Above 7 bottles per lot
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GREENOCK CREEK (ROENNFELDT)
Michael and Annabel Waugh established Greenock Creek in 1978 as a boutique Barossa Valley winery with a focus on creating extraordinarily concentrated and flavorful wines. To accomplish this task, they drew inspiration from Rocky O'Callaghan, one of the pioneers of the Barossa Valley, and enlisted the talented Chris Ringland of Three Rivers fame. Quality is controlled by keeping total production under 2,500 cases entirely made from estate-grown fruit for all the various vineyard designated wines and cuvées. Foremost among these, are the Roennfeldt Road Cuvée Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon from the Marananga vineyard. The Shiraz is made from fifty year-old vines and is aged three years in new American oak barrels. It ranks among the world's most concentrated dry table wines, often tipping the scales at nearly sixteen percent alcohol by volume with triple digit scores from critics for its power and concentration with flavors of acacia, blackberries and charcoal. The Cabernet has just slightly less alcohol and is aged in new French oak for nearly the same length of time and cascades crème de cassis and camphor. Production of both Roennfeldt Roads is extremely limited even by Greenock Creek's standards, with approximately 200 cases of the Shiraz and 50 cases or just two barrels of Cabernet Sauvignon.
JC
Greenock Creek, Roennfeldt Road, Cabernet Sauvignon
--Vintage 1995(1)
"The 1995 Cabernet Sauvignon Roennfeldt Road is 100 Cabernet Sauvignon from 50-year old vines. The wine was aged three years in new French oak. It has soaked up the wood beautifully. This is an unctuous, blockbuster, opaque, purple-colored wine with a classic nose of charcoal, black currants, cedar, mineral, and licorice. The wine has phenomenal intensity, great purity, a huge, ripe, yet balanced attack, a multilayered mid-palate, and an awesome finish. The mid-palate seems to have layers of fruit that just cascade over the palate with no hard edges. This is a terrific classic that can be approached now but ideally needs 3-4 years of cellaring. Anticipated maturity: 2004-2025." Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #135 (June 2001)
--Vintage 1996(1)
Greenock Creek, Roennfeldt Road, Shiraz
--Vintage 1995(1)
"The prodigious 1995 Shiraz Roennfeldt Road spent three years in barrel, but in this case, new American wood. Made from 50-year old vines, it is syrup of Shiraz, with compelling blackberry liqueur intermixed with minerals, smoke, and truffles. Huge in the mouth but not overbearing, this wine has a finish that goes on for nearly a minute. With great purity, massive extraction, and a blockbuster, multidimensional personality, this is one of the greatest Shiraz I have ever tasted. Anticipated maturity: 2004-2030." Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #135 (June 2001)
--Vintage 1996(1)
"The perfect 1996 Shiraz Roennfeldt Road (15.2 alcohol) was aged three years in new American hogsheads (small foudres). This amazing achievement boasts an inky/black/purple color as well as a striking perfume of smoke, charcoal, blackberry liqueur, and a hint of toast. In the mouth, it is fabulously concentrated and tremendously pure, with layer upon layer of flavors that unfold incrementally. Mouth-staining, but not over the top, it would be hard to find a more concentrated wine anywhere in the world. Although the tannin is high, it is obscured by the wealth of fruit and glycerin. A tour de force in winemaking, it is probably worth the high cost of admission. Anticipated maturity: now-2018." Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #143 (October 2002)
--Vintage 1997(1)
--Vintage 1998(1)
"The 1998 Shiraz Roennfeldt Road (235 cases) is made from yields of .75-1 ton of fruit per acre. The wine possesses the concentration of the greatest classics ever produced in such Bordeaux vintages as 1945, 1947, 1959, 1961, and 1982. This is a full-bodied red with a finish that lasts well over 60 seconds." Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #155 (August 2004)
--Vintage 1999(1)
"It offers wonderful freshness, good acidity, superb intensity, and copious quantities of blackberry, cassis, crushed rock, floral, and spicy new oak notes. Massive and concentrated with perfect equilibrium, it can be drunk now and over the next 25 years. Kudos to one of the world's finest wine producers!" Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #161 (August 2005)
Above 7 bottles per lot
Michael and Annabel Waugh established Greenock Creek in 1978 as a boutique Barossa Valley winery with a focus on creating extraordinarily concentrated and flavorful wines. To accomplish this task, they drew inspiration from Rocky O'Callaghan, one of the pioneers of the Barossa Valley, and enlisted the talented Chris Ringland of Three Rivers fame. Quality is controlled by keeping total production under 2,500 cases entirely made from estate-grown fruit for all the various vineyard designated wines and cuvées. Foremost among these, are the Roennfeldt Road Cuvée Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon from the Marananga vineyard. The Shiraz is made from fifty year-old vines and is aged three years in new American oak barrels. It ranks among the world's most concentrated dry table wines, often tipping the scales at nearly sixteen percent alcohol by volume with triple digit scores from critics for its power and concentration with flavors of acacia, blackberries and charcoal. The Cabernet has just slightly less alcohol and is aged in new French oak for nearly the same length of time and cascades crème de cassis and camphor. Production of both Roennfeldt Roads is extremely limited even by Greenock Creek's standards, with approximately 200 cases of the Shiraz and 50 cases or just two barrels of Cabernet Sauvignon.
JC
Greenock Creek, Roennfeldt Road, Cabernet Sauvignon
--Vintage 1995(1)
"The 1995 Cabernet Sauvignon Roennfeldt Road is 100 Cabernet Sauvignon from 50-year old vines. The wine was aged three years in new French oak. It has soaked up the wood beautifully. This is an unctuous, blockbuster, opaque, purple-colored wine with a classic nose of charcoal, black currants, cedar, mineral, and licorice. The wine has phenomenal intensity, great purity, a huge, ripe, yet balanced attack, a multilayered mid-palate, and an awesome finish. The mid-palate seems to have layers of fruit that just cascade over the palate with no hard edges. This is a terrific classic that can be approached now but ideally needs 3-4 years of cellaring. Anticipated maturity: 2004-2025." Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #135 (June 2001)
--Vintage 1996(1)
Greenock Creek, Roennfeldt Road, Shiraz
--Vintage 1995(1)
"The prodigious 1995 Shiraz Roennfeldt Road spent three years in barrel, but in this case, new American wood. Made from 50-year old vines, it is syrup of Shiraz, with compelling blackberry liqueur intermixed with minerals, smoke, and truffles. Huge in the mouth but not overbearing, this wine has a finish that goes on for nearly a minute. With great purity, massive extraction, and a blockbuster, multidimensional personality, this is one of the greatest Shiraz I have ever tasted. Anticipated maturity: 2004-2030." Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #135 (June 2001)
--Vintage 1996(1)
"The perfect 1996 Shiraz Roennfeldt Road (15.2 alcohol) was aged three years in new American hogsheads (small foudres). This amazing achievement boasts an inky/black/purple color as well as a striking perfume of smoke, charcoal, blackberry liqueur, and a hint of toast. In the mouth, it is fabulously concentrated and tremendously pure, with layer upon layer of flavors that unfold incrementally. Mouth-staining, but not over the top, it would be hard to find a more concentrated wine anywhere in the world. Although the tannin is high, it is obscured by the wealth of fruit and glycerin. A tour de force in winemaking, it is probably worth the high cost of admission. Anticipated maturity: now-2018." Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #143 (October 2002)
--Vintage 1997(1)
--Vintage 1998(1)
"The 1998 Shiraz Roennfeldt Road (235 cases) is made from yields of .75-1 ton of fruit per acre. The wine possesses the concentration of the greatest classics ever produced in such Bordeaux vintages as 1945, 1947, 1959, 1961, and 1982. This is a full-bodied red with a finish that lasts well over 60 seconds." Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #155 (August 2004)
--Vintage 1999(1)
"It offers wonderful freshness, good acidity, superb intensity, and copious quantities of blackberry, cassis, crushed rock, floral, and spicy new oak notes. Massive and concentrated with perfect equilibrium, it can be drunk now and over the next 25 years. Kudos to one of the world's finest wine producers!" Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #161 (August 2005)
Above 7 bottles per lot
Provenance
Purchased upon release property of a New Jersey gentleman removed from temperature controlled home storage.