Notes sourced from Noon Winery.
Made from a blend of Grenache and Shiraz. Deep red/purple colour. Gorgeous black cherry and spice aromas of wonderful intensity this year. Lovely deep ripe fruit flavours, full bodied, with a long dry finish giving a nice touch of restraint. Great with food. Very attractive now but will certainly improve with 2 or 3 years cellaring. Optimum drinking 2002 – 2010. 14.9% alcohol volume.
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The 1999 Eclipse (a blend of 66% Grenache and 34% Shiraz aged in American oak and bottled unfiltered) tips the scales at a hefty 14.9% alcohol. The wine has an opaque purple color as well as a fabulously sweet nose of blackberry and cassis liqueur interspersed with licorice, truffle, and vanillin. Full-bodied, heady, layered, ripe, pure, and sumptuous, it is a dazzling 1999 to drink over the next 15-16 years. Drink 2001 – 2017
Rating: 94 points
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