2016 Mount Eden Vineyards Pinot Noir Domaine Eden

Community Tasting Notes (19) Avg Score: 89.9 points

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  5/2/2024 - chablis28 wrote: 92 Points

  I'm a diehard Mount Eden fan. I love the history starting with Martin Ray's vision and hitting its full potential with Jeffrey Patterson at the helm in 1981 & his singular dedication to farming & a light touch in the cellar resulting in a wonderful history of SCM terroir driven PN, Chard & Cabernet. This fruit is mostly from a site on nearby mountain top purchased in 2007 yet offering signature Mount Eden fruit purity & terroir & the vintages always shining through. This exhibits red fruit, spice, earth and forest floor notes on a weightless energetic palate. No heavy handedness here. ME gives us what the vintage and the vineyard provided in 2016. Happy to have one more. Give this at least a 2hr slow ox & drink in Burg glasses for the best experience. 13.5% alc. This is not a PNP wine.

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  7/28/2023 - David J Cooper wrote: 93 Points

  Clear medium red. Incredible Earthy Pinot Noir nose. Wild red cherry, spice, herbs, and barnyard. Delicious percictent berry and cherry flavours and a long dry herbal, cherry finish.
  
  Like 09 Neely. High altitude Pinot Noir. Not Burgundy or Sonoma, but something unique.

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  1/7/2023 - Dine&Vine wrote: 88 Points

  Nothing to write home about. Just okay, hollow and fleeting soft flavors. Same on day 2.

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  12/26/2022 - LingonTuvan Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Balanced and in the window right now. Not very complex.

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  12/3/2022 - David J Cooper wrote: 91 Points

  Medium light red with a darker core. Opens with enough funkiness to think it might be corked but it wasn’t. Earthy, dried mushroom, forest floor, orange peel, plums and strawberry. The flavours are more pure and the finish is light and dry.
  
  I really liked this. Much different than other SCM wines I have had. After reading Erin Brook’s WA note I can now describe the opening funk as prosciutto.

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