Color: Deep ruby red.
Nose: Aromas of red berries and oak.
Palate: Wines from the Greenock sub region are considered by winemakers as being “complete”, meaning have a rich even pallet and variety of complementary flavours. This wine exemplifies all of these characteristics.Deep bright colour and a tinge of sawn-oak among the aromas that include tar, graphite, various nutty and woodsy aromas, complemented by brown spices. The wine is intense and piercing, taut and long, with ample tannins adding a touch of chew. A solid, concentrated wine that will benefit from a little more time in bottle.
95 pts - Ned Goodwin (James Suckling)Perhaps the classiest wine of this sub-regional trio. Perhaps. Time may shift this status, but right now this Greenock is refined in the context, bridling a floral elegance with blue and black pastille, anise, raspberry bon bon, clove and an exotic allure, as if a sachet of Indian spice is doused across the long, layered finish. Powerful, sure, but the tannins are a bow of tension, defined by grape and framed by oak. A full-weighted expression of considerable class. Best after 2026. Screw cap.
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