Description
Sons of Eden co-owners, Corey Ryan (“cut his teeth” as winemaker at Henschke for 10 yrs) winemaker and Simon Cowham (ex-viticulturist Yalumba) have come up trumps again with this impressive new release.
The timing of the first full moon in the Barossa Valley each harvest typically lines up with the Tempranillo harvest of the Light Pass Vineyard. This harvest moon wine Sons of Eden’s offering to Selene, the Greek Goddess of the moon, the celestial-body beauty that resembles fertility and productivity.
The Tempranillo is grown in the Light Pass sub-region of the Barossa Valley, which is classic red soil over limestone, and sits high on the eastern edge of the Valley. Likely, the oldest planting of Tempranillo in the region, planted in 1999 and is managed with low-input sustainable viticultural practices. The fruit was handpicked, destemmed and fermented in a mix of small fermenters, both stainless steel and oak. Extended skin contact pre and post fermentation together with daily hand plunging was utilised to assist in retaining fruit character and building tannin structure. The ferments were pressed to a mix of new and seasoned 500 litres French oak vessels. Matured undisturbed for 30 months, then naturally clarified and bottled with minimal filtration.
Inspired by the Spanish Gran Reserva style, this wine is deep ruby red in colour with intense dark cherry and smoked plum aromatics, all hinged around a complex rack of dried herbs. On the palate a fleshy black-fruit core is surrounded by a layered line of textural savoury tannins. A wine which has matured for 3 years in barrel and then 2 years in bottle before release, will continue to mature well for many more years to come.
92 points, James Suckling “A large-framed wine, benefiting from extended ageing before release. Oak-derived scents of cinnamon and mocha segue to clove, licorice, peony and stewed plum, swaddled in a dusty cloak of tannin. This is a polished and powerful wine that is more about Barossa than tempranillo. Perhaps that is the point.”
90 points, Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion ” .. Ruby red in the glass with red and dark berry and cherry fruits with swirls of spice, pressed flowers, dried herbs, mysterious smoky dried meat tones, leather and earth. Medium bodied with a savoury palate shape, sandy tannins and a distinct Euro-esque feel to its weight and flow.”
RRP $47 Our Special Price when you buy 6 or more $39.99
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