.

In the mouth of Santa Lucia Highlands is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 248 estates and châteaux in the of Santa Lucia Highlands, producing 560 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Santa Lucia Highlands go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).

The top sweet wines of Winery Mer Soleil

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Mer Soleil

How Winery Mer Soleil wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, pork or shellfish such as recipes of cannelloni with salmon and spinach, pizza calzone with ham and mushrooms or linguine with shrimp and spicy tomato sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Mer Soleil

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Mer Soleil. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Mer Soleil

  • 2006With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2002With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2004With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Mer Soleil.

  • Chardonnay
  • Viognier

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.

The top red wines of Winery Mer Soleil

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Mer Soleil

How Winery Mer Soleil wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of meat and goat pie, osso buco or cassoulet of yesteryear.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Mer Soleil

On the nose the red wine of Winery Mer Soleil. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Mer Soleil. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Mer Soleil

  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Mer Soleil.

  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Shine

Character of a wine that reflects light with brilliance. The brilliance is enhanced when the wine is decanted.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Mer Soleil

Planning a wine route in the of Santa Lucia Highlands? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Mer Soleil.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

News about Winery Mer Soleil and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Milly-Lamartine

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Milly-Lamartine, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bour ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Prissé

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Prissé, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWine ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Bray

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Bray, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/ ...

The word of the wine: Shine

Character of a wine that reflects light with brilliance. The brilliance is enhanced when the wine is decanted.