Noon, McLaren Vale, Eclipse, red 1999 Dessert allowing slow development of ripeness

allowing slow development of ripeness and tannin

Rounded aromas of cherries

with no apparent weight or heaviness

fermented with 44% whole clusters (all from the Grenache and Mourvèdre) and aged close to two years in mostly used barrel

Noon, McLaren Vale, Eclipse, red 1999 Dessert allowing slow development of ripeness94 points eRobertParker. com 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