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Mount Eden Vineyards

Ever the bastion of some of the greatest long-aging Cabernets and most expressive Pinot Noirs in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Mount Eden maintains its posture as an elite estate, not only in the region but worldwide. Now in his fifth decade at the helm, proprietor/winemaker Jeffrey Patterson, with the help of Assistant Winemaker Austin Chin, is as consistent as ever. Not many sites can rival the magic of this tucked-away, forested spot overlooking Silicon Valley. Whereas the two 2020s I tasted for this report (the current-release Chardonnay Reserve and the Cabernet Estate Bottled) both show signs of smoke influence, the 2021s represent a full return to form. Patterson notes, “I’ve been through a lot of droughts, and 2021 was by far the worst.” Those dry conditions yielded wines of exceptional complexity and concentration. The 2021 Estate Bottle Cabernet, Pinot and Chardonnay are all evocative and highly distinctive, but the Pinot gets extra marks and clocks in as one of the finest editions in the last ten years. Readers who want to understand what the region is capable of need look no further.

From Santa Cruz Mountains – The Chameleon (Oct 2024) by Billy Norris

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2022 Chardonnay Wolff Vineyard

Release Price: $26

Color: White

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