Eden Road Long Road Pinot Noir 2012

Description

“Canberra is an exciting region at the moment, and there are many new players hitting unthinkable heights of quality. Winemaker Nick Spencer has demonstrated – across a whole range of styles and prices – that Eden Road Wines is a force to be reckoned with.” Nick Stock, The Age/SMH Good Wine Guide.

The Eden Road wines all derive primarily from the ACT/NSW ‘High Country’ regions of Canberra District, Hilltops, Gundagai and Tumbarumba. Eden Road is supposed to suggest an ideal (as in the Garden of Eden), not a place.
The palate is generous with silky, plush tannins and great length.  The fruit for The Long Road Pinot is sourced from the same vineyards as the Chardonnay – Courabyra and Maragle in Tumbarumba.   50% of the fruit is included as whole bunches and the remaining 50% is de-stemmed. The fermentation takes place over 14 days and then is gently pressed directly to old French Barriques (10% new) for 12 months. The wine displays intense aromas of cherries, currants and clovey spice.
92 points James Halliday  “The use of 25% whole bunches in the fermentation of this wine provides a sappy cold tea aromatic lift that sits comfortably alongside fragrant red fruits and a suggestion of spicy oak; the palate reveals a muscular structure, with fine tannins and chalky acidity leading to a generously long finish; will reveal more suppleness and finesse with time in bottle.”
RRP $29