Mount Eden Vineyards, Pinot Noir, Santa Cruz Mountains

Nice primary red fruit showing after 10 years of age. Nicely balanced with tannin and acidity. Some spicy character, too. Medium body.

2015 vintage

First of a new case. This case also bought from a UK broker but from a different seller (has a label from MJG distribution in France). PNP on the day of delivery. Now we are back in business. This is properly stored Mount Eden Pinot! Not showing the ripe and rich black fruit of the '18 tasted recently - this is even more Burgundian than the typical Mt Eden (which I normally find quite Burgundian for a NW Pinot). Great …

2014 vintage

Opened for 1 + hour before drinking This is in a very good place. Lots of complexity and a long finish. Excellent

2014 vintage

Was impressive when I tasted this a couple of years ago. It still is A big Pinot with lots to offer. Big nose and good length Was opened 2-3 hours before tasting. Got better as the evening progressed

2015 vintage

Incredible. Final Merry Edwards vintage. In Magnum!

1979 vintage

Decanted about an hour before drinking. Light bricky-red color. Medium bodied with a mouth feel somewhere between bright and luscious. Delicious with a terrific berry/woody/spicy thing going on. Wonderfully balanced and great finish. Yum.

2014 vintage

Medium deep maroon, not quite clear. Huge berry nose, pie spices. Palate is even better, rich, dense, sappy, but not overdone, medium bodied and graceful on the tongue, a feeling of lightness, the classic iron fist in a velvet glove. Quite long. Just absolutely delicious wine.

2014 vintage

Still fruit and life in this one. Very nice and balanced Pinot

2014 vintage

Powerful. Huge bouquet, great wine. Hold.

2015 vintage

medium to big, drink now to 2028.

2014 vintage

(BYO. New World Pinot) Full and rich nose. Very complex. A load of exotic, oriental spices. Perfumed. Black cherry and strawberry. Some development. Hints of coffee. Sandalwood and beginning earthy forest floor. Powerful and impressive. Medium-fullish, fullish palate. Lovely structure and balance. Silky taninns. Rich and long. Lovely grip and intensity. WOTN! Ready to go, but will benefit from 3-7 more years.

2015 vintage

Part of a large tasting. Thought it was early for this. Fruit is dense and muscular. Structure underneath hasn't really given way. Probably will need another 10 years before really starts strutting its stuff.

2015 vintage

A bit early for this one, tight out of the bottle, but opened up with a couple hours of air. No rush.

2015 vintage

Gave this an hour in the decanter after a poor showing on opening. Just feels disjointed at this stage. Better with the air but not at all what the critics suggest. Way too much respect for this producer to think this is it - must be in a bad stage or damaged during shipping (but no signs of that). B+/A-

2014 vintage

From a secondary market source in UK. Splash decanted 60 minutes in Zalto Burgundy, and some sediment on the splash decant. Dark red color. Dark, red, concentrated fruit on the palate. Finish is a bit short but overall nice. Seems like it may be a bit early and this may get better if the fruit can hold up for some secondaries and the finish to broaden a bit. A-?

2015 vintage

Beautifully stuffed nose. A ton of great things going on here. Very precise fruit, leaning more towards red berries and cherry. Wet forest floor, tobacco, subtle but high quality oak. An equally impressive and loaded palate, again the fruit is so vibrant. There is power here for a Pinot, yet everything remains fresh carried by the acidity. Elegant and in full balance, long finish. Gave this several hours of air and it obviously didn’t hurt the experience.

2015 vintage

well into its decline but impressively complex.

2015 vintage

PNP. Took about 30 minutes to warm and open but thankfully this bottle was quite enjoyable. Maybe not the height of sone other vintages but it did seem to have the stuffing to evolve further. A-

2014 vintage

Opened for 2 ++ hours before tasting. Very good and got better as evening progressed. Really quite impressive. My sense is this will keep improving over the next few years. Very good.

2015 vintage

Pains me to write this note as Mount Eden Pinot is my favorite New World pinot, and certainly this one has great professional reviews, so I am puzzled by my first two bottles of this. They were purchased directly from the winery, with the only caveat being they were shipped across the Atlantic by the winery. Possible there was a temperature issue in shipping but they have been settled in ideal storage since and there were no issues with the …

2014 vintage

Nice, but somewhat one dimensional. Rim orangish, body color darker. Dried fruit as compared to more fresh fruit on nose. Length not bad but not big or deep. Nice to have but not something I would go back too.

2014 vintage

The fruit is sourced from a 7-acre (3 ha) vineyard, part of which was originally planted in 1945. Fermented spontaneously in small open-top fermentors, macerated with the skins for 2 weeks, aged 18 months in French oak barrels (75% new, 25% once used), bottled unfined and unfiltered. 13% alcohol. Bottle #5786 of total 9504 bottles. Translucent, luminous brick-red color with a pale, almost colorless rim. The nose feels fragrant, sweetish and somewhat oaky with layered aromas of spicy Pinosity, ripe …

2014 vintage

Great balance to this Pinot. Delicious fruit framed by supple wood and ample acidity to make a delicious Pinot noir. Better on day 2.

2015 vintage

Elegant pinot noir with nice balance between bright red fruit and earthy notes.

2014 vintage

Great intensity on the nose and a really long finish, took me hours to finish the bottle because I spent so much time savouring the endless pinotness - wild strawberry, cherry, orange peel, cloves, smoke, woodland earth with beautifully integrated soft oak. Good age, a Pinot with some complexity.

2014 vintage

Pale ruby. Tobacco, forest floor, dry red fruit on the nose. Sweet spread of dried morello cherries on the palate, with a hint of coffee and chili powder. Sweet acid frame, crisp light tannins, long finish.

2014 vintage

Very nice bottle. Nose of dark cherries and some herb. Palette was similar and had a little bit of woodiness maybe from some stem inclusion. But overall very nice and balanced.

2015 vintage

Pencil shavings, red fruit, apple skins, grapefruit, moderately acidic with a long finish. Slightly bitter aftertaste.

2015 vintage

Pale garnet. Classic Mount Eden pinot berry aromas, lilacs, redwood forest floor, bright coffee. Sweet penetrating fruit on the palate, winding bright acids, aromatic back notes, a crisp base of light tannins, long finish, beautifully balanced.

2015 vintage

Medium ruby garnet. Dark fruit aromas with dry herbal notes, ferrous, orange peel, a hint of roses. Concentrated spread of luscious dark berry fruit on the palate with a strong underpinning of warm acids, moderate tannins on the sweet aromatic and 'long finish. Excellent with salmon cakes, sriracha aioli, and asparagus. Beautiful structure and balance.

2014 vintage

Delicious. Deep. Rich. Blackberry. Stewed raspberries. Plum pie. Wonderful nose.

2015 vintage

Crisp, fresh and I regret only having a sip from my wife’s glass.

2015 vintage

Lots of cherry and really good balance. A lovely wine and made for drinking repeatedly.

2015 vintage

Just a touch of pickle juice on the nose. And on the palate as well.

2015 vintage

Cf. the CellarTracker Article link [lower lft] to get specific info for this vintage, including acclaim. ≈45 min decant into a plastic, cylindrical pitcher which was then closed; NO visible sediment; Private Preserve used after Day 1. N: Closed; Creamy straws (dried?) with hints of rose petals? Later, poss notes of cherry cola? P: Med body; RNDISH entry with NICE, almost swtish frt met by an astringent pucker which somewhat resolves by the very LONG, fairly firm finish which only …

2014 vintage

Terrific Pinot Noir by Jeffrey Patterson from the original site of Martin Ray's winery in the Santa Cruz mountains. Strong fruit, dense and long lasting.

2015 vintage

Faded the second night

2015 vintage

Crunchy, juicy, tart red fruit like strawberry and cranberry. Good minerality and balance, with food friendly acidity. Classicly styled.

2015 vintage

The 2015 Mount Eden Vineyards Pinot Noir is pale ruby in color and moderately opaque. This is incredibly young and needs a couple hours to open up, but once it does the nose showcases aromas of cherry, black raspberry, black olive, mint, freshly ground green herbs, pine, charred cedar, leather, rocky earth, and incense. Once on the palate, the wine displays notes of tart cherry, dried strawberry, boysenberry, crunchy cranberry, red licorice, rose petal, sweet tobacco, scorched earth, underbrush, rocky …

2015 vintage

Light cherry, raspberry, and pine needle notes commingle on the palate. Medium acidity, with hints of stone adding depth.

2015 vintage

Medium plus nose does well, rose petals, cherry, fresh earth tones, light cedar, sage. Palate matches, a little smoke/mesquite is interesting, light red fruits, maybe some hint of stem inclusion (1/3 whole cluster), orange peel, sense of place, feels like higher alcohol than their Domaine Eden but it's the same.

2015 vintage

Very ripe, slightly over-sweet for my palate. Fruit driven: raspberry leads with blackberry behind. Warm alcohol (13%). Touch of farmyard. would be interesting to see how this matures and whether the fruit will recede and the farmyard and acidity increase to give it a more Burgundian feel. Personally I doubt it. The acidity, though masked by fruit, did not seem very high. soft ripe tanins. Mediums finish not much complexity.

2014 vintage

Better than many other West coast PNs that tend to be overly ripe, but it's still fairly fruity and ripe, with some backbone and acidity (still not fully sufficient to balance the ripe fruit, in my opinion). Somehow I like Mt. Eden Chardonnays more than the PNs across recent vintages, going back to 2010.

2014 vintage

This was really good! Easy drinking - tannins fully resolved. Ripe red fruit - raspberry and cherry, just a bit of baking spice, nice mineral crunch and acidity. Nice medium-long finish. Real crowd-pleaser at dinner matched with both seafood and meat. (@ One Market in SF)

2014 vintage

Hard to rate this young. Lots of sour cherry upon opening. Transformed over several hours of decanting with some riper cherry notes, horse sweat, and black tea tannins. A bit clumsy overall but good juiciness and minerality. Could be 92-94pts with more years of patience.

2015 vintage

Ruby, medium bodied, much better 2 hours after opening, predominant cherry flavor turning to sour cherry on the finish, medium tannins.

2014 vintage

Significantly improved on second day... hold or LONG decant, and serve slightly below room temp (68-70) for best results.

2014 vintage

At home in Sonoma. Drank from bottle over several hours. Appearance is clear, medium intensity, ruby colour. Legs. Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of smoky dark earth, damp moss, ripe brown stems, dark red cherrries, black cherries, cola. Developing. On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol (13%), slick medium tannins, medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of black cherries, dark red cherries, cherry cola, sour plum, smoky dark earth, spicy stems. Long finish. Very good quality. …

2014 vintage

Elemental redolent aromas of earth, briar, and wild red and black berries. Saturated yet light on the palate, spreading yet focused, soft acids, completely integrated into a long sighing finish.

2014 vintage

Winebar [5 Whites & 6 Reds] from 9/29/17 (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA) : “From a 7 acre, dry-farmed plot planted to the Mt. Eden clone, harvested 8/4-13/’14 @ 23.8° Brix with a yield of 1.0 tons/acre; 1/3 Whole Cluster Fermentaion in small, open top, one ton capacity fermenters; Aged on the lees; Barrel Regimen: FR Burgundy (75% new, 25% 1 yr); 756 750ml cases & 31 1500ml cases produced & bottled Oct ’15, without fining or filtration, & …

2014 vintage

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