2020

Mount Eden Estate Pinot Noir

   

Tech Notes

Rain Total in 2020: 20.6 inches

Yield: 2 tons per acre

Harvest Dates: August 19th- 25th, hand harvested

Numbers @ Harvest: 23.5° Brix, 3.37 pH, 7.5 grams acidity

Fermentation: 30% Whole Cluster, Native Ferments

Barrel: 100% barrel aged new and one-year-old old French Oak

Aging: 11 months

Bottling: July 2021, no fining or filtration

Alcohol: 14%

Tasting Notes

Release Date: Fall 2023

Our Pinots are not only historic—the longest lineage of estate bottled Pinot Noir in North America—but are also incredibly long-lived.  The wines from the 1980s are still going strong.  It is amazing what vine selection, terroir and proper cellaring can do.

Primary aromas of raspberry, mint, forest loam and violet are balanced on the palate with the elements of red fruit, earthy notes, tannin and oak in perfect proportions.

The 2020 is drinking beautifully now, especially with decanting, but it will really start to shine in the next few years and certainly for a couple of decades thereafter.

 

 

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Production

1,041 Cases

 
 
 
 

22020 Mount Eden Rd., Saratoga, CA 95070

408-867-5832