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This chardonnay boasts concentrated floral flavors with a long rich fresh apricot finish. - Picked in the cool mornings, this wine bursts with fresh fruit and floral aromas and flavors, combined with a refreshing crispness.
- While the Estate is a singular voice, the Domaine is a chorus. Complex, given the five varieties in the seepage, this Cabernet has aromas of briary currant, sage, mint and sweet oak. Less tannins and acidity on the palate than is evident in the Estate, there is an earlier window of enjoyable drinking.
- Due to the soils in the vineyard, the Estate Pinot Noirs’ elegant, transparent style is more Burgundian than Californian, emphasizing wild strawberry, earth, blueberry and dill varietal characters. Cellaring the wine from five to twelve years pays handsome rewards.
- Although a mere mile away from Mount Eden as the crow flies, the terroir here is different and it shows. Medium ruby color, complex, earthy red fruit nose, the wine has a suave texture on the palate with richness and balancing elegance. This is a classic Pinot Noir reflective of its unique peak.
- The full-bodied Estate Chardonnay displays fine underlying acidity and a long finish. Hints of cardamom, anise and hazelnut add interest to the core lemon, mineral flavors. Of all Mount Eden’s estate-grown wines, the Chardonnay is most in need of further bottle aging at release, requiring an additional two to four years to fully reveal its true character. Many vintages are still fresh and enjoyable after fifteen years, explaining why Mount Eden Estate Chardonnay is considered one of California’s longest-lived white wines.
- Full, lush tropical fruit dominates this wine’s aromas and flavors. Complex and heady on the palate, it is a premier example of Central Coast Chardonnay.
- As one would expect, this Chardonnay exhibits classic Mount Eden Burgundian style with detailed aromas and flavors of citrus, anise, dill and earth. More open in personality than the Estate at the same age, yet with all the length of the flagship.
- This bright, polished wine offers layers of aromas and flavors, most notably ripe strawberry, currant, red cherry and spice along with a hint of earthy richness and lively acidity that persist across a satisfying finish.
- An elegant, fragrant Sauvignon Blanc offering delicious aromas of honey and fresh melon. Generous, bright acidity on the palate, with vibrant notes of tropical fruit and citrus that linger on the finish.
- Delicious aromas of melon and a hint of butterscotch wrap around a juicy core of melon, fresh fig and honey. The finish is polished and round. A unique and delightful wine!
- Delicate floral, sweet apricot and juicy peach aromas and flavors are deliciously woven across a textured mid-palate that gives way to a long, graceful finish.
- Vivid medium red. High-pitched red berry and floral aromas are complemented by deeper notes of anise and black cardamom. Sappy and precise, with deep raspberry and bitter cherry flavors and a sexy rose pastille quality. Fine-grained tannins add shape and grip to the long, spicy, energetic finish. I'd bet that this very well-balanced wine will reward at least another five years of aging
- Vivid ruby-red. Spicy red berries, herbs and Asian spices on the nose. Fresh and juicy, with energetic redcurrant and raspberry flavors underscored by smoky minerals. Shows impressive energy and structure, finishing clean and brisk, with slow-building tannins and lingering sweetness.
- Tannins, even at this stage of the games, are dense and give the wine a brooding sort of nature that belies the relative youth of the vines from which it comes. This bottling is going to have a serious sense of pizzazz. The fruit is wonderfully ripe without being out of balance at all. The tannins are large-scale in some instances but, again, they are perfectly within context of the fruit intensity and acidity of the wine. This is large-scale stuff but it is in no way any sort of fruit-bomb.
- Medium ruby color; deep, complex, rich aromas of red cherry and cola with some nice earthy notes. Rich, ripe, bright red cherry flavors with earthy, cola notes; silky texture; good structure and balance with a lovely long finish. This is a rich and silky Pinot with bright fruit and nice length, delicious and perfect for grilled chicken.
- Deep ruby color opens to a very aromatic nose of black cherry, cola and toast. Sweet black cherries, cranberries carries through to a mid pallet that is very velvety with notes of minerals and toast. Well balanced with a very long complex and fruit driven finish. Pinot that is amazing to drink all by itself. Wow, this is really tasty.
- Medium-deep ruby color; intense red cherry and spicy aromas; ripe, bright red cherry flavors with layered spice notes; silky texture; sweet oak; good structure and balance; long finish. Intense and spicy Pinot with layers of great flavor.
- Dark garnet in color. Fresh an lively, with juicy wild berry, raspberry and loganberry. This is firm, structured and full-bodied, gaining velocity and depth. Ends with a pretty touch of baked berry pie and red and black licorice notes.
- Medium ruby color. Spicy berry, white pepper with lovely hints of toast on the nose. Jammy black berry, raspberry liveliness with a toasty, peppery seductive finish that has great acidity and balance.
- It is deep garnet in color with an intense note of blueberry. Layers of blueberry, strawberry and raspberry notes and a well-structured mouthfeel make for a very happy palate. The finish is long and satisfying with mouth-watering fine tannins.
