2022 Mountadam High Eden ‘Milton’
$45.00
A cool, dry continental climate with soils of low fertility (over 500 million years old) is a forbidding site to grow grapes. It does however, provide the opportunity to produce special wines of great concentration and elegance.
Vintage
Varietal
Alcohol
15%
Professional Reviews
Cabernet sauvignon sourced from Block 21 in the Mountadam estate at 550m above sea level; matured for 20 months in seasoned French oak. Bright magenta/crimson with uber-pure blackberry, blackcurrant and black cherry fruits. Hints of mixed spice, violets, briar, licorice, cedar, bay leaf and vanilla bean. Mountadam is really getting some superb purity and detail out of its fruit lately and this wine is a worthy follow-up to the stellar '21 release. Plenty of cellaring upside here, too. - 95 points, Dave Brookes - James Halliday Wine Companion
Tasting Notes
Mountadam Vineyards High Eden series is the selection of the best parcels of fruit from the Estate. ‘Milton’, formerly known as ‘The Red’, is a small and subtle tribute to the Brown family’s contribution to Mountadams legacy. The wine is named after David’s father, Milton Brown. Traditionally known as the best Cabernet or Cabernet blend from the Estate the 2022 vintage saw this wine as a straight Cabernet Sauvignon due to the high quality of a single block.
Cabernet sauvignon sourced from Block 21 in the Mountadam estate at 550m above sea level; matured for 20 months in seasoned French oak. Bright magenta/crimson with uber-pure blackberry, blackcurrant and black cherry fruits. Hints of mixed spice, violets, briar, licorice, cedar, bay leaf and vanilla bean. Mountadam is really getting some superb purity and detail out of its fruit lately and this wine is a worthy follow-up to the stellar ’21 release. Plenty of cellaring upside here, too. – 95 points, Dave Brookes – James Halliday Wine Companion
