Mount Eden Chardonnay Estate 2021 October2023Reductions Rich flavors of raisins

Rich flavors of raisins

Low-intervention farming and precise winemaking showcase why Fichet's style rivals the region's most revered names—pure delineation and focus without artifice

Zinfandel gets a bad rap

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crafted in Modena tradition since 1814

Mount Eden Chardonnay Estate 2021 October2023Reductions Rich flavors of raisinsMount Eden Estate Chardonnay has a claim few wines in California can match: an unbroken lineage going back to the late 1940s, when Martin Ray propagated cuttings from Paul Masson's original Burgundian selection at 2,000 feet in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The vines are planted in infertile Franciscan shale above the fog line, yielding small crops of intensely structured fruit. This is one of California's longest lived white wines a Chardonnay that