Terroirs of The Barossa Greenock Shiraz 2008
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Tasting Notes

The dark, brooding regional characters of plum, red cherry and liquorice are all to the fore of this wine. The palate is focused and linear, with dark bitter chocolate notes and an elegant long persistent finish. We recommend cellaring for 10 years.

Winemaking

The grapes were destalked (separating berries from the bunch) and placed uncrushed into small stainless steel open fermenters. A cultured yeast was used to start the fermentation and the tanks were hand plunged spending 7 days on skins at 28° C.

Further maturation in a mixture of French and American Oak for 18 months has resulted
in a wine of great structure and finesse.

Reviews
94 Points
Review by: Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
Almost pretty but meaty, peppery and spicy too with dark fruit and abundant depth, density and richness. It’s chewy and highly tactile in the mouth - you can roll it round and pull out plenty of sweet and savoury flavours - engaging and entertaining. Acidity looked a little forced early on but it settled down well with some air. Has an Iced Vovo biscuit sweetness on the finish, but it’s long and spicy too. There’s an almost physical presence and ‘oomph’ here that makes this particular wine so attractive.
94 Points
Review by: James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2011
Deep red-purple; the bouquet is rich and deep, with black fruits, plum cake, chocolate and mocha aromas faithfully replayed on the full-bodied, albeit quite soft, palate. From the 80-year-old vines of the Lauke Vineyard. 
Gold Medal, Best in class
Review by: 2010 - International Wine and Spirit Competition
Inky deep crimson purple colour to rim. Blackcurrant pastille with chocloate and spice, mint and red cherry kirsch, sprinkled with raspberry juiciness. A glorious, total oral experience! Cascades of luscious black fruits, displayed over a solid tannic core, liberally dusted with spice and bitter chocolate, warm black earth and an extra meaty, funky edge lending another dimension. Classy winemaking indeed.
Top 100 Wine
Review by: Adelaide Review - Top 100 - 2010/11
Dark berries soaked in vanilla and butterscotch. A powerful wine with a silky mid-palate and good balance of acid and tannins and great length. Adelaide review Top 100 - 2010/11
A rip snorter of a red!....
Review by: Kerry Skinner, Illawarra Mercury
A rip-snorter of a shiraz, one of three from different regions and released simultaneously by winemaker Tim Smith. The best of the Barossa here, lip-smacking black berry and plum fruit, integrated pepper and spice, all melding perfectly with a combination of French and American oak, silky tannins and great length. 4/11/2010

 

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Tasting Notes

The dark, brooding regional characters of plum, red cherry and liquorice are all to the fore of this wine. The palate is focused and linear, with dark bitter chocolate notes and an elegant long persistent finish. We recommend cellaring for 10 years.

Winemaking

The grapes were destalked (separating berries from the bunch) and placed uncrushed into small stainless steel open fermenters. A cultured yeast was used to start the fermentation and the tanks were hand plunged spending 7 days on skins at 28° C.

Further maturation in a mixture of French and American Oak for 18 months has resulted
in a wine of great structure and finesse.

Reviews
94 Points

Score: 94 Points
Review by: Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
Almost pretty but meaty, peppery and spicy too with dark fruit and abundant depth, density and richness. It’s chewy and highly tactile in the mouth - you can roll it round and pull out plenty of sweet and savoury flavours - engaging and entertaining. Acidity looked a little forced early on but it settled down well with some air. Has an Iced Vovo biscuit sweetness on the finish, but it’s long and spicy too. There’s an almost physical presence and ‘oomph’ here that makes this particular wine so attractive.

94 Points

Score: 94 Points
Review by: James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2011
Deep red-purple; the bouquet is rich and deep, with black fruits, plum cake, chocolate and mocha aromas faithfully replayed on the full-bodied, albeit quite soft, palate. From the 80-year-old vines of the Lauke Vineyard. 

Gold Medal, Best in class

Score: Gold Medal - Best in class
Review by: 2010 - International Wine and Spirit Competition
Inky deep crimson purple colour to rim. Blackcurrant pastille with chocloate and spice, mint and red cherry kirsch, sprinkled with raspberry juiciness. A glorious, total oral experience! Cascades of luscious black fruits, displayed over a solid tannic core, liberally dusted with spice and bitter chocolate, warm black earth and an extra meaty, funky edge lending another dimension. Classy winemaking indeed.

Top 100 Wine

Score: Top 100
Review by: Adelaide Review - Top 100 - 2010/11
Dark berries soaked in vanilla and butterscotch. A powerful wine with a silky mid-palate and good balance of acid and tannins and great length. Adelaide review Top 100 - 2010/11

A rip snorter of a red!....
Review by: Kerry Skinner, Illawarra Mercury
A rip-snorter of a shiraz, one of three from different regions and released simultaneously by winemaker Tim Smith. The best of the Barossa here, lip-smacking black berry and plum fruit, integrated pepper and spice, all melding perfectly with a combination of French and American oak, silky tannins and great length. 4/11/2010

 

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