2018 Greenock Creek Roennfeldt Road Cabernet Sauvignon 750ml Beechworth and plum cake

and plum cake

mineral and tight

open-weave wine destined for the cellar

Although the season was dry

It has taken five vintages to establish the ‘Nereus style’

2018 Greenock Creek Roennfeldt Road Cabernet Sauvignon 750ml Beechworth and plum cakeThe vines were planted in the 1960s on red clay mixed with alluvial loam. We find that the loam gives the wine freshness in the guise of vibrancy and floral notes. Our old Cabernet Sauvignon clone is more akin to its parent, Cabernet Franc. This shows up as violets and blueberries in the wine. The 2018 matured in two French barrels, one of which was new. The nose gives an impression of tightness allied to concentration. There is violet, lemon myrtle,