[SOLD-OUT] Greenock Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 2009

Philip White 94+++ points!
“f it didn’t have that tiny tell-tale wisp of minty eucalyptol and creekline fennel – aromas which generally betray Australian red – this astonishing Cabernet would convince many a master taster that it came from the Medoc in Bordeaux. Delicate violets light up its brilliant musky perfume; peppery dust, meaty blueberries and deep crème de cassis lie glowering quietly below. At 12.5% alcohol, it is obviously one of the most elegant wines ever produced at Greenock Creek. But don’t think that indicates a pushover: behind its willowy confection there’s a rapier of natural acidity, a tight austerity and a severe concentration that most of Bordeaux simply never achieves. And the like of which the Barossa absolutely never achieves. This is the most un-Barossa red I’ve had since the near-perfect Cabernets Seppelts grew at nearby Dorrien in the seventies and early eighties. In a priceless vineyard which Foster’s recently uprooted and replaced with a clone guaranteed to produce much higher tonnages! Apart from all those structural aspects of the wine’s form, it has a cheeky, sweet, blackberries, mulberries, blackcurrants-andconfectionery aftertaste that adds profound sensuality and gaiety to its rather humourless Masonic architecture. While it will undoubtedly make a liar of me by reaching perfection long after I’m rotting in my pine overcoat, I would suggest that it will probably be sublime enough in about a decade, when I am only half-way through my life. By which I mean that I obviously lie about my age, where this wine will probably manage to remain youthful and vivacious a lot longer than I did. It is eminently approachable now, but it will gradually mellow as its corners wear away, and it slowly realises I am no further threat to it. Miraculous. (12.5% alcohol; 94+++ points).”
Phillip White, 2011

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Country:

Australia

Region:

SA- Barossa Valley

Variety:

Wine Red - Cabernet

Size:

750mL