[SOLD-OUT] Greenock Creek Mataro 2016

"There’s something quite raw and visceral about this wine. Rustic rouge. Sometimes those charcuterie aromas – like all the dark smoked and pickled meats – remind me of something from Calabria; at other times it presents me a smoky barbecue duck in outback China. It’s rich too in almost peaty vegetal decay: there’s fresh swampy moss on this ferny, mushroomy old earth. Then, after a few days the fruits take over. There was a damn Christmas cake in there all the time! It just ruz right up.

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As the chubby fats first dominant retreat, which is the next phase, I was surprised at how lithe and wiry is the whiprod acid way down there, drawing the whole thing taut and racy and promising an easy decade of dungeon. After all that there’s a threatening little glint of gunmetal blue juniper tannin, as fine and elegant as tannin can get. Raisins, currants and citrus rind hang around with suet, nutmeg and walnuts to tease you into quite serious indulgence. Surrender. Just give in."

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Philip White

 

  Vegan-friendly  

Country:

Australia

Region:

SA- Barossa Valley

Variety:

Wine Red - Other

Size:

750mL