MOUNTADAM VINEYARDS HIGH EDEN 'THE RED'
Screw Cap
A great Barossa red.
Barossa Valley, South Australia
2016
14.5% ABV.
52% Merlot, 48% Cabernet Sauvignon
75cl
£25.95
Price includes VAT
Tasting notes:
This blend has a deep red colour. Its initial aromas are black currant, red plum, fresh herbs, subtle hints of roast capsicum and cedar. The palate has a backbone of grainy fine tannins and good acidity. The wine clearly displays lashings of cedary, tobacco box oak. The wine has excellent persistence. The wine will reward careful cellaring for at least 20 years.
About the wine:
The individual varietal blocks were harvested in late March and the grapes were manually sorted prior to crushing. Fermentation was carried out in 8T submerged cap fermenters. The wine was run off daily and returned to the fermenter for 14 days. The skins were then allowed to sit submerged for a further 5 weeks prior to pressing.
Maturation was carried out in new French oak barriques for 20-24 months. Post maturation the blend individual parcels were blended and bottle aged for 12 months prioer to release.
About the producer:
Established in 1972 as one of Australia's pioneer Chardonnay producers, Mountadam was founded by the late David Wynn, without question one of the most significant contributors to the Australian wine industry and an important part of the Mountadam story.
Amongst his many achievements, David Wynn is credited with the invention of the wine cask; he founded Wynn's Coonawarra Estate and transformed Coonawarra reds during the 1960s and '70s.
In selecting the land for the Mountadam vineyard, Wynn was the first to recognise the potential of a cool, elevated site to produce wines of great elegance and structure, chosing an area high above the Eden Valley, which he named High Eden. At 550m above sea level, Mountadam is in fact the most elevated vineyard in South Australia.
Current owner David Brown bought the estate in 2006 and one of many significant investments included the instalment of Con Moshos as head winemaker, following a distinguished 23-year career making fine wines at Petaluma. The Eden Valley wines are gently made and lean towards cool climate, old world charm, the Barossa valley wines veer more towards new world generosity and roundness.
