It’s rarely warm enough to sit out on our front porch, yet we have experienced many enjoyable afternoons in 2020 to do so. I was pleased to come home one September day to the sight of my husband and our dogs, enjoying one of those warm, sunny afternoons. He was drinking a golden glass of wine. I fetched one immediately. Ahhh! I love to come home to Mercy Chardonnay on the front porch, followed by Mercy Syrah after dinner. A perfect day.
We last brought you Mercy Wines in August in this blog post: https://decantingmonterey.com/have-mercy-amazing-wines-from-the-arroyo-seco-ancient-river-channel/. You already know how sad I am that this winery closed its doors.
One of the last purchases we made was this 2015 Mercy Chardonnay Riverbed from the Arroyo Seco AVA. We wish we had purchased more! It is also sad that their webpage has been taken down – it was loaded with a wealth of historical wine tech sheets. I will need to rely on information on the label!
2017 Mercy Chardonnay Riverbed, Arroyo Seco AVA, 14.1 ABV, $28 (161*)
From the Label: “In the cool, maritime-influenced Arroyo Seco AVA lies a small portion of terrain encompassing an ancient, dry riverbed. The Mercy “Riverbed” Chardonnay is the composition of contiguous vineyards in this area, all of which share shallow, rocky topsoils over hardpan subsoil. Aged in French oak, orchard and tropical fruit aromas, as well as vanilla, spice and mineral notes exude from the glass.”
My Review: Golden in color, with a floral nose, like gardenia. A little buttery, creamy, this is a rich Chardonnay. Honey, floral and a little sweet. We really enjoyed this wine and, as I indicated above, wished we had purchased more of it. September 2020
*Refers to wines tasted while Sheltering in Place on Sharon’s personal Facebook group “Sharon’s Central Coast (Monterey) Wine Blog” – including non-Central Coast wines.
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