Fine Wine Online Auction

May 16, 2017

LOT 264

Lot 264

GREENOCK CREEK SHIRAZ CREEK BLOCK 1998 (7) 98 WA

GREENOCK CREEK SHIRAZ CREEK BLOCK 1998 (7) 98 WA
Lot 264 Details
GREENOCK CREEK SHIRAZ CREEK BLOCK 1998
Barossa Valley, South Australia.

A near-perfect wine is the 1998 Shiraz Creek Block, a wine made from 62-year old Shiraz aged in a combination of new and French oak. Sadly, there are only 100 cases of this opaque, purple-colored, full-bodied classic. The wine shows terrific notes of beef blood, new saddle leather, blackberry liqueur, smoke, and earth. Extremely full-bodied yet seamless, with dazzling levels of extract and ripeness, this is a tour de force in winemaking, but sadly, there is too little of it. It looks to have the potential to go 20-30 years.

98 WA


7 bts. per lot $600 - $700

Realised: $960
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

CONDITION DETAILS

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