Greenock Creek, Apricot Block Shiraz, Barossa Valley
Greenock Creek · South Australia › Barossa Valley › Australia
Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
92
/100
Reviews
19
professional
Vintages
No vintages
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92.5
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98
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Taster #6813
· Sep 18, 2023
98/100
Fabulous! At its peak now.
2011 vintage
Taster #4666
· Mar 30, 2022
75/100
Well past drinking window. Drinkable but just.
2011 vintage
Taster #8125
· Sep 25, 2020
89/100
A little funky at first after pop and pour. Settled down after sitting in the glass. Very dark garnet, showing red at the rim. Showing its age in the nose, but still expressive with iron, smoked meat. Sweetish fruit in the mouth, round and ripe, with a lingering aftertaste. Paid close to $80 for this, about right. No more upside, but not much on the downside. Drink now. 4-12-15-7: 89/100.
2000 vintage
Taster #1252
· Jun 7, 2020
94/100
Very nice wine. Great nose. Layers of fruit. Complex. Excellent finish.
2000 vintage
Taster #4261
· Dec 23, 2019
95/100
Five years since my last bottle, and time has served this wine beautifully. It has now settled into a place of splendid balance, with the power muted just enough to allow the complex array of underlying flavors to emerge: spicy red and black fruit, black and green pepper, apricot and clove. A chewy, voluptuous texture, and a very long finish, add to the wine's appeal.
2000 vintage
Taster #5533
· Dec 21, 2018
94/100
I bought a lot of Australian Shiraz in the early 2000s, some of which was too big to have with food and did not live up to the hype. However, this bottle was definitely not one of those. This was delicious! Still nice color, and rich, concentrated fruit in the nose and flavor, plums, black cherries, leather, and tobacco. What a pleasant surprise. Smooth soft tannins and no hint of the alcohol level. Very well balanced, full bodied, with nice …
2000 vintage
Taster #2352
· Oct 28, 2017
88/100
Deep garnet core - not showing much age at all. Vanilla and plum on the nose. Medium- to full-bodied, with fairly high (but balanced) acidity and no discernible tannins. The palate mirrors the nose (vanilla and sweet plums) and the alcohol is somewhat noticeable at first, but less so after a couple of hours in the decanter. Don't get me wrong: this is a very well made and concentrated wine. Just not what I was expecting from a 17 year …
2000 vintage
Taster #8249
· Jan 1, 2016
94/100
Absolutely delicious and in the peak of its drinking window. Very concentrated, long, super smooth due to the aging with tannins gone.
2000 vintage
Taster #1968
· Dec 26, 2015
96/100
Decanted for one hour. Fruit bomb. Concentrated. Sweet fruits with some herbal notes. Long finish with good acids, road dust and some garden herbs. Five to ten years life left ahead. Not showing any wear from age.
2000 vintage
Taster #2885
· Aug 26, 2015
94/100
Consistent with my previous notes
2000 vintage
Taster #4462
· Mar 8, 2015
90/100
Possibly overdone - very berry-full and looked like a bit of heat damage to bottle. Still a very nice wine however, though if you have some of this stocked away, its ready for drinking now!
2000 vintage
Taster #4261
· Jan 1, 2015
92/100
An intense, concentrated powerhouse of a wine, dominated by ripe fruit and elements of soy and saline, but absolutely monolithic in its profile -- a bit too one-dimensional for my palate, at least on this night.
2000 vintage
Taster #2885
· Nov 9, 2014
94/100
Consistent with my previous notes.
2000 vintage
Taster #2885
· May 5, 2014
94/100
Consistent with my previous reviews.
2000 vintage
Taster #2885
· Nov 9, 2013
94/100
Well developed shiraz in the peak of its drinking window (if the provenance and storage are up to snuff). Mellowed but still transmitting some heat. notes of leather, pepper and a plethora of subdued red fruits. Drink now for another 3-5 years. Decant!
2000 vintage
Taster #9734
· Mar 31, 2012
Diss appointing. Starting to turn to vinegar. Cork seamed fine. Nothing strange. Same source as last bottle. I am not reviewing it because it is so different from the last bottle.
2000 vintage
Taster #9734
· Mar 20, 2012
93/100
Excellent! Very strong nose right off. Very fruity at first whiff. But tones of earth and other complex smells I couldn't get my head around. Taste was very good after aerating and decanting 30 minutes. Jammy and full. Lots of complexity. Got better over the evening.
2000 vintage
Taster #9573
· Nov 14, 2010
93/100
Not so many notes on this wine. Very juicy, a lot of good acidity and bitterness. A mouth full.
2000 vintage
Taster #1628
· Feb 14, 2010
95/100
Perfect Shiraz. Drinking perfectly right now. The CT tasting notes are spot-on.
2000 vintage
Taster #3247
· Feb 27, 2009
Utterly stunning nose; the near opaque color suggested the intensity of the wine, but it wasn't even close -- the nose was simply spellbinding. it is fully integrated at this point and I don't see it getting much better. however, this has at least a decade of superb drinking ahead of it. one of the most vibrant, captivating noses I've come across yet this year. drop dead gorgeous. picked up for $43 on winecommune.com, hah!
2000 vintage
Taster #1011
· Oct 31, 2007
95/100
Beautiful bottle. Soy, leather, gamey and deep fruit of blackberry and raspberry. More subtle than the over the top guys (Mollydooker etc), and not as extracted. Has another 4/5 years in it.
2000 vintage