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Mount Eden Pinot Noir Estate 2021

$7499

Mount Eden's Estate Pinot Noir is one of the most historically important Pinots in America. Martin Ray planted Pinot Noir on this Santa Cruz mountaintop in 1945, with budwood traced through Paul Masson back to the great Burgundy houses — possibly Domaine Louis Latour itself — and brought to California in the 1880s. Today seven acres of those low-yielding vines deliver one to one-and-a-half tons per acre. Above the fog line at 2,000 feet, planted in Franciscan shale, the vineyard makes a Pinot that has more in common with Côte de Nuits than with the cool-coastal Pinots dominating California right now: structured, savory, built to age a decade or more.

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  • Nationwide Access: Flat-rate shipping available to most U.S. states with delivery in 3-5 business days.
  • Temperature-Monitored Shipping: We closely monitor weather conditions and make informed decisions to ensure shipments travel safely, with insulated packaging and refrigerated transport available when required.
  • Wine-Specific Protective Packaging: Specialized materials designed to maintain label integrity and prevent breakage during transit.
  • Provenance Assured: All wines are maintained in climate-controlled conditions at our shop until the moment of dispatch.

Returns & Exchanges

We stand behind every bottle we sell.

  • If the wine is less than 10 years old and it is corked, you may return it to us for a full refund or exchange within 60 days of purchase. You must show us proof of purchase. We understand that you may not live near a shop and that it is difficult to ship open bottles of wine to us, so if there's any problem feel free to Contact Us and we'll work it out.
  • For wines older than 10 years, the consumer bears the risk of a faulty cork, but we accept returns of older bottles if the wine is faulty as a result of improper storage. Please come by the store or Contact Us if there is a problem.
  • We may, at our discretion and to the extent permitted by law, accept returns of unopened wines within 30 days of purchase if they were properly stored by the purchaser, subject to a 15% re-stocking fee.

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Antonio Galloni

96 points

"The 2021 Pinot Noir Estate Bottled unfolds with a blockbuster bouquet of macerated red cherry, lavender, new leather and clove. Aged in 40% new French oak for ten to eleven months, it’s broad and ample on the palate. Layers of fresh berry fruit, supple tannins and gentle citrus succulence introduce a wine of extreme class and pedigree. The tannins are just so refined, and the delineation of flavors is superb. Vivid, lively, meticulous and calibrated, this is a testament to the heights attainable with Pinot Noir in the Santa Cruz Mountains." —Billy Norris

Robert Parker

94 points

"The 2021 Pinot Noir Estate is a pretty and ethereal rendition of the Mount Eden style, offering inviting, red-fruited and forest floor aromas framed with judicious use of new oak. The palate is lively, buoyant and medium-bodied, leading to an energetic finish supported by cleansing acidity and youthful, fine tannins. Still quite tight and inward throughout, this should start unfolding in 3-4 years and continue to reward for over a decade." —Matthew Luczy

Wine Enthusiast

94 points

"The rounded aromas of pomegranate and cherry on the nose of this bottling are cut by stony streaks of graphite and crushed pumice. The palate is dark on both fruit and mineral fronts, pairing slightly tart black fruit with chiseled slate. Drink now-2039." —Matt Kettmann

More about Mount Eden

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Pinot Noir

  • Vintage

    2021

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Sustainable

  • Style

    Fruity

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Roast duck, grilled lamb chops, mushroom-stuffed quail, or a stew of beef cheeks.

Tasting Profile

Black cherry, dried rose, forest floor, sassafras, baking spice. Medium-bodied with firm, fine tannins, bright acidity, and a savory, lingering finish.

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