Noon Winery
Eclipse Grenache Blend
McLaren Vale, Fleurieu, South Australia, Australia
Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of a few hours. No formal notes but this left a similar impression to my previous experience with this wine earlier in the year. The 2013 Eclipse remains a wine of large proportions and deftly manages its high ABV. No way I could drink these often but they are fun in the right mood/setting! Drink now through 2028.
Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of a few hours. No formal notes but this left a similar impression to my previous experience with this wine earlier in the year. The 2013 Eclipse remains a wine of large proportions and deftly manages its high ABV. No way I could drink these often but they are fun in the right mood/setting! Drink now through 2028.
Jun 23rd, 2025Popped and poured into a decanter about 90min prior to service. The 2013 Eclipse pours a deep ruby with a transparent core; medium+ viscosity with faint staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with red and black brambles, leather, black pepper and other spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long and hard to hate on. Yes, it is an enormous wine and yet, somehow balanced at 16%. To this day, the wines from Noon remain elusive. Drink now through 2028.
Popped and poured into a decanter about 90min prior to service. The 2013 Eclipse pours a deep ruby with a transparent core; medium+ viscosity with faint staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with red and black brambles, leather, black pepper and other spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long and hard to hate on. Yes, it is an enormous wine and yet, somehow balanced at 16%. To this day, the wines from Noon remain elusive. Drink now through 2028.
May 22nd, 2024
Always a delight!
In the decanter for an hour.
Quintessential MV Grenache.
8% Graciano 6% Shiraz.
Always a delight!
In the decanter for an hour.
Quintessential MV Grenache.
8% Graciano 6% Shiraz.
Needed about two hours in a decanter but once it opened up rich and decadent.
Needed about two hours in a decanter but once it opened up rich and decadent.
Mar 7th, 2016It’s an enjoyable blend with nice balance and intensity. It carries the 16% alcohol pretty well, but still finishes a little hot.
It’s an enjoyable blend with nice balance and intensity. It carries the 16% alcohol pretty well, but still finishes a little hot.
May 15th, 2020Delicious. Medium bodied with a muted nose of soft red and black fruit then a bright palate with raspberry, plum, dusty cocoa and white pepper. A little alcohol warmth on the finish but it’s not distracting (particularly on this winter evening). Persistent acid and tannins that promise a long future ahead.
Delicious. Medium bodied with a muted nose of soft red and black fruit then a bright palate with raspberry, plum, dusty cocoa and white pepper. A little alcohol warmth on the finish but it’s not distracting (particularly on this winter evening). Persistent acid and tannins that promise a long future ahead.
Jul 12th, 2018A little bit of heat but a nice wine otherwise
A little bit of heat but a nice wine otherwise
Aug 1st, 2016
Ronnie had this 10 years ago
Ronnie had this 10 years ago
May 4th, 2015