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Terre Blanche is a white Rhone blend comprised of Roussanne and Viognier grapes grown on the Westside of Paso Robles in the acclaimed Denner Vineyard. - This single vineyard Viognier comes exclusively from the Larner Vineyard in Santa Ynez Valley.
- This lesser known varietal is planted extensively in southern France. Although it doesn’t usually take a leading role, there’s star power in Meli’s Carignan with just 10% Cabernet Sauvignon blended in for depth and character. Aged in both used oak barrels and stainless steel, this wine is concentrated and unique, with an distinctive balance of earth and fruit. 2,000 cases produced.
- Opaque ruby color. Cherry and floral aromas with some white pepper and minerality. Berry skin, cherry, flavors with a touch of licorice. Firm and round. Soft finish.
- A rich, long fruit finish full of concentrated flavors of black currant and plum from mountain-top and bench land vineyards of the Dry Creek Valley.
- This Merlot is made from a blend of the finest blocks of our bench land vineyards. Soft and supple with flavors of black berries and plum.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- "Ample, rich, almost over-ripe nose. Medium body. Good grip. Lovely black fruit. This is a lovely, seductive wine. Very good for a bourgeois Pomerol."
- This wine is rich and dense with lots of excellent black fruit, with power and balance in harmony. The property is close to perfection where everything is present but the concentration of tannins can taste gene.
- Exuberant aromas of plums, tomatoes and nutmeg, with a firm, understated structure of fruit and tannins. Elegant style.
- Chateau Bélair-Monange (Saint-Émilion) 2007: Sweet fruit, vanilla cream, attractive summer pudding character on the nose. A supple flesh on the palate, quite nicely balanced, softly styled with a gentle composition. Quite firm underneath though. A good presence of clean fruit at the finish, where there is a little more tannin evident.
- Bordeaux's most intensely concentrated, richly flavored and unique red wine. An incredible power, depth and richness yet a remarkable balance with penetrating aromas of ripe mulberry, black currant and fruit and spicy vanilla oak, setting it apart from all Bordeaux's finest wines.
- Exhibits the lively fruit aromas of sauvignon blanc - This variety is harvested early to maximize its potential in the Semillon blend. The fruit is destemmed into the press, in a similar fashion to the Moss Wood Semillon, drained and pressed and then settled in stainless steel tanks. It is then racked and fermented in stainless steel at 15°C. There is no lees stirring post-fermentation for the Sauvignon Blanc. It should retain its freshest, most lifted aromas of leaf, grass and lychee. The lively fruit aromas of sauvignon blanc – herbaceous and tropical notes like guava and loquat combine with Semillon apple and fig characters, to create a medium to full body wine with fresh acidity, soft tannins and a clean finish.
- Fruit flavors of berries and earthy notes - full body - firm tannins and soft oak. Ribbon Vale can include up to 30% of Merlot, for its intense red and dark fruit characters on both nose and palate, and 10% of Cabernet Franc for its dark berry aromas.
- This Cabernet Sauvignon blended with Petit Verdot, Malbec and Merlot combines the blueberry and blackcurrant fruit characters, with violets and redcurrant, generous fruit depth with soft oak influence providing a toasty, spicy background.
- A strong, bold definitive tempranillo . Brazen flavors of strawberries, black currants, cherries, prunes, chocolate and tobacco. Well rounded supple tannins and great on the finish.
- 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.
- Bright lemon yellow in color filled with a slight honey character with aromas of dried fruit. Lovely sweet palate with pineapple, apricot and raisin flavors supported by a fresh acidity. Excellent enjoyed on its own or served with mild spicy dishes, dried fruit of baked puddings.
