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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.3 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 3 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by bestdamncab on 10/13/1994 & rated 89 points: Tasting of 8 Chardonnays including 2 White Burgundy (Walnut Creek, Ca.): Apple and fruit on the nose, opened smoky, buttery and rich, spritzy, nice, clean buttery fruit, pleasant, average finish with tart acid on the finish. (720 views) | | | Tasted by buckeye76 on 4/25/1994 & rated 89 points: BUTTERSCOTCH AND APPLES IN THE AROMA WITH BUTTERSCOTCH, CITRUS, AND GRAPEFRUIT IN THE FLAVOR, NICE ACID, AND A MEDIUM LENGTH FINISH. SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN 9/94, AROMA HAS OPENED UP. (1057 views) | | | Tasted by bestdamncab on 3/7/1992 & rated 90 points: Mount Eden Vineyards+2 Champagnes+1980 Fetzer Reserve Chardonnay (Walnut Creek, Ca.): Great fruit with lots of butter, lots of fruit on the finish. (157 views) |
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Vintage Tastings, Los Angeles Quarterly (10/12/2005)
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Vinous, July/August 1998, IWC Issue #79
(Mount Eden Vineyards Chardonnay Santa Cruz Mountains (in double magnum)) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Mount Eden Vineyards Producer websiteChardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Santa Cruz Mountains Santa Cruz Mountains Winegrowers Association | Wikipedia
Once referred to by wine writers as the Chaine d'Or -- or "golden chain" -- the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA sits above Silicon Valley, running along the craggy range next to the Pacific on some of the prettiest parts of Northern California. The area supports more than 75 wineries, despite being limited by geography and high land prices.
In 1981 the Santa Cruz Mountains Viticultural Appellation became federally recognized, one of the first American viticultural areas to be defined by geophysical and climatic factors. The appellation encompasses the Santa Cruz Mountain range, from Half Moon Bay in the north, to Mount Madonna in the south. The east and west boundaries are defined by elevation, extending down to 800 feet in the east and 400 feet in the west. |
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