- Region
- California
- Producer
- Mount Eden Vineyards
- Vintage
- 2020
- Grape varieties
- 100% Pinot Noir / Spätburgunder
- Bottle size
- 75 cl
- Alcohol
- 14%
- Special characteristic
- Contains sulphites
Pinot Noir is the first variety to be picked on the estate every autumn. Wild-yeast fermentation and 35% whole cluster, in small open-top vessels, lasting 14 days. Maturation for 12 months in 50% first-use and 50% second-use French Burgundian oak barrels. No filtering.
In der Nase ist der Mount Eden Pinot Noir geprägt von roter Beerenfrucht sowie Noten von Waldboden, Gewürzen und Kaffee. Mittelkräftiger Gaumen mit feinen Tanninen und saftiger Säurestruktur. Im Abgang mit feiner Kräuternote und geröstetem Kaffee.
Perched on a cool, exposed mountain top with meagre and infertile Franciscan shale soils, this 16-hectare estate is dry-farmed according to the principles of sustainable viticulture.