Greenock Creek Durif 2020

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A Durif designed for early drinking

Durif is a hybrid grape variety created by French botanist Dr Francoise Durif in the 1890s.

Sourced from a premium private cellar

Product Details

Red

2020

Durif

Greenock Creek

Barossa Valley, South Australia, Australia

15 Plus Years

Stelvin

14.5%

750ml (Bottle)

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Description

Durif wines are typically black in colour, rich in flavour with firm tannin. Cellaring potential can potentially be measured in lifetimes! From a single vineyard block that follows a contoured ridgeline above Blocks 3 and 4 and below our High Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon block. The exposed vines planted in soils lighter in clay content and richer in ironstone produce low yields of flavour packed berries. This is a brooding, meaty and tannic wine built for cellaring. Black bitter cherries, dark melted chocolate and tobacco notes are tightly held by grippy tannins. The naturally high acidity gives a freshness to the wine and appears as blueberries on the back palate." - Greenock Creek
Tasting Profile

Light

Full

Low Tannin

Tannic

Sweet

Dry

Low Acidity

High Acidity

Food Pairings:

Game

Pork

Red Meat

Tasting Notes

Description

Durif wines are typically black in colour, rich in flavour with firm tannin. Cellaring potential can potentially be measured in lifetimes! From a single vineyard block that follows a contoured ridgeline above Blocks 3 and 4 and below our High Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon block. The exposed vines planted in soils lighter in clay content and richer in ironstone produce low yields of flavour packed berries. This is a brooding, meaty and tannic wine built for cellaring. Black bitter cherries, dark melted chocolate and tobacco notes are tightly held by grippy tannins. The naturally high acidity gives a freshness to the wine and appears as blueberries on the back palate." - Greenock Creek

Tasting Profile

Light
Full

Low Tannin
Tannic

Sweet
Dry

Low Acidity
High Acidity

Food Pairings:

Game

Pork

Red Meat

Greenock Creek

Located in Seppeltsfield in South Australia's Barossa Valley, Grennock Creek is a boutique winery owned by Michael & Annabelle Waugh. In 1975, while working in the area as a stonemason, Michael found an uninhabited cottage next to Grennock Creek and purchased the site that same year with the intention to build a winery. After planting vineyard plantings and construction on the winemaking facility, the cellar door opened in 1988 with just two wines available.

Grennock Creek now features seven wines. Focusing on small lot, estate-grown fruit, theses single vineyard Cabernet, Shiraz and Grenache are dry-grown with some vines at over 80 years of age. The grapes are generally fermented in large, shallow open fermenters, pumped over and pressed through a basket press. Both American and French oak is used with a mixture of new and old barrels. Depending on the vineyard and variety, the wines are aged for 12-27 months on average and are bottled without fining or filtration.

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