2015 Mount Eden "Estate" Santa Cruz Mountains Chardonnay
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Jeb Dunnuck
Reviewed February 2019The 2015 Chardonnay Estate comes all from the estate vineyard and mostly from a block of vines planted in 1990. Aged in 50% new oak, it’s another brilliant Chardonnay from Jeffrey Patterson that has a rich, concentrated, classic style as well as ample honeyed minerality, orchard fruits, and hints of brioche and toasted spice. Pure, medium to full-bodied and impeccably balanced, you can enjoy bottles today or cellar for 10-15 years, if you’re so inclined.
Professional Reviews
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John Gilman
The 2015 Chardonnay from Mount Eden Vineyards is a lovely bottle, with a bit more ripeness than some recent vintages from Jeffrey Patterson, as it tips the scales at fourteen percent, but it is precise, pure and vibrant on both the nose and palate. At four years of age, the bouquet is really starting to blossom beautifully, offering up scents of pear, hazelnuts, a touch of acacia blossom, complex soil tones, citrus peel, vanillin oak, lavender and a topnote of orange blossoms. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and very well-balanced, with an excellent core of fruit, lovely mineral drive, bright acids and a long, complex and zesty finish.
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Wine Enthusiast
This classic bottling is still a baby and needs plenty of time to open. When it does, aromas of toasted hazelnuts, light oak, lemon pith and exotic apples show on the nose. The palate combines oak smoke with savory sea salt and sumptuous golden apple fruits. *Cellar Selection* (MK)
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Wine Advocate
The 2015 Chardonnay Estate spent 11 months in 50% new French oak and is an exotic, voluptuous rendition of this California classic. The nose is deep and powerful, giving off aromas of lanolin, apricot oil, white peach and pastry dough. The palate is opulent and concentrated, propped up with hints of soft acidity and mineral structure. (ML)
Notes
94 points Eric Brooks for Wine Advocate: "The 2015 Chardonnay Estate opens with citrusy notes of lemon and lime peel plus petrichor, gunflint, dried hay, green melon, white peach and appealing herbal hints. Medium-bodied, it has a fantastic core of savory, peachy fruit with juicy acidity and loads of mineral notions, finishing long and lively. 1,807 cases produced." (02/2020)
Details
| Type | White Wine |
|---|---|
| Varietal | Chardonnay |
| Origin | Santa Cruz Mountains, California, United States |
| Bottle Size | 750 mL |
| Alcohol Content | 14% |
| SKU | 1384302 |