The Winery Pierce of Monterey County of California

Winery Pierce - Albariño
The winery offers 24 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 389 of the estates of California.
It is located in Monterey County in the region of California

The Winery Pierce is one of the best wineries to follow in Monterey County.. It offers 24 wines for sale in of Monterey County to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Pierce wines

Looking for the best Winery Pierce wines in Monterey County among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Pierce 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 Pierce wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Pierce

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Pierce

How Winery Pierce wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of stuffed eggplant (with vegetables or mixed), salt crusted sea bass or blanquette of the sea.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Pierce

On the nose the white wine of Winery Pierce. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or tropical fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Pierce

  • 2016With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Albariño
  • Verdelho

Discovering the wine region of Monterey County

The wine region of Monterey County is located in the region of Central Coast of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Bernardus or the Domaine Scar Of The Sea produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Monterey County are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Monterey County often reveals types of flavors of cherry, mint or mocha and sometimes also flavors of black currant, chocolate or nutmeg.

In the mouth of Monterey County is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 320 estates and châteaux in the of Monterey County, producing 578 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Monterey County go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian.

The top red wines of Winery Pierce

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Pierce

How Winery Pierce wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of puchero, leg or shoulder of lamb with honey and thyme or rack of lamb with herbs.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Pierce

On the nose the red wine of Winery Pierce. often reveals types of flavors of oak, black fruit or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of earth, non oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Pierce. is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Pierce

  • 2011With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Petite Sirah
  • Tempranillo
  • Touriga Nacional
  • Graciano
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache

Discover the grape variety: Albarino

It is a Spanish variety, in Galicia to be precise, with its cradle in the Rias Baixas area, around Pontevedra and up to Orense. It would be a close relative of the Loureiro. Widely cultivated in Portugal, ... in France, it is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Pierce

Planning a wine route in the of Monterey County? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Pierce.

Discover the grape variety: Tempranillo

The black Tempranillo is a grape variety native to Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium-sized bunches and medium-sized grapes. The black Tempranillo can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Pierce and wines from the region

Californian Pinot Noir pioneer Josh Jensen passes away

Josh Jensen was famed for producing elegant, silky Pinot Noirs at Calera Wine Company on the Central Coast.  Leading wine critic Robert Parker Jr once described Calera – the company that Jensen founded in 1971 – as ‘California’s Romanée-Conti.’ Jensen completed undergraduate studies at Yale, but his love of fine wine blossomed while completing an MA in social anthropology at Oxford University in the UK. He was a key member of the rowing crew at both universities, but he still found time to devel ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Warmer climate to boost UK wine production, says study

Higher growing season temperatures over the next 20 years are likely to further increase the UK’s potential for wine production, according to new modelling on ‘near-term’ climate change impact on the sector. Yet wineries also need flexibility to adapt to challenges, said the study, published in the Oeno One journal and part of a wider project on climate resilience in UK wine. Conditions seen in the excellent 2018 vintage are set to become more common in several areas, including East ...

The word of the wine: Dress

Visual aspect of the wine. The colour is defined by its intensity, clarity, brilliance and colour, which indicate the level of evolution of the wine, thus giving an indication of its vintage.