2012 Noon Winery Eclipse Grenache Shiraz 750ml

Grapes sourced from McLaren Vale and Langhorne Creek.

Producer tasting notes: “This is the first release to be sealed with a screw cap. Produced from 88% Grenache, 9% Shiraz and 3% Graciano, all estate grown. Medium deep red in colour, with a slightly brick hue. The nose is quite shy on pouring but opens with breathing to reveal red berries, spice, tar and charcoal. A little closed and promises more with time in the glass or bottle. The palate is firm and full bodied, with nice balance and very good length. Delicious now but this is a more tightly structared Eclipse which I expect to continue to evolve with further cellaring.” – Noon Winery

Drinking Window: 2014 – 2024

Noon Eclipse is predominantly Grenache (80%+) with smaller proportions of Shiraz and Graciano. The grapes come from the three Noon home vineyards in McLaren Vale. The grapes are hand-picked and fermented in small, open vats with hand-plunging to help extract colour and tannins.

“We produce generous, full-bodied wines from old vines growing is a warm climate. They are best consumed with equally flavoursome food”
– Drew Noon

Pressing is also by hand, using a basket press, followed by 18 months maturation in a combination of used 300-litre French and American oak barrels and larger oak casks. Eclipse may be high in alcohol as a result of Noons desire to harvest grapes when fully ripe and not to interfere with what the vineyard and the season has provided. Annual production is between 700 and 800 dozen.