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10 reviews for Pessagno Winery
10 reviews in English
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Review from Ralph T.
Stateline, NV
11/10/2011 1 Check-in Here
We were wine tasting on River Road and happened upon this place.
I love their reds and my wife adores their chards.
The staff has always been friendly with good healthy pours.
The tasting room is cozy and on occasion they may do dinners etc.
We loved their wine we joined their club. We only belong to two and this is one of them.
These are great local wines. -
Review from Caitlin R.
Fresno, CA
2/5/2012
WOW. This place was the best. We stopped by here for our wine tasting trip, and Robin was an awesome wine guide. We sampled the best wines and Robin gave us a tour of the winery. Bought some souvenirs and can't wait to come back!
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Review from Best O.
Oakland, CA
7/23/2011
Salutations to Amy #2-we were alternately warmly greeted and served by 4 different people at Pessagno. Our favorites were their 2009 reisling and their Ouro dessert wine. Were fortunate to be there for their Saturday barbeque- home made South county wild boar sausage. I won't go into details but the meat was apparantly foraged on someone's private property.
I am intrigued by their upcoming paella feast on August 27 - Cal Stamenov and other chefs presiding over the 4.5 foot pan. -
Review from Shiho F.
Carmel by the Sea, CA
3/10/2010
3.5 stars
I've had countless glasses of Pessagno Pinot but today was my first visit to the tasting room... during business hours that is... my last 2 visits were unsucessful as they were closed.
The wine tasting room was quite chilly as was the atmosphere (and our welcome). The tasting menus range from $5 to $15. They are known for their Pinots and although I often have a glass or two when I'm out and about in Monterey, I'm not a huge fan of Pinot so we opted out for the Pinot Only tasting which was $10. We chose the $5 general tasting menu as well as the $15 Reserve Menu. We were the only ones in the tasting room but it was a Tuesday afternoon and we were just glad they were open. We had stopped by Wrath by San Saba but they are only open during the weekend or Thursday thru Monday... understandable.
I picked up a 2004 Ouro - Perelli in honor of our cat (don't like that word, because I would hate to be known as a "cat lady"), I mean kitten Pirelli. My friend Megan picked up a bottle of Pinot or was it Syrah?!?! Luckily, our tasting fees were comped as we spent more than $60 combined even though their policy requires buying a bottle of wine from the list you tasted to waive a fee. If there are 2 people tasting 2 menus... min. 2 bottle purchase. Interesting.
I did enjoy the Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc... a lot. I had been craving something sweet. I think I tweaked my tastebuds by O.D.ing on Vitamin C Wafter - the large Acerola flavored one that remind me of my childhood and everything I tasted today was very tart, some too mineraly and just plain sour. I really don't think it was the wines as this applied to the wines from the other winery down the street. I tried their Reisling but it was definately made to be Dry in style.
I wish they sold snacks here, maybe some cheese & salami since the grounds are pretty and kept well. There are some picnic tables outside too which I wish we could have taken advantage of. -
Review from Stacey M.
Coppell, TX
1/16/2011
Wow - I'm a little confused reading these reviews. Stopped by the tasting room yesterday. They have a tasting menu of 13 wines, and the price was $5 for 5 wines, credited back to you if you purchase.
A good dry Riesling, a few Chardonnays (a little sweet for my taste), four Pinot Noirs with a shocking variety of styles (one smooth, soft and jammy, two great Pinots with very different structures, and one that was raisin-y and metallic), a Zin that would be perfect for Thanksgiving because it reeked (in a good way) of cranberry, two Syrahs, and two port-style wines. Prices ranged from $16 for a bottle of Riesling to $55 for the limited production Pinot.
My husband and I generally share a tasting (hate to dump out good wine...) so we each taste picked five different wines, plus they poured a couple extra, so we covered all but one chardonnay. The pours were so generous that even after hubby and I both tasted, we still dumped a lot of it out.
Our pourer didn't make a lot of effort to engage us (which is fine for us, maybe he was picking up our cues) but he would answer any questions we asked. Several of the other pourers seemed more chatty. The long bar was fairly busy on a Saturday afternoon, but there were several pourers, so each staff was covering at most one or two small groups. -
Review from Denise K.
Salinas, CA
5/14/2011
Love this wine, especially the four boys Pinot and the Zinfandel. The tasting room is lovely, great art, and nice decor. The grounds are super for an event, barbque, pond, ducks, view, etc... the staff is OK. Robin is usually the pourer, today the woman was new, slightly unsure of the wines, but learning. I think the need for some sliced cheese and proscutto would be a great addition, instead of just boring crackers. They are a great Central Coast Winery. Must try if you are on the River Road Trail .
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Review from Juan Carlos T.
Milpitas, CA
9/24/2007
2005 Pinot Noir Lucia Highland Vineyard
2005 Chardonnay Lucia Highland Vineyard -
Review from Jen M.
Monterey, CA
7/1/2009
Good wines. However very expensive. Also, they charge a tasting fee that they won't waive if you buy anything. Come on.
Also, I hate when we are the only people in a tasting room and this has happened every time we have been here.Listed in: Wineries
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Review from Cal B.
Redwood City, CA
4/14/2011
Good variety. I especially like the Pinots, and the port was an interesting addition.
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Review from Paul L.
Kenwood, CA
12/15/2009
This was stop number two on our brief tour of the wineries in the Monterey area. The tasting room itself is expansive, and there are chairs to sit in at the bar! (that's one thing you rarely see in a tasting room.) The wine list is large and diverse, and you can choose from three different tasting menus. Tasting fees range from $5 to $15. Fortunately, since I'm ITB, this fee was waived for our group. The staff was really fun, and both people who poured for us were knowledgeable.
Since I'm partial to Burgundian wines, I focused on the Pinot Noir and Chardonnay for my tasting. The 07 Sleepy Hollow Chard was quite nice, with balanced fruit and acidity. Though it spent time in new French oak, that component was not over-powering. The 07 SLH PN was delicious as well, with an old-world style and profile. I ended up buying a bottle of each.
Also, they have a fantastic Zinfandel, which was priced right around $22 - definitely something to pick up if you're there.
Great place to taste, and we'll stop back here the next time we taste in the region.
