Greenock Creek Wines
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Plum, blueberry and blackberry fruits of heady concentration, with layers of baking spices, fruitcake, dark chocolate, violets, olive tapenade, blackforest cake, roast meats and vanillin oak. Full bodied, with incredible fruit depth, purity and intensity; a cascade of fine, chalky tannins and a seam of vital acidity that drives that core of fruit forward with great aplomb. A super release. - 97 points, Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion
The vines were planted in the 1912 on hard clays mixed with deep alluvial loam. Vine age gives a density to the wine via small bunches and a strong tannin structure, which needs time to mellow. The clone, which we think came from South Africa, gives crimson wines with a dark-berry fruit spectrum and hints of spice and liquorice.
The wine used to spend three years in barrel but we cut that down to two in 2018 to promote a more satisfying harmony between complexity, mellow tannins and fresh fruit.
