Greenock Creek Roennfeldt Road Cabernet Sauvignon 1999 Barossa Valley, South Australia Australia

About the winery

The grapes for this wine are picked from a solitary estate vineyard on the Roennfeldt Road property at Marananga close to Greenock. The vines are around 80 years old, and this is our smallest vineyard. The vines crop at 1.0 to 1.5 tons every acre of land and the grapes are singled out phenological readiness and flavour at a baume scope of 14 to 16º. This baume can create a commonly happening high liquor, despite the fact that this will rely on upon regular conditions.
Following picking the grapes are fermented in huge, shallow open fermenters, pumped over, chilled and squeezed through a wicker basket press. The free run and pressings are kept separate through development and mixed back together one week prior to packaging. Taking after essential maturation the wine is racked into barrel to experience characteristic MLF.The wine is left to develop in barrels (all new French hogsheads) for a sum of 36 months and after that packaged. The wine is normally not separated or fined preceding packaging, and is then left in jug to develop for an additional 24 months. This accordingly implies that the wine has been in barrel or container for in overabundance of five years preceding its discharge.

Winery Details

Greenock Creek Wines
54 Radford Road
Seppeltsfield, SA, 5355, Australia
Phone:   (08) 8562 8103
Website: http://www.greenockcreekwines.com.au/

About the wine

Made by winemakers Michael Waugh and Chris Ringland at the Rockford winery in Barossa, the Cabernet Sauvignon Roennfeldt Road (120 cases from 50-year old vines) was aged for 3 years in new French oak. Its 13.4% liquor is unassuming by Barossa standards. A dark purple shading is trailed by stunning fragrances of blueberry and blackberry alcohol intermixed with blossom, camphor, and vanilla fragrances. Magnificently rich and full-bodied, with a thick surface, radiant virtue, and a multilayered, high rise identity, this is significant stuff!