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Mount Eden Vineyards, Estate Chardonnay - 2018

Name: Mount Eden Vineyards, Estate Chardonnay
Brand: Mount Eden
SKU: 41572
Price: 64.99 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Item # 41572 750mL

Mount Eden's Chardonnay grapes are harvested when slightly yellow to yellow-green and are pressed without crushing. All of the juice is barrel-fermented in new and one-year-old French Burgundy barrels, where the wine undergoes malolactic fermentation and is aged on the lees for ten months prior to bottling. The Chardonnay is then cellared for two years before being released for sale.

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Color

White

Vintage

2018

Country

USA

Region

California

Sub-Region

Santa Cruz

Producer

Mount Eden

Grape Variety

Chardonnay

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Staff Pick Notes

California Chardonnays still live in the shadow of their oaky, buttery past, despite the fact that these days winemakers are producing all manner of styles. Mount Eden was never one for trends and has always made a singular style that was decidedly not Californian. The vines descend from Burgundy cuttings brought over by Paul Masson and grow above the fog line. Yields are kept low, producing a wine full of depth and character. It's full bodied yet crisp with honeyed citrus notes and a hint of oak from aging in 30% new barrels. It's an exceptionally refined wine that shows what terroir can do.

- ALM

Glossary

California

California makes more wine than any other state in the United States. Not only does the state grow a variety of noble grape varieties like Pinot Noir, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, there are also plantings of lesser-known varieties such as Nebbiolo, Roussanne and Mourvèdre to name just a few.

Chardonnay

From Champagne to Chablis, it's hard (not to mention unpleasant) to avoid this famous white variety. During a huge popularity surge beginning in the late 1980s, Chardonnay plantings have increased dramatically -- not only in California's wine country, with which the variety is nearly synonymous, but also in Burgundy (its original, Old World home) and just about everywhere else in the winemaking world. It is a flexible, eager-to-please grape, responding well to just about anything a winemaker...