The Winery Mercier of Mendocino of California

Winery Mercier - Fox Hill Blend
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 36 of the estates of California.
It is located in Mendocino in the region of California

The Winery Mercier is one of the world's great estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Mendocino to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Mercier wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Mercier

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Mercier

How Winery Mercier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of beer goulash, leg of lamb in a casserole or calf sweetbread with mushrooms.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Mercier

  • 2005With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Zinfandel

Discovering the wine region of Mendocino

The wine region of Mendocino is located in the region of Mendocino County of California of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Las Jaras Wines or the Domaine Anthill Farms produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Mendocino are Zinfandel, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Mendocino often reveals types of flavors of cherry, butter or guava and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, tree fruit or citrus fruit.

In the mouth of Mendocino is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 204 estates and châteaux in the of Mendocino, producing 434 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Mendocino go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or veal.

The top white wines of Winery Mercier

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Mercier

How Winery Mercier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of scallop mousse, light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream) or bricks fig ham goat.

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Zinfandel

From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Mercier

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

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.

News about Winery Mercier and wines from the region

‘Space vines’ trial on-track, says team who put Petrus in orbit

Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon ‘space vines’ that were fired into orbit alongside bottles of Petrus 2000 have been nurtured alongside their ‘daughter’ plants in western France, said researchers in an update on the project. ‘The first “space grapes” are now visible on the canes just a few months after the replanting phase that occurred in February 2022,’ said Space Cargo Unlimited, the start-up leading the project. A total of 320 vine canes spent more than a year on the Int ...

Iconic Italian wineries partner on wine in space project

The project was devised by FIS president Franco Maria Ricci and officially unveiled last week in Rome at the Foundation’s latest annual International Wine Culture Forum. ‘About four months ago I thought we should do some proper experiments to understand what happens to wine and vines in space. Eventually, I decided that this year’s FIS Forum had to be dedicated entirely to this subject,’ Ricci told Decanter. ‘My idea would be to understand if the vine can live and survive in space (and eve ...

Jackson Family Wines buys first vineyard in Washington’s Walla Walla Valley

The family-owned company made its first foray into Washington State last year when it began buying grapes from select vineyards throughout the Walla Walla Valley. The winemaking team was impressed by the quality coming out of the region, and it has now pounced on the opportunity to acquire land there. It snapped up 61 acres of an existing 117-acre property in Mill Creek. A local firm called Abeja, founded by Ken and Ginger Roberts, bought the land back in 2000 in a bid to grow world-class Cabern ...

The word of the wine: Wooded

A set of aromas brought about by ageing in barrels (usually oak). This can be pleasant when, in small doses, it brings a touch of spice, roast or vanilla to an already constructed ensemble. When the violent woodiness dominates the wine, it is quickly tiring. Easily identifiable aromatically, it is sought after (to the point of abuse) by the makers of coarse wines. New World manufacturers and, alas, some French winemakers use oak chips to impart the woody taste, which is tantamount to artificial flavoring.