2012 mount eden vineyards, pinot noir, santa cruz mountains
Why We're Buying
The Central Coast is one of the United States' up-and-coming wine regions. That’s because it produces wines like Mount Eden Vineyards Pinot Noir. The red wine is a mosaic of different grapes from elite vineyards that culminates in a juicy, soft, and nuanced sip. As a bonus, the estate uses strict sustainable, dry farming to minimize its impact on the environment.
Critics Scores
Wine Enthusiast
Extremely light and transparent in color, this wine has a nose that mixes light raspberry fruit with diced green olive, pimento and burned rubber funk. The olive tapenade carries to the palate with a just-ripe strawberry, making for a lean, savory vintage, which is carried with vibrant acidity that lasts into days two and three. Cellar Selection.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Fermented and aged in 75% new French oak, the 2012 Pinot Noir Estate from Mount Eden has a lot of peppery spice and underbrush characteristics to go with a core of sour cherry and currant fruits on the nose. Medium-bodied, supple, nicely textured, and balanced with bright acidity, it starts out subtle, yet really stretches out nicely on the finish. It also blossoms with time in the glass. Give it 2-3 years and enjoy bottles through 2027.