Domaine Eden Pinot Noir 2021

Domaine Eden's 2021 Pinot Noir opens with vibrant aromatics—curry spice, cardamom, and fresh strawberry—that signal a wine built for the cellar. On the palate, medium body carries through with ripe raspberry and subtle forest floor notes, a reflection of the vineyard's woodland terroir. Structured and age-worthy, this vintage rewards patience and will develop greater complexity over the coming years.

Wine Spectator: 92
Rose hip and hibiscus notes lead off, followed quickly by racy bitter cherry and damson plum fruit flavors. The long finish shows a spine of black tea and dried anise. There's nice energy throughout. Drink now through 2032.

Wine Enthusiast: 93
Dark and intense aromas of plum, graphite, wild thyme and solid show on the nose of this bottling. There's a sizzle of acidity at the tip of the sip, and then come waves of pencil shavings, dark fruit and peppery spices.

Vinous: 92
The 2021 Pinot Noir from Domaine Eden also includes about 10% declassified fruit from the Mount Eden estate. It comes from a mix of the greatest hits of clones—777, Rhys, Mt. Eden, Calera, 828—and underwent native fermentation with 15-20% whole clusters. The result is beautifully rendered and especially elegant, presenting a lifted, heady portrait of floral red and blue fruit and sweet spices. Soft and welcoming, there’s ample flesh on its bones, finishing with a long and sensual candied blood orange tone. This is all about textural harmony.

Vinous: 92

The 2021 Pinot Noir from Domaine Eden also includes about 10% declassified fruit from the Mount Eden estate. It comes from a mix of the greatest hits of clones—777, Rhys, Mt. Eden, Calera, 828—and underwent native fermentation with 15-20% whole clusters. The result is beautifully rendered and especially elegant, presenting a lifted, heady portrait of floral red and blue fruit and sweet spices. Soft and welcoming, there’s ample flesh on its bones, finishing with a long and sensual candied blood orange tone. This is all about textural harmony.

Jeb Dunnuck: 94
The 2021 Pinot Noir is 90% from Domaine Eden, with the remainder both from Mount Eden and some from grower vineyards, all cool-climate sites. It’s made in a rich, softer style than the Mount Eden, with no new oak, instead aged in 2- to 5-year-old barrels used previously for Mount Eden. It tastes of wild mountain strawberry, raspberry and a hint of forest floor, melding together into a seamlessly balanced, medium-bodied expression of great winemaking from great sites. Drink now through 2031.

Jeb Dunnuck: 94

The 2021 Pinot Noir is 90% from Domaine Eden, with the remainder both from Mount Eden and some from grower vineyards, all cool-climate sites. It’s made in a rich, softer style than the Mount Eden, with no new oak, instead aged in 2- to 5-year-old barrels used previously for Mount Eden. It tastes of wild mountain strawberry, raspberry and a hint of forest floor, melding together into a seamlessly balanced, medium-bodied expression of great winemaking from great sites. Drink now through 2031.