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Treana 'Mer Soleil' Viognier-Marsanne - $27.99

Wine Details

Price: $27.99
Producer: Treana Winery
Region: Central Coast
Varietal: White
Container Size: 750 ML
Flavors:
  • White Wine
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Product Description

  • Treana White is inspired by the great white wines of France’s Rhône region. A blend of Viognier (the star of the northern Rhône) and Marsanne (the workhorse of the southern Rhône), Treana White adds an extra measure of California richness to produce a mouth-filling, ageworthy wine. The grapes come from the Santa Lucia Highlands in Monterey County, from the notable Mer Soleil Vineyard. The cool climate allows for an exceptionally long growing season—plenty of time for the grapes to hang on the vine and concentrate their flavors, without losing essential acidity. The grapes are whole-cluster pressed, Champagne style, to maximize fruit flavors and minimize harsh skin influences. After two days of settling, the juice goes into French oak barrels, 20%-30% new, for fermentation; another small percentage is fermented in tank to accentuate freshness when blending time comes around. Once fermentation is complete, the wine stays on its lees for nine months, extracting extra flavor and texture components from the spent yeast. Only a potion of the wine goes through malolactic fermentation, adding body but retaining good acidity, A trial blend spends two or three months in tank to become one wine; the final blend is bottled in August, just before the next harvest. The resulting wine has floral aromatics, intense stone fruit flavors, overtones of honey, and a particularly lush mouthfeel. There’s enough bright fruit to drink this wine right now, but enough acidity and minerality for Treana White to develop with age in the bottle—not a common trait among California white wines.

Expert Ratings

Ratings   Vintage Source Flavors
WineEnthusiast - 94 Details: Treana has established this as one of the top Rhône whites in California. The ’03 is an amazing wine. It displays the fresh, keen acidity of the vineyard, which grows no reds, and detonates on the palate with tremendous apricot, papaya, mango, pineapple, tangerine, peach and mineral flavors. It’s basically dry, although there’s a touch of botrytis honey. 2003 WineEnthusiast
WineSpectator - 88 Details: Ripe and pushing sweet, with tasty pear, honeysuckle and honeydew, and a dash of hazelnut and spice. Finishes with a long, rich, complex aftertaste. Viognier and Marsanne. Drink now. 8,000 cases made. –JL 2001 WineSpectator hazelnut, honeydew, honeysuckle, pear, spice
WineEnthusiast - 93 Details: From the northernmost vineyard in the Santa Lucia Highlands, a fantastically interesting wine. Complex and compelling, with brilliant fruit flavors spanning the range from apricots and limes to peaches and guava. All this juicy flavor is boosted by bright and beautiful acidity. Viognier 61%, Marsanne 39%. 2001 WineEnthusiast
CGCW - 85 Details: 61% Viognier; 39% Marsanne. This fat and full-bodied mix of white Rhone varietals shows plenty of weight and a certain note of buttery richness, but the wine seems a little faded and more developed than its years might suggest, and its center of fruit is beginning to dry. 2001 CGCW
WineSpectator - 88 Details: A notably complex and intriguing wine that shows off pretty, exotic floral, tropical and ripe fruit flavors, and hints of fig, litchi nut, nectarine and cream. Viognier is 66 percent with the rest Marsanne. Drink now. 8,000 cases made. –JL 2000 WineSpectator
WineSpectator - 86 Details: Intense, with ripe, spicy pear, litchi and citrusy notes, it fades a bit on the finish. A blend of 54 percent Viognier and 46 percent Marsanne, despite the labelling. Drink now. 3,000 cases made. –JL 1999 WineSpectator litchi, pear, spicy
WineSpectator - 88 Details: Rich and oaky, with pronounced viscosity to its flavors of coconut, butter, vanilla and peach. Drink now. 3,000 cases made. –JL 1998 WineSpectator
WineSpectator - 87 Details: Succeeds in rendering a wine of complexity and individuality, with elegant pear, citrus, tangerine and nectarine flavors. Drink now. 6,000 cases made. –JL 1997 WineSpectator
Tanzer - 87 Details: Flamboyant, ripe, chardonnay-like aromas of peach, mint, and smoky, roasted oak. Round and ripe, with a flavor of canned peach cocktail and a strong component of toasty, spicy oak. Finishes sweet and soft. More oak than varietal character here, yet attractive. 1997 Tanzer citrus, nectarine, pear, tangerine

Food Pairings

Category Pairing
Pasta & Grains Pasta with Creamy Mushroom Sauces
Poultry & Eggs Chinese Chicken Salad, Roast Chicken with Herbs, Roast Turkey

Wine Terms

Name Value
Central Coast (California) The wines made around San Jose and farther south toward Santa Barbara reflect the variety of climate. In cool Monterey County, the Pinot Noir and a variety of white grapes are producing wonderful wines. Farther south in St. Louis Obispo County, it’s warm enough for fat, juicy Zinfandel and Cabernet Sauvignon. The range of climates is so enormous that the wines cover the full gamut of flavors, from rich, raisiny Zinfandel to supple, ripe Pinot Noir, to elegant Chardonnays.
United States Wineries exist in all fifty states, but the most predominant (and best) wine comes from Northern California, Oregon, and Washington State, with New York gaining a foothold in the industry. American wines make up about 75% of all wine sales in the US. The appellation system uses the term AVA (American Viticultural Area) to determine where wines were produced, but grape varieties can be planted anywhere in the country. American wineries generally use varietal labeling, and government regulations require that the variety on the label must make up at least 75% of the blend (in Oregon it’s 90%). The words reserve, special selection, private reserve, classic, and so on have no legal definition in the US. Some wineries use these terms to indicate their better wines; others use the words as a marketing tool to move lower quality wines off the shelf.
California California produces the majority of wine made in the United States. Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc, Zinfandel and Pinot Noir dominate the wine production in California, but many other varietials thrive in the California climate. Many fine wines are produced in California using Mediterranean grapes.
Central Coast The Central Coast AVA is a large American Viticultural Area that spans from Santa Barbara County to the San Francisco Bay Area. With around 100,000 acres planted, Chardonnay accounts for more then half of the total plantings. Within this larger AVA are several smaller appellations that share the same cooling influence from the Pacific Ocean. These include Arroyo Grande Valley AVA Arroyo Seco AVA Carmel Valley AVA Chalone AVA Cienega Valley AVA Contra Costa County AVA Edna Valley AVA Hames Valley AVA Lime Kiln AVA Livermore Valley AVA Monterey AVA Monterey County AVA Pacheco Pass AVA Paicines AVA Paso Robles AVA San Antonio Valley AVA San Benito AVA San Bernabe AVA San Francisco Bay AVA San Lucas AVA San Luis Obispo County AVA San Ysidro District AVA Santa Barbara County AVA Santa Clara County AVA Santa Clara Valley AVA Santa Cruz County AVA Santa Lucia Highlands AVA Santa Maria Valley AVA Santa Ynez Valley AVA Sta. Rita Hills AVA York Mountain AVA

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