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[SOLD-OUT] Sons of Eden Romulus Shiraz 2016

"This has great density allied to finesse and style" -  Raymond Chan 19.5+/20 Points! 

"A story that has intrigued us for years is the fable of the legendary founders of Ancient Rome, Romulus and Remus. These twins were abandoned at birth and reared by a she-wolf. Romulus murdered his twin in a fit of rage over the naming of Rome, the city which both had built. Legend presents Romulus as the stronger, more powerful of the brothers, while Remus was more refined, focussed and elegant. We believe the twins’ characterise the distinctive and unique flavours and attributes of Shiraz from the twin valleys – the Barossa Valley and Eden Valley.


Hand harvested, destemmed and crushed into small 1.5 tonne open topped fermenters. The fruit was chilled for 6 days before being allowed to naturally warm up to start fermentation. To optimise the vineyard expression a range of hand plunging cap management techniques were used across the different vineyard parcels. Post-pressing, the wines were transferred to a combination of new and seasoned French and American oak hogsheads. Matured for 20 months in oak without racking, the wines were then carefully blended, naturally clarified and bottled without filtration.


Deep garnet in colour with an alluring complex aroma of dark-cherry, plums and roasted vanilla bean. The palate is powerful and well structured, fleshy, with chewy textured tannins finishing with polish and focus. The 2016 was an exceptional Barossa vintage indicating this wine will mature well for many years."


Sons of Eden

 


"Very dark, black-hued ruby-red colour, a little lighter on the rim with slight purple hues, very youthful in appearance. The nose is full and well-concentrated with deeply packed, but stylishly expressed aromas of ripe black-berried fruits intermixed with black minerals, a hint of tar, unfolding notes of spices and black florals with black pepper nuances. This has great density allied to finesse and style. Full-bodied, the palate has great richness, density and power of ripe blackberry fruit with notes of tar and minerals, a little game, with black pepper and Asian spices. The fruit is sweet, succulent and mouthfilling, and supported by considerable fine-grained, flowery tannin extraction and structure. The palate has great presence, depth and weight, and is essentially quite complete. The flavours carry with great drive to a long, rich, solid finish. This is a very ripe, fulsome, ripe Shiraz with deeply concentrated flavours of blackberries, minerals and tar, with game and spice detail on a powerfully constructed, but fine-grained palate. Match with casseroles and roasted game meat dishes over the next 10-15+ years. Named after the stronger more powerful of the twins that founded Rome. 100% Shiraz fruit from Ebenezer, Moppa and Menglers Hill, vines 60+ to 80+ y.o."

- Raymond Chan, 12th June 2018

 

Farming   Vegan-friendly  


Country:
Australia
Region:
SA- Barossa Valley
Variety:
Wine Red - Shiraz
Size:
750mL

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$63.00

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