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
