Winery Mer Soleil - Reserve Chardonnay

Winery Mer SoleilReserve Chardonnay

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Reserve Chardonnay of Winery Mer Soleil is a white wine from the region of Santa Lucia Highlands of California.
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Chardonnay.
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or poultry.
The Reserve Chardonnay of the Winery Mer Soleil is in the top 10 of wines of Santa Lucia Highlands.

Taste structure of the Reserve Chardonnay from the Winery Mer Soleil

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Reserve Chardonnay of Winery Mer Soleil in the region of California is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

butter, oak

Wine with microbio taste

cream, banana

Wine with spices taste

cinnamon, pepper

Wine with earth taste

honey, stone

Wine with vegetal taste

chard, straw

Wine with floral taste

honeysuckle, jasmine

On the nose the Reserve Chardonnay of Winery Mer Soleil in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, baked apple or microbio and sometimes also flavors of earth, non oak or toasted almonds.

Details and technical informations about Winery Mer Soleil's Reserve Chardonnay.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

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.

Last vintages of this wine

Reserve Chardonnay - 2018
In the top 10 of of Santa Lucia Highlands wines
Average rating: 411110
Reserve Chardonnay - 2017
In the top 10 of of Santa Lucia Highlands wines
Average rating: 411110
Reserve Chardonnay - 2016
In the top 10 of of Santa Lucia Highlands wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Reserve Chardonnay - 2015
In the top 10 of of Santa Lucia Highlands wines
Average rating: 411110
Reserve Chardonnay - 2014
In the top 10 of of Santa Lucia Highlands wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Reserve Chardonnay - 2013
In the top 10 of of Santa Lucia Highlands wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Reserve Chardonnay - 2012
In the top 10 of of Santa Lucia Highlands wines
Average rating: 4.111110

The best vintages of Reserve Chardonnay from Winery Mer Soleil are 1990, 2007, 2008, 2016 and 2014.

Informations about the Winery Mer Soleil

The winery offers 8 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.
This winery is part of the Wagner Family of Wine.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Santa Lucia Highlands in the region of California

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

Top wine California
In the top 4500 of of United States wines
In the top 15 of of Santa Lucia Highlands wines
In the top 3000 of white wines
In the top 20000 wines of the world

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.


The wine region of California

California is the largest and most important wine region in the United States. It represents the southern two-thirds (850 miles or 1,370 kilometers) of the country's west coast. (Oregon and Washington make up the rest. ) The state also spans nearly 10 degrees of latitude.

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