Domaine Eden Pinot Noir 2015
-
Wine
Enthusiast -
Robert
Parker -
Wilfred
Wong -
Jeb
Dunnuck
Product Details
Your Rating
Somm Note
Winemaker Notes
A perfumed, violet-scented, floral bouquet is generous and alluring. The palate is intense with a strong core of red fruit, moderate tannins, and fresh, energetic acidity. The all-important finish is long and expansive foretelling a great evolution in the bottle.
If you love mountain-grown Pinot made in the classic style, this is for you.
Professional Ratings
-
Wine Enthusiast
Offering almost as much elegance as its bigger Mount Eden sister at a much lower price, this bottling shows plump red cherries, thyme, vanilla and savory tones on the nose. There is a taut tension to the dry palate, where mulberry, elderberry and cranberry flavors vie for attention against the rocky earthy minerality.
Editors' Choice -
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2015 Pinot Noir from Domaine Eden is very pretty, offering up a youthfully expressive bouquet of red cherries, raspberries, currant leaf and candied peel. On the palate, it's medium-bodied, supple and succulent, without quite the depth, dimension and textural finesse of the Mount Eden bottling but nevertheless a very compelling Pinot Noir in its own right.
-
Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: If you ask any wine professional what would be one of their most pressing need in searching out wines, you would probably get Pinot Noir somewhere in the answer. For me, I am always on the hunt for a $40 Pinot Noir that would thrill my palate. The 2015 Domaine Eden Pinot Noir is the wine. TASTING NOTES: This is the real thing. Its aromas and flavors of black fruit and savory earth demand me to pair it with a filet mignon in a wild mushroom sauce. (Tasted: August 20, 2018, San Francisco, CA)
-
Jeb Dunnuck
Coming 80-90% from the Domaine Eden estate, the 2015 Pinot Noir is another rocking wine that should be snatched up by readers. Offering a big blast of red fruits, Christmas spice, and white pepper, it’s medium-bodied, has a seamless texture, and loads of upfront charm. Despite its approachability, it has the balance and class to evolve for a decade or more
Other Vintages
2019-
Robert
Parker -
Wine
Enthusiast -
Wine &
Spirits -
Wine
Spectator
-
Wine
Enthusiast -
Robert
Parker - Vinous
-
Wine
Spectator -
Jeb
Dunnuck
-
Robert
Parker -
Wine
Enthusiast
-
Wine &
Spirits -
Wilfred
Wong -
Robert
Parker -
Wine
Enthusiast
-
Wine &
Spirits -
Robert
Parker -
Wine
Enthusiast -
Jeb
Dunnuck
-
Wine
Enthusiast -
Robert
Parker -
Wilfred
Wong
-
Robert
Parker -
Wine
Enthusiast -
Wilfred
Wong
-
Robert
Parker
Domaine Eden is a mountaintop wine estate purchased by Mount Eden Vineyards in 2007. Modeled after Mount Eden, it was founded and built by the late Tom Mudd in 1983, who initially planted the Mount Eden clonal selections of Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon, which evolved to include Pinot Noir from various Dijon and California selections. This is the former home of Cinnabar Winery.
This property inspired a new wine brand, Domaine Eden, which focuses on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from this special site and Bordeaux varieties from Mount Eden’s larger home, the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Thin-skinned, finicky and temperamental, Pinot Noir is also one of the most rewarding grapes to grow and remains a labor of love for some of the greatest vignerons in Burgundy. Fairly adaptable but highly reflective of the environment in which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate and requires low yields to achieve high quality. Outside of France, outstanding examples come from in Oregon, California and throughout specific locations in wine-producing world. Somm Secret—André Tchelistcheff, California’s most influential post-Prohibition winemaker decidedly stayed away from the grape, claiming “God made Cabernet. The Devil made Pinot Noir.”
A rugged and topographically diverse cool-climate appellation with a rich history, the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA stretches from Half Moon Bay, just south of San Francisco, to the northern border of Monterey County. Elevations range from 800 feet to upwards of 3,000 and microclimates vary substantially depending on which side of the mountains the vineyards lie; cool ocean winds and fog play an important role here. This can be a challenging region in which to grow grapes, but it is well worth the effort. Santa Cruz Mountains wines are noted for balanced acidity levels, often showing great aging potential. Wine has been made here since the 1800s, most notably from the legendary Ridge Vineyards, whose Monte Bello vineyard garners international admiration.
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon are the stars of this region, while Merlot and Zinfandel also perform quite well. Organic and sustainable vineyard practices are becoming increasingly common.