Noon, McLaren Vale, Eclipse, red 1999 SPAIN There is now a forest

There is now a forest floor intensity to this full-bodied

2011 Chardonnay: Liquid Farm Chardonnay Golden Slope: 72% Rita’s Crown

good mid-palate depth

and exotic spice and mineral notes build steadily with air

Not entirely sure how it manages to combine all these things

Noon, McLaren Vale, Eclipse, red 1999 SPAIN There is now a forest94 points eRobertParker. com The 1999 Eclipse (a blend of 66% Grenache and 34% Shiraz aged in American oak and bottled unfiltered) tips the scales at a hefty 14. 9% alcohol. The wine has an opaque purple color as well as a fabulously sweet nose of blackberry and cassis liqueur interspersed with licorice, truffle, and vanillin. Full bodied, heady, layered, ripe, pure, and sumptuous, it is a dazzling 1999 to drink over the next 15 16 years. Drink 2001