Winery Zaca MesaHomage Collection Pinot Blanc
White wine
This wine generally goes well with rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) and shellfish.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Homage Collection Pinot Blanc of Winery Zaca Mesa in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Homage Collection Pinot Blanc
Pairings that work perfectly with Homage Collection Pinot Blanc
Original food and wine pairings with Homage Collection Pinot Blanc
The Homage Collection Pinot Blanc of Winery Zaca Mesa matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of tuna catalan style or fish and seafood gratin.
Details and technical informations about Winery Zaca Mesa's Homage Collection Pinot Blanc.
Discover the grape variety: Pinot blanc
Round, supple whites with a soft palate, showing discreet aromas of apple, pear, fresh almond, white flowers and brioche notes. Moderate acidity, light finish. Star of Crémant d'Alsace (fine, taut sparkling) and base of Edelzwicker. Grown in Germany (Weissburgunder, Baden-Württemberg), northern Italy (Pinot Bianco, Alto Adige), Austria and Luxembourg. A white mutation of Pinot Noir.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Homage Collection Pinot Blanc from Winery Zaca Mesa are 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013.
Informations about the Winery Zaca Mesa
The Winery Zaca Mesa is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 38 wines for sale in the of Santa Maria Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Santa Maria Valley
First AVA of Santa Barbara (1981) on an east-west valley swept by Pacific winds: signature Pinot Noir dominant as king red with herbaceous, savoury notes and lifted red fruits, fine acidity and silky tannins. Energetic Chardonnay with tropical and floral aromas, king whites (a third of production). Also Rhône Syrah and Viognier, confidential Grenache and Marsanne. Very cool climate over a long season, a Burgundian and northern-Rhône identity.
The wine region of California
Powerful, sunny reds: dense Napa Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, chocolate, tobacco, ample tannins), spicy, jammy Zinfandel from the Sierra Foothills, silky red-fruited Pinot Noir on the cool coast (Sonoma, Russian River, Central Coast). Opulent, buttery Chardonnay, notes of yellow fruit and vanilla. Varied climate, from the hot interior to the Pacific-cooled coast. 80% of US production, 139 AVAs including Napa (1st AVA, 1981).
The word of the wine: Bâtonnage
A very old technique that has come back into fashion in modern oenology, which consists of shaking the white wine in the barrels at the end of fermentation, or after fermentation, with a stick or a flail, in order to suspend the fine lees composed of yeasts at the end of their activity. This process is sometimes used for red wines.
