Greenock Creek Roennfeldt Road Shiraz, Barossa Valley 1996 Original Presentation Box

About the winery

The grapes for this wine are picked from a solitary home vineyard on the Roennfeldt Road property at Marananga close Greenock. The vines are around 80 years old, and this is the smallest vineyard. The vines crop at 1.0 to 1.5 tons per 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 naturally occurring high liquor, despite the fact that this will rely on occasional 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

The ideal 1996 Shiraz Roennfeldt Road (15.2% liquor) was aged three years in new American hogsheads (little foudres). This amazing accomplishment brags an inky/dark/purple color and in addition a striking scent of smoke, charcoal, blackberry alcohol, and an indication of toast. In the mouth, it is breathtakingly focused and tremendously pure, with endless supply of flavours that unfold incrementally. Mouth-recoloring, however not crazy, it would be hard to find a more concentrated wine anywhere on the planet. Although the tannin is high, it is obscured by the wealth of fruit and glycerin. It is presumably justified regardless of the high cost of admission.