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1995 Mount Eden Vineyards Chardonnay Santa Cruz Mountains
Chardonnay
- USA
- California
- Santa Cruz Mountains
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Community Tasting Notes 6
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WetRock wrote:
September 9, 2020 - Cork shows ingress up about a quarter all the way around. Color makes you pause getting towards bronze. But damn if this isn't expressive. Barely showing any oxidation but very mature nonetheless. Broad, loud sweet Meyer lemon on the nose and palate with some ripe apricot. So rich and big still. Some notes of yellow apple, honey. Hints of butterscotch. Fairly fat fruited with just enough acidity to keep this lively. Terrific. Really really impressive for just how big and expressive this is 25 years in.
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AlphaMikeFoxtrot wrote: 92 points
January 4, 2019 - Overripe stone fruit, plenty of butter and some oaky notes. Acid is mostly gone. Only a very well made Cali Chardonnay could make it this long.
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fredb Likes this wine:
May 2, 2013 - Deepening gold color. Aromas of butterscotch candy, lemon, and baked apple. Palate has some nuttiness under caramel, butterscotch, lemon, and apple notes. Some mushroom and marshmallow sneak in with air. The finish is medium-long. This shows its age, but is pretty easy to enjoy if you like a little bit of aged character in your Chardonnay. Drink or hold.
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Keith Levenberg wrote: 96 points
June 16, 2009 - It was fun watching everybody's surprise over just how awesome this was. I think everyone who was lucky enough to get some took seconds. This still has a ton of freshness, from its cool, brightly complexioned fruit to its spackling of beach sand, but age has given it a golden-green color, pungent aromatics, and a sappy intensity with just the right amount of treacly butterscotch to enrich the otherwise classic fruit profile. Never had a better California chardonnay.
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By John Gilman
May/Jun 2016, Issue #63, Mount Eden Vineyards Another Superstar From the Golden Age(Mount Eden Vineyards “Estate” Chardonnay) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Kapon
Los Angeles Quarterly, 10/12/2005(Mount Eden Chardonnay) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
July/August 1998, IWC Issue #79 (link)(Mount Eden Vineyards Chardonnay Santa Cruz Mountains (in double magnum)) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
12/2/2011 (link) 86 points(Mount Eden Vineyards Chardonnay Santa Cruz Mountains) Medium orange color; oxidized, baked orange, baked pear nose; tart baked orange, baked pear, oxidized palate; medium-plus finish (Jeffrey says he should have used more SO2 in '95 and '94)
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By Richard Jennings
7/4/2010 (link) 86 points(Mount Eden Vineyards Chardonnay Santa Cruz Mountains) Medium dark orange color; mature, beeswax, oxidized, hazelnut, nutty nose; mature, tart lemon, baked lemon, hazelnut palate; medium finish
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1995
- Type White
- Producer Mount Eden Vineyards
- Varietal Chardonnay
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Santa Cruz Mountains
- Appellation Santa Cruz Mountains
- UPC Code 400006038296
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 50 (60%)
- Consumed 34 (40%)
Food Pairing
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- ProducerMount Eden Vineyards
- VarietyChardonnay
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- AppellationSanta Cruz Mountains
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