2007 Noon Eclipse

Community Tasting Notes (18) Avg Score: 91.4 points

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  1/23/2021 - alohashirt Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Random purchase in a wine store that had a 30% off sale. Buying old Australian wine is like kissing frogs - you get a lot of slime and occasionally a princess.
  
  It looks like brown scarlet with legs. It smells like hot raspberry. It tastes better. Gobs of red fruit, mouth puckering tannins,enough acidity to hold it together. This is delicious and not as hot as the 16% alc might suggest. I haven’t tasted a wine like this before. Imagine a slender Grenache going to a fancy dress ball in costume as a big brawny Shiraz. This is light to medium bodied but it feels bigger. Delicious with rotisserie chicken and garlic bread.
  
  The $68 I paid was a fair price .I’ll buy this again.

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  5/16/2020 - Eric wrote:

  This is drinking really well, spicy, tannins rounded, a wall of pure fruit, and no perceptible alcohol. Sampled via Coravin, so I will update this note over the next few weeks as I work my way through the rest of the bottle.

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  11/22/2019 - hiker_guy wrote:

  haven't had one of these in years.
  
  Popped and poured into glasses and left there for about an hour.
  Nose was very hot initially and I wasn't optimistic but over the course of the hour it filled out and developed more dark fruit, tar and spice notes.
  Palate was big and rich but disappointingly had little complexity or nuance. Both my wife and I noted how disappointed we were given how much we used to love this wine. It was really just a big Aussie wine. Tiring to drink alone. Better with the lamb chops.
  Would not buy again.

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  10/22/2017 - buckeye76 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Full bodied wine with black cherries, black raspberries, earthiness, and hints of floral. Medium to long finish.

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  1/3/2017 - TXRhoneRanger wrote: 92 Points

  Drinking ripe and ready. PNP'd this bottle. No need to decant. Very dark raspberry, black cherry, and black berry. This is no ordinary Grenache. Like the cliche - this one is full throttle. I would have liked to seen a little more complexity, and back of the gasoline a little. The fun part is that a little savory component came out about 1.5 hrs in to the bottle. Make a slab of baby back ribs and enjoy.

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