The Mount Eden Vineyards 2022 Estate Chardonnay from Santa Cruz Mountains received 93/100 points. Mount Eden Vineyards is recognized for producing distinctive, age-worthy wines from their historic Santa Cruz Mountains estate. The winery, founded in the 1940s, sits at an elevation of 2,000 feet on the western slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The estate vineyard was planted with cuttings from Burgundy's Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, making it one of California's most historic vineyard sites. The cool mountain climate, combined with limestone-rich soils, produces Chardonnay of exceptional finesse and minerality. Mount Eden's Chardonnays are known for their Burgundian character, with restrained oak, vibrant acidity, and remarkable aging potential. The wines often require several years in bottle to fully express their complexity. Wine Enthusiast has noted rich peach, butter, matchstick and stonefruit blossom aromas with baked lemon, dried apricot and toasted wood flavors in their Chardonnays. This wine represents one of California's most distinctive and terroir-driven Chardonnays.