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Mount Eden Vineyards Estate Chardonnay 2005

Mount Eden Vineyards, Santa Cruz Mountains, United States

Mount Eden Vineyards
Santa Cruz Mountains United States
  • 91
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  • Country ranking ?

    462

  • Producer ranking ?

    11

  • Decanting time

    2h

  • When to drink

    2020-2035

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One of the secrets is the relatively early harvest, and the other is the soil and cool vineyard site. That’s what makes this chardonnay so long lived. Grapes are whole bunch pressed, and the juice is then fermented in equal parts new and one to two year old French oak barrels. It undergoes full malolactic fermentation (of which you can’t tell) and will stay in the oak for ten months. It is for sure a very classic wine, Californian by all means, with a golden straw color, rich and intense nose with notes of tropical fruits (but no sweetness) and lemon peel, as well as hazelnuts. Still there is enough complexity to, if so only for a moment, think about the wines of Bâtard-Montrachet. On the palate it is rich but completely dry with a lively acidity and a structure that is almost tannic, and again there is a kind of French touch to it. But there’s no doubt about this wine’s origin – it is so Californian, but in a style that even the more classic oriented wine drinkers would love.

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