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A.P. Vin "Garys' Vineyard" Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir 2014
93
Wine Advocate
(9/28/2016) "Moving back to the Santa Lucia Highlands releases, the 2014 Pinot Noir Garys' Vineyard offers lots of savory, medium-bodied, complex notes of sassafras, scrub brush, black cherry, peppery spice and earth in a perfectly balanced, layered package. Its integrated acidity and fine tannin all suggest it will drink nicely through 2022."
(9/28/2016) "Moving back to the Santa Lucia Highlands releases, the 2014 Pinot Noir Garys' Vineyard offers lots of savory, medium-bodied, complex notes of sassafras, scrub brush, black cherry, peppery spice and earth in a perfectly balanced, layered package. Its integrated acidity and fine tannin all suggest it will drink nicely through 2022."
$
4799
Discount:
750 ML
Lucienne "Lone Oak Vineyard" Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir 2016
93
Vinous, Josh Raynolds
94
Wine Enthusiast
(4/1/2019) "A stunner on the nose, this lavish and supple wine shows complex aromas of red and purple flowers, mulberry, fig and gingerbread. Firm tannins and just enough acidity frame the palate, which is loaded with full flavors of red plum, coffee, clove and cola."
(4/1/2019) "A stunner on the nose, this lavish and supple wine shows complex aromas of red and purple flowers, mulberry, fig and gingerbread. Firm tannins and just enough acidity frame the palate, which is loaded with full flavors of red plum, coffee, clove and cola."
$
2999
Discount:
750 ML
Mer Soleil "Reserve" Santa Lucia Highlands Chardonnay 2015
90+
Our Score
(10/2017) Like Cakebread and Rombauer, Mer Soleil has a loyal following amongst Cali Chardonnay fans. This latest Santa Lucia Highlands bottling reveals candied orchard and citrus fruits along with a tropical pineapple note. If you're a lover of butterscotch and vanilla goodness in your Chardonnay, along with big toasty wood flavors, this is the wine for you!
(10/2017) Like Cakebread and Rombauer, Mer Soleil has a loyal following amongst Cali Chardonnay fans. This latest Santa Lucia Highlands bottling reveals candied orchard and citrus fruits along with a tropical pineapple note. If you're a lover of butterscotch and vanilla goodness in your Chardonnay, along with big toasty wood flavors, this is the wine for you!
Caraccioli Cellars Santa Lucia Highlands Chardonnay 2013
This outstanding, Burgundy-style, small batch Chardonnay goes for $30 at the winery. We're blowing it out for half that amount!
91
Our Score
(3/2018) The Caraccioli family has been farming row crops in and above the Salinas Valley for over 50 years. In 2006, they decided to get into the wine business and - because their cool climate, high elevation vines yielded such amazing acidity - decided to focus on sparkling wines. Each year, however, they bottle a few hundred cases of still Chardonnay. Though it comes from the Central Coast of California, this bone-dry Chardonnay tastes more like a Chassagne-Montrachet, and it is simply outstanding! Sourced from 34-year-old vines grown in sandy-loam soils, it was fermented in stainless steel then moved to French oak, 25% of which was new. Because the Caraccioli family is not interested in overt new oak flavors, the wine only spent a few months in barrel. The first thing you'll notice when you taste this wine is the intense acidity and minerality, followed immediately by a complex array of citrus and orchard fruit flavors with slight suggestions of honey and almond. The wine finishes with long, nervy, electric acidity, making it a perfect choice alongside oysters, spicy Thai soups, sushi, roast chicken or pasta with cream sauces.
(3/2018) The Caraccioli family has been farming row crops in and above the Salinas Valley for over 50 years. In 2006, they decided to get into the wine business and - because their cool climate, high elevation vines yielded such amazing acidity - decided to focus on sparkling wines. Each year, however, they bottle a few hundred cases of still Chardonnay. Though it comes from the Central Coast of California, this bone-dry Chardonnay tastes more like a Chassagne-Montrachet, and it is simply outstanding! Sourced from 34-year-old vines grown in sandy-loam soils, it was fermented in stainless steel then moved to French oak, 25% of which was new. Because the Caraccioli family is not interested in overt new oak flavors, the wine only spent a few months in barrel. The first thing you'll notice when you taste this wine is the intense acidity and minerality, followed immediately by a complex array of citrus and orchard fruit flavors with slight suggestions of honey and almond. The wine finishes with long, nervy, electric acidity, making it a perfect choice alongside oysters, spicy Thai soups, sushi, roast chicken or pasta with cream sauces.
$
1499
Discount:
750 ML
Mark West Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir 2016
The lowest price in the country for this Vin Chicago favorite!
Winemaker's Notes
We picked Santa Lucia Highlands for a reason-it's the perfect location for Pinot Noir. The fog and breezes off the cold Monterey Bay waters cool the hillside plantings that are perfectly situated under the afternoon sun. After night harvesting, the grapes are cold soaked for three days. Punch-downs and pump-overs are used to get the best flavor and color. After fermentation, the juice is carefully pressed and racked into barrels and undergoes malolactic fermentation for softness and complexity.
We picked Santa Lucia Highlands for a reason-it's the perfect location for Pinot Noir. The fog and breezes off the cold Monterey Bay waters cool the hillside plantings that are perfectly situated under the afternoon sun. After night harvesting, the grapes are cold soaked for three days. Punch-downs and pump-overs are used to get the best flavor and color. After fermentation, the juice is carefully pressed and racked into barrels and undergoes malolactic fermentation for softness and complexity.
$
999
Discount:
750 ML
