Top 100 Best Buys Some people love Montrachet. I love this. A blend of fruit from two ridgetop vineyards, this gives the mineral intensity from Mount Eden’s vines grown in Franciscan shale soils buffered by the fruit richness of Domaine Eden’s chardonnay grown in loam. It brings on green lime freshness and plump richness—or is it the richness of porky ramen broth? Wines like this will be a cool memory in the future. Buy it now There’s a tropical kick to the nose of this bottling, with fresh aromas of lemon meringue and white flower riding a steely minerality. The palate pops with acid-powered lemon-peel flavors as toasted nuts arise on the finish. —M.K.Wine & Spirits Magazine
Wine Enthusiast Magazine
Release Date: Spring 2023
After a bountiful winter in 2019, we were again in the throes of a drought in 2020. We do not irrigate our vines so the winter rains are the sole source of water for each vintage. Thus we pay a lot of attention to our rain gauge.
The harvest was small yet concentrated and healthy. The rampage of fires that affected many of our friends in the wine business in 2020 avoided us—that is just luck.
There is a lot to enjoy with this wine—complex aromas of apple, savory herb, hazelnut, nutmeg and a core of mountain fruit. The wine, given its pedigree, is destined to age gracefully with lovely structure. We have had many opportunities to enjoy aged Domaine Eden Chardonnay vintages and they are beautiful.
