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[SOLD-OUT] Greenock Creek Cornerstone Grenache 2017

"He’s done it again. I don’t know of other Grenache fermented dry at 17% wickedness yet retaining this much dignity and disarming generosity amongst all that stern authority and finesse. The fruit is rudely brazen at first: it’s like peeled black russian tomatoes through raspberries and redcurrants oozing in the press, which together give this bright arterial sweetness to lure you on toward really intense bitter black cherries. It’s intrinsically, naturally gelatinous: if you for some reason removed all that generous primary fruit there’s a kombu seaweed and wood ear mushroom broth simmering in there, too. White pepper. Mustard seed. Beef.


If there is an exemplar of the silky polished sheen some great Grenache can shine at you, it’s here. When it wanes, leaving the slimmer image of the wine about six years off, there’s a real rakish tango duo squirming and jerking around in there. Then rises the alcohol: after a few days the exhalation is sultry and spiritous, like a fine orujo or grappa seasoned with a cigarillo and a ristretto or two. This astonishing wine will go well into its second decade. After all that adventure, the lozenge, the jujube of rich cherry and raspberry just sits there cheekily in the centre of the tongue, melting happily to tannin and natural fruit glycerol. Nyah nyah."


Philip White

 

Farming   Vegan-friendly  


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

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$35.00

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