- Region
- California
- Producer
- Mount Eden Vineyards
- Vintage
- 2020
- Grape varieties
- 100% Chardonnay
- Bottle size
- 75 cl
- Ratings
- 91 points Robert Parker
- Alcohol
- 14%
- Special characteristic
- Contains sulphites
Hand-picked and hand-selected grapes. Gentle pressing followed by fermentation, malolactic fermentation and maturation in 66% first- and 33% second-use French oak barrels. Blending after 10 months with a further two years of bottle ageing before release.
Intensive Noten von Salzzitrone, reifem Apfel und Birne, dazu Honig, Butter und feine Röstaromen vom Holz. Am Gaumen mit feiner, cremiger Fülle und fokussierter Säure. Anhaltender Abgang mit leicht salziger Mineralität und Aromen von Zitrone und Kardamom.
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.