Expect ripe pineapple, baked apple, lemon curd, vanilla, butter, and toasted oak with full body, creamy texture, and balanced acidity. Santa Lucia Highlands' cool fog gives the wine notable acidity despite full malolactic and oak treatment.
- Varietal
- Chardonnay
- Region
- USA / California / Monterey County / Santa Lucia Highlands
- Body
- Full
- Style
- dry white, oak-aged, ripe, opulent
The producer
Mer Soleil is a Wagner Family of Wines property (Caymus family). The Reserve Chardonnay is one of California's best-known traditional-style Chardonnays — full malolactic, generous oak, ripe tropical fruit. It's the brand's flagship bottling and one of the most widely distributed premium Chardonnays in U.S. restaurants.
What critics say
Mer Soleil Reserve receives consistently solid reviews and strong consumer ratings. The style is unmistakably ripe and oak-driven — a defining example of the traditional California Chardonnay style.
Pairing
Grilled lobster with butter, butter-poached chicken, creamy seafood pasta