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Mount Eden Vineyards Santa Cruz Mountains Chardonnay 2018
From the winery: In the late 1940s and early 1960s, Martin Ray planted six acres of Chardonnay vines propagated from a Burgundian selection grown in the original Paul Masson vineyard. 20 acres of Estate Chardonnay are now farmed at Mount Eden from which 1,200 to 2,000 cases per year are produced. Yields average one to two tons per acre, far below the average for Chardonnay in California.
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Mount Eden's 2018 Chardonnay offers a fabulous interplay of richness and energy. A wine of linear intensity, the 2018 could use a few more years in bottle to be at its best, but it is super-impressive, even now, in what is very clearly the early going. Lemon confit, mint, orange peel, spice and light butter notes all build into the articulate, polished finish. This is such a classy wine. Give it a few years to come together. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, May 2022)
Mount Eden's 2018 Chardonnay offers a fabulous interplay of richness and energy. A wine of linear intensity, the 2018 could use a few more years in bottle to be at its best, but it is super-impressive, even now, in what is very clearly the early going. Lemon confit, mint, orange peel, spice and light butter notes all build into the articulate, polished finish. This is such a classy wine. Give it a few years to come together. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, May 2022)
9.5
Michael H
Oh geez!!! The whole party is obsessed… holy Sh…t…. We can have three of this for the Mersault which was 2nd
Oh geez!!! The whole party is obsessed… holy Sh…t…. We can have three of this for the Mersault which was 2nd
9.2
Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego
2018 vintage. Mount Eden Vineyards wine dinner @Mister A’s Restaurant-San Diego. Balanced and low-key. No particular part of the journey screams out for attention; it all plays well together. Some orange creamsicle, Meyer lemon, lychee and vanilla bean all lurking about. So phenomenal. 4.20.23.
2018 vintage. Mount Eden Vineyards wine dinner @Mister A’s Restaurant-San Diego. Balanced and low-key. No particular part of the journey screams out for attention; it all plays well together. Some orange creamsicle, Meyer lemon, lychee and vanilla bean all lurking about. So phenomenal. 4.20.23.
9.5
Norman Gennaro
Nice
Nice
9.2Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego
2018 vintage. Enveloping, deep French oak nose. Light-medium/medium body. Hammer drops of tangerine, lanolin, Persian lime and guava flavor wise. The 2017 vintage had a little more acidity and is/was showing fantastic but this vintage seems to have a little more “personality.” Obvs super-youthful and needs some space and time. If you can lay off it for a year or two, kudos. For the rest of us mere mortals, this is world-class Chardonnay at a seventh of the comparable French white burg pricing and half/a third of many of the high-end California Chard producers. QPR in spades.
2018 vintage. Enveloping, deep French oak nose. Light-medium/medium body. Hammer drops of tangerine, lanolin, Persian lime and guava flavor wise. The 2017 vintage had a little more acidity and is/was showing fantastic but this vintage seems to have a little more “personality.” Obvs super-youthful and needs some space and time. If you can lay off it for a year or two, kudos. For the rest of us mere mortals, this is world-class Chardonnay at a seventh of the comparable French white burg pricing and half/a third of many of the high-end California Chard producers. QPR in spades.
9.4
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Berkeley, CA 94709 - Hours:
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Wednesday - Saturday, 10a.m. to 8 p.m.
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