Moon Mountain Vineyard
Located more than 1,000 feet above the Sonoma Valley in the Mayacamas Mountains, Moon Mountain Vineyard grapes are organically grown. The combination of relatively infertile soils and the warm, sunny microclimate results in small crops of concentrated Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc grapes. The wines are aged slowly in small oak barrels and carefully blended prior to bottling.
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Moon Mountain Vineyard 2002 Monte Rosso Zinfandel (Sonoma Valley)
- $30
From this famous old mountain vineyard, a dense and concentrated Zin that blows you away with deliciousness. It’s very dark and young, with a flair of acidity and sweet tannins, and blackberry, cassis and mocha flavors that finish with a superripe raisiny note. But that slight Portiness is a seasoning element, and does not distract.
— S.H.
(6/1/2004)
Moon Mountain Vineyard 2002 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (Sonoma Valley)
- Cellar Selection
- $35
This mountain wine is thick in dusty tannins, and too young to fully enjoy now. But it’s a guaranteed ager, with its balance of acids and deep, delicious core of black currant, black cherry, cola and cocoa flavors. It has that extra edge of complexity that makes for a great Cabernet. Drink after 2007.
— S.H.
(4/1/2006)
Moon Mountain Vineyard 2007 Zinfandel (Dry Creek Valley)
- Editors' Choice
- $35
A beautiful Zin that showcases Dry Creek’s briary, brambly personality with near perfection. Dry and tannic, it has pepper-infused flavors of wild blackberries, cherries and mulberries, while oak adds rich, Bordeaux-style notes of smoky vanilla and cedar. Now–2013.
— S.H.
(11/1/2009)
Moon Mountain Vineyard 2000 Cabernet Franc (Sonoma Valley)
- $30
The essence of black cherries is the taste that floods the palate, with rich overlays of oak. There are sturdy tannins yet they are gentle, making the wine immediately enjoyable. This is a firm, full-bodied red wine that will be delicious with lamb or steak.
— S.H.
(5/1/2004)
Moon Mountain Vineyard 2003 Syrah (Sonoma Valley)
- $40
Easy to imagine drinking this with a really nice lamb dish or grilled steak. It has an upscale feeling, with a complex interplay of tannins and oak, and the flavors are long, lush and liqueur-like. However, it’s soft, and not ageable.
— S.H.
(9/1/2007)
Moon Mountain Vineyard 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon (Sonoma County)
- $16
This is a yummy Cab, gentle in the mouth, insistent in flavor, and rich and balanced. There’s a rich herb edge to the blackberry flavors, and the finish is dry, with a dusting of tannins that a good steak will cut right through.
— S.H.
(4/1/2006)
Moon Mountain Vineyard 2004 Chardonnay (Sonoma County)
- Best Buy
- $13
What’s likeable about this wine is that it doesn’t go for the cheap thrills of superripe fruit and form of oak flavoring so common in Chards of this price. What you get is a dry, minerally wine, with a firm spine and just enough peach and oak to make it rich and complex.
— S.H.
(4/1/2006)
Moon Mountain Vineyard 2002 Vadasz Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc (Sonoma Valley)
- $20
This single-vineyard release is richer than the winery’s Reserve, but it stays true to the house style, which is a citrusy grassiness and extreme dryness. The flavors veer toward grapefruit juice, fig and melon, with creamier notes from oak barrels. Has sharp acidity.
— S.H.
(5/1/2004)
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