The Winery Zaca Mesa of Santa Barbara County of California

Winery Zaca Mesa
The winery offers 42 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 3 of the estates of California.
It is located in Santa Barbara County in the region of California
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The Winery Zaca Mesa is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 42 wines for sale in of Santa Barbara County to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Zaca Mesa wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Zaca Mesa

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Zaca Mesa

How Winery Zaca Mesa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche, skate wings with capers or quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Zaca Mesa

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Zaca Mesa

  • 2018With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.75/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Grenache Blanc
  • Roussanne
  • Viognier
  • Pinot Blanc
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Santa Barbara County

Californian star of cool climates (Central Coast): signature Pinot Noir as king of reds on the cool AVAs (Sta. Rita Hills, Santa Maria Valley) — fine and mineral with notes of cherry, raspberry, undergrowth, orange peel and spice, Burgundy-style acidity. Taut Chardonnay (citrus, apple, gunflint). Fleshy Syrah (Ballard Canyon).

6 AVAs, east-west valleys letting in Pacific fog — cool-to-warm gradient. Popularised by Sideways.

The top red wines of Winery Zaca Mesa

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Zaca Mesa

How Winery Zaca Mesa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of homemade beef stew, baekenofe (alsatian meat stew) or pheasant casserole with cabbage.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Zaca Mesa

On the nose the red wine of Winery Zaca Mesa. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Zaca Mesa. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Zaca Mesa

  • 2006With an average score of 4.26/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.06/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.94/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.94/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Mourvedre
  • Grenache
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Counoise
  • Cinsault

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Supple, sun-drenched reds with a deep ruby robe, smooth tannins and moderate acidity, with intense aromas of ripe red fruit (strawberry, raspberry, candied cherry), garrigue (thyme, bay), white pepper, kirsch and soft spice. Ample, warm palate. Absolute pillar of Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC, Gigondas, Côtes-du-Rhône, Tavel rosé, Priorat DOQ, Rioja (as Garnacha) and star of naturally sweet wines (Banyuls, Maury, Rasteau). Autochthonous Mediterranean variety from Aragon.

The top pink wines of Winery Zaca Mesa

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Zaca Mesa

How Winery Zaca Mesa wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of braciola (southern italy) or chicken gaston gérard style.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Zaca Mesa

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Zaca Mesa. often reveals types of flavors of earth, citrus fruit or red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Zaca Mesa

  • 0With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Zaca Mesa.

  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre

The word of the wine: Guyot (pruning)

This is the most widespread pruning technique. It includes one or two long branches and allows the mechanization of a large number of vineyard operations.

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Discover the grape variety: Roussanne

Aromatic and elegant whites, rich yet lifted by fine freshness, with hawthorn, honeysuckle, apricot, pear, honey, green tea, mineral and herbal notes. Fine ageing potential. Key variety in the great whites of the northern Rhône (Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, Saint-Joseph, Saint-Péray) blended with marsanne, and one of the 13 permitted grapes at Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Native Rhône variety.

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