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 sauté of pork with cider, gratin of ravioli with salmon or zucchini quiche.

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

The wine region of Santa Barbara County is located in the region of Central Coast of California of United States. We currently count 443 estates and châteaux in the of Santa Barbara County, producing 1259 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Santa Barbara County go well with generally quite well with dishes .

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 braciola (southern italy), doner kebab or duck and peach brochettes.

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
  • 2009With an average score of 3.93/5

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: Roussanne

Roussane is a white grape variety, planted on an area of more than 700 ha. Originally from Montélimar, it is also found in Savoie, Languedoc and Roussillon, and grows very well in calcareous, poor, stony soil. It prefers to be pruned short. Roussane is also called fromenteau, barbin or bergeron. The young leaves are bubbled with fine down. When adult, they become thicker. It flowers in June and matures in mid-September. The grapes are cylindrical in shape, the berries are small and turn red when ripe, and the wine produced from pure Roussane is of extraordinary quality. It has a delicate aroma reminiscent of coffee, honeysuckle, iris and peony. The taste of this wine improves with age. It is part of the blend of the appellations Vin-de-Savoie, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône or Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

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 pork chops with potatoes or truffle with saint-nectaire cheese.

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

  • 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: Harvesting and handling

In Champagne, a winegrower who makes his own vintages exclusively from grapes grown on his own property.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Zaca Mesa

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

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.

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