Drank this over two nights about a week apart (375ml each time and stored in a half bottle in between). The first 375 was short decant and while the nose was awesome the palate was a closed and disappointing. On the second 375 I slow ox’ed for several hours (namely opened the 375 and poured a smal glass to give more air). And wow it was really great, acid was popping but not overwhelming, forest floor / menthol, and bright red fruits with a long finish. I will try to hold next bottle 5+ yrs
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25th Annual Lyon 10 Year Retrospective (Lyon Down Inn): 4/18 purchase $69. On its side, temp controlled x 5+ years. The cork broke like it was dried! The wine? No nose, no taste, no joy, typical of light TCA. Replaced in this tasting by the Behrens.
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Notes here say this needs time. Not my experience, i think i caught this at a beautiful place and close to peak. Yes it has fruit but also minerality, cedar, leather, beautiful acidity with just a mellow mouthfeel, rounded and smooth with no tannins. For those liking tertiary notes, they might prefer this more aged but to me it was just beautiful! Absolute gem at 10 years. Great with grilled steak. I always love My MT Eden with that sta cruz fruit profile!! Loved it so much that i pulled the trigger on 6 2016!!
2 hour decant. Cedar on the nose initially, developed a hint of menthol on the second day. Very savoury. Very good dark fruit core. Tannins nicely integrated. Medium length. For me lacks some conplexity at this stage - very enjoyable but interesting to see if this steps up in the coming years or stays in this spot?
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Bart's. Big fruit, structured, with this appellation's trademark granite minerality which I just adore. Everything good but probably ten years away from peak.
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(Mount Eden Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cruz Mtns) Referral Program REMINDER: Reminder that we’re piloting our Referral Mystery Box Program in 2018. Full details here. I’ll tease the program a little by revealing 1 of the 12 bottles in each tier: the Quarter Pull Mystery Box currently includes a bottle of Kiona Ice Wine; the Half Pull Mystery Box a bottle of Abeja Cabernet Sauvignon; and the Full Pull Mystery Box a bottle of No Girls Syrah. Thanks again to all of our list members who have been such amazing evangelizers over the years and who continue to spread the word about Full Pull! ---- Hello friends. High atop the steep slopes that jaggedly run up and down the Santa Cruz Mountains lives one of the most influential wineries in California: Mount Eden. To understand this place—the 80 year-old estate meticulously tended to, the terroir-specific wine made by Jeffrey Patterson—is to understand what makes California’s wine history so rich and important to the rest of the country. In a time when wine was still discovering its place in the United States, Martin Ray decided to trek up the hairpin bends of these rolling peaks and plant grapes that were lovingly brought over from France fifty years before. Though the winery was not even named Mount Eden at the time, Martin Ray planted his first grapes in 1945. From there, he continued to plant varieties up and down the mountain side. The estate’s wide-ranging elevation differences, as well as differences in maritime influence, yield microclimates diverse enough to grow everything from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir to Cabernet. The Pinot Noir and Chardonnay sit at a cooler, higher elevation of about 2,000 feet, while Cabernet takes up the warmer slopes closer to sea level. There is no question that this estate is special—it brought a man up a mountain 80 years ago to plant in a place no one else deemed fit. And the uniqueness of this place shows through the wines it produces. Eric Asmov described the estate’s influence best in a 2005 New York Times Article: ” The cabernets are more sinewy and lean than rich and concentrated. The pinot noir, which is made in very small quantities, is light-bodied and graceful rather than sweet and plush. And, rather than flavors of oak, butterscotch, tropical fruit and popcorn, the chardonnay offers captivating texture and subtle flavors wound around a core of lively acidity.” With consistently low yields, the quantity of these wines is never very much. When we get a chance to offer them, we jump on it immediately. This is only the third time ever that we’ve seen enough bottles to offer these wines to the list. Allocations may be brutal, but we’ll do our best to get every last bottle we can.See key for # of bottles currently available.
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12/2/2023 - WineJ2019 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Drank this over two nights about a week apart (375ml each time and stored in a half bottle in between). The first 375 was short decant and while the nose was awesome the palate was a closed and disappointing. On the second 375 I slow ox’ed for several hours (namely opened the 375 and poured a smal glass to give more air). And wow it was really great, acid was popping but not overwhelming, forest floor / menthol, and bright red fruits with a long finish. I will try to hold next bottle 5+ yrs
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11/4/2023 - Grinner wrote: flawed
25th Annual Lyon 10 Year Retrospective (Lyon Down Inn): 4/18 purchase $69. On its side, temp controlled x 5+ years. The cork broke like it was dried! The wine? No nose, no taste, no joy, typical of light TCA. Replaced in this tasting by the Behrens.
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5/7/2023 - Merengue Likes this wine: 93 Points
Notes here say this needs time. Not my experience, i think i caught this at a beautiful place and close to peak. Yes it has fruit but also minerality, cedar, leather, beautiful acidity with just a mellow mouthfeel, rounded and smooth with no tannins. For those liking tertiary notes, they might prefer this more aged but to me it was just beautiful! Absolute gem at 10 years. Great with grilled steak. I always love My MT Eden with that sta cruz fruit profile!! Loved it so much that i pulled the trigger on 6 2016!!
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2/25/2023 - Battersea James Likes this wine: 91 Points
2 hour decant. Cedar on the nose initially, developed a hint of menthol on the second day. Very savoury. Very good dark fruit core. Tannins nicely integrated. Medium length. For me lacks some conplexity at this stage - very enjoyable but interesting to see if this steps up in the coming years or stays in this spot?
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11/21/2022 - Neecies Likes this wine:
Bart's. Big fruit, structured, with this appellation's trademark granite minerality which I just adore. Everything good but probably ten years away from peak.
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