Winery Sunstone - Reserve Merlot

Winery SunstoneReserve Merlot

4.2
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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 Merlot of Winery Sunstone is a red wine from the region of Santa Ynez Valley of California.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful.
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or lamb.

Taste structure of the Reserve Merlot from the Winery Sunstone

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Reserve Merlot of Winery Sunstone in the region of California is a powerful.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with spices taste

eucalyptus

On the nose the Reserve Merlot of Winery Sunstone in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Sunstone's Reserve Merlot.

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

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

Last vintages of this wine

Reserve Merlot - 2018
In the top 100 of of Santa Ynez Valley wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Reserve Merlot - 2016
In the top 100 of of Santa Ynez Valley wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Reserve Merlot - 2014
In the top 100 of of Santa Ynez Valley wines
Average rating: 411110
Reserve Merlot - 2012
In the top 100 of of Santa Ynez Valley wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Reserve Merlot - 2011
In the top 100 of of Santa Ynez Valley wines
Average rating: 4.111110

The best vintages of Reserve Merlot from Winery Sunstone are 2016, 2012, 2018, 2011 and 2014.

Informations about the Winery Sunstone

The winery offers 60 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Santa Ynez Valley in the region of California
Find the Winery Sunstone on Twitter

The Winery Sunstone is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 58 wines for sale in the of Santa Ynez Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine California
In the top 9500 of of United States wines
In the top 1000 of of Santa Ynez Valley wines
In the top 35000 of red wines
In the top 55000 wines of the world

The wine region of Santa Ynez Valley

The wine region of Santa Ynez Valley is located in the region of Santa Barbara County of California of United States. We currently count 227 estates and châteaux in the of Santa Ynez Valley, producing 839 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Santa Ynez Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes .


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.

News related to this wine

The Rully appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Rully appellation. Here the vineyard is planted on different hills which have very different gelogicial characteristics. It partly explains the great diversity in the expression of the Rully wines. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (February 20 ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Saint-Gengoux-Le-National

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-Saint-Gengoux-Le-National, 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://twitte ...

The Rully appellation seen by Felix Debavelaere

Felix Debavelaere, from Domaine Rois Mages mentions the different personnalities of the Rully appellation. It is not easy to put it in a single box, not only because it can be produced in red and white but also because the wines can show different characters according to where the vines are planted. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (February 2021). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bourgo ...

The word of the wine: Maturing (champagne)

After riddling, the bottles are stored on "point", upside down, with the neck of one bottle in the bottom of the other. The duration of this maturation is very important: in contact with the dead yeasts, the wine takes on subtle aromas and gains in roundness and fatness. A brut without year must remain at least 15 months in the cellar after bottling, a vintage 36 months.

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