"Greenock Creek's Shiraz Roennfeldt Road lives up to its reputation in 2018 and delivers a rich experience. While immense in concentration, it combines with youthful vibrancy, making for a killer package. It opens with a dark heart of chocolate, blackberry and black tar wrapped in a thick overcoat of new oak. There is a fantastic density of flavor to follow, an almost Port-y richness, with blackberry flavors topped by jammy complexity that all fits nicely into the overall experience. Powerful and long with a rich tannin core, this wine will power on for a decade and beyond." - Angus Hughson
"The nose is enormously complex, from violet top notes down to chocolatey depths and everything in between. Rich mulberry and black cherries, prune, honey, star anise, malt, chocolate. It’s muscular but not boisterous on the palate, peeling the layers as it runs very long with black fruits, cherry liqueur and mead spices clinging to fine, dusty tannins.
The vines were planted in the 1960s 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. In 2018 we used 25% new oak, all American from the A.P. John cooperage." - Greenock Creek
Vegan-friendly
