[SOLD-OUT] Greenock Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 2017

 

"While tasting through a suite of 2017 Greenock Creek releases I kept gravitating back to the non-shiraz wines, specifically the cabernet sauvignon and mataro that were sent. This is one of the wines that sees French oak at Greenock Creek. Unfined-unfiltered to bottle.

Bold, luscious and assertive style of cabernet sauvignon but it holds its muscular physique well. Rich cassis, new leather, lavender, woody spice and sandalwood characters emerge. Tannins are chewy, slightly woody, and finish the wine in chomps of wood spice and slight bitterness, though that feels apt after the thick, generous front and mid-palate stuffed with ripe fruit and lavish flavour. Strap in." - Mike Bennie, Wine Front

 

"Aroma: Ripe blackcurrants with luscious liquorice and spearmint.
Palate: Mouth filling and complex. Blackcurrants and anise are intertwined with boysenberry juice, green tea leaves and freshly turned earth/tar. The tannins are dusty and provide the wine with a rustic, savoury edge that provides an intriguing palate structure with the spiced oak and hint of lemon myrtle.

The grapes are fermented in large, shallow open fermenters, pumped over, chilled and pressed through a basket press.  The free run and pressings are kept separate through maturation and blended back together one week before bottling.  The wine is racked into barrel to undergo natural MLF.  The oak is all French shaved out seasoned second-hand hogsheads, with the better barrels being used for the pressings. 

The wine is left to mature in barrels for a total of 27 months and is usually not filtered or fined prior to bottling. This wine contains the much sought after flavours of top Cabernets – mint, lavender, chocolate, berries and perfume – the perfect combination to produce an excellent example of this variety."
- Greenock Creek

 

  Vegan-friendly  

Country:

Australia

Region:

SA- Barossa Valley

Variety:

Wine Red - Cabernet

Size:

750mL