The 2015 Eclipse is 90% Grenache, 7% Graciano and 3% Shiraz, all from the estate vineyard in McLaren Vale. At this stage, it lacks the perfume of the intoxicating 2014, but it's packed with concentrated fruit. Yes, it's a powerful, high-octane wine, but the alcohol doesn't show as heat when served at the proper temperature (16-18 degrees Celsius, or 60-65 degrees Fahrenheit). Deep raspberry and mulberry flavors pick up hints of spice on the lingering, silky-firm finish.

Intense and effusive, with wild blueberry, white pepper and chai tea notes that are focused and precise amid a wall of thick, dense tannins, finishing with additional accents of spice and pepper. Grenache. Drink now through 2030. 750 cases made, 72 cases imported.??–MW??Region: Australia / McLaren Vale Select to Add