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Vintage Conditions2017 vintage was set by a near-perfect growing season with a long-awaited wet winter and rainfall well above the long-term average. One of the wettest spring seasons on record minimised the risk of frost damage. Cooler than average spring and summer temperatures ensured a long, slow growing season and allowed intense flavour development and retention of natural grape acidity. Harvest was two weeks later than normal as a result of late January and early February rainfall.Vineyard Selection The Cabernet Sauvignon was sourced from a selection of parcels from Block 1A and Block 5 of from our estate vineyard.Winemaking Once the grapes have been identified to be of optimum maturation and flavour ripeness, the parcels are brought into the winery where they are destemmed and crushed into the open-topped fermenters. Manual pump-overs are conducted twice daily to provide extraction of colour, flavour and tannin. Towards the end of fermentation, the wine is drained and then pressed to a combination of 58% new French and American oak barrels for 20 months maturation. Careful barrel selection takes place before the wine is blended. The wine is neither fined, nor filtered. Tasting EvaluationColour: Concentrated purple-black core with a ruby rim.Aroma: Perfumed varietal Cabernet aromas of blackcurrant, black olive and cassis with further layers of choc mint and rare roast lamb. Subtle oak spice appears with a further swirling of the glass.Palate: Fleshy mid-palate of black plum, black cherry, Black forest cake, cocoa and raspberry liquorice are framed with dusty, mouth-coating tannins. Fresh red apple skin acidity creates focus and direction.Technical NotesVarietal composition: 100% Cabernet SauvignonRegion (GI): Barossa Valley Winemaker: Jason BarretteAlcohol: 14.1% alc/volpH: 3.56TA: 6.5g/LResidual Sugar: 0.55g/LBottled: 19 February 2019

Producing only genuinely Estate wines, Greenock Creek is the lifelong labour of Michael & Annabelle Waugh. These wines are typically full of intense Barossan power, often paired with the heat to boot. Yields are, as Andrew Caillard puts it, impossibly low - leading to both concentration of flavour and a cultish following. Explore the Museum

Complex aromas of blackberry, plum, kirsch, vanilla and lavender combine with hints of spicey sandalwood oak. Full bodied, with rich and intense black fruit flavours, meld into the chalky tannins. The complex structure of this wine suggests it will age for many years.

2015 ’Pantelis’ Cabernet Sauvignon The Pantelis Cabernet Sauvignon is our signature wine and bears the name of the family patriarch. Pantelis Zachopoulos (1927-1998) immigrated to Australia from Greece in 1966 with his wife Olga and four children. His diverse agricultural knowledge was passed onto his children Michael, Nicholas and myself [Zissis]. In 1998 a few months before his passing we purchased and began establishing our vineyard in the Barossa Ranges. I decided to make this wine in his honor as a token of our appreciation for everything he has taught us. The wine has dark rich fruits, plum and blackcurrant with a touch of typical Cabernet herbaceousness on the nose. The palate is long and full with lovely dark chocolate, Mocca and cassis favours.

Fruit-driven and rich. This Barossa Cabernet displays notes of red-berry and wild dark cherry. With varietal characters of liquorice and pepper spice completing the rich round palate.

Sourced from premium vineyards within the Barossa valley, this wine has been matured for fifteen months in seasoned and new French and American oak barrels. This wine displays aromas of black cherries, blackberries with hints of plum and varietal leafy notes. The palate is rich and full bodied, with layers of dark berries and soft chalky tannins.

Old Hands acknowledges that many of the Barossas finestvineyards are owned by long-time grape growers with years ofexperience, often with the benefit of advice from pastgenerations. Made in a generous Barossa style, the aromas ofblackcurrant and violet are complemented by a rich and plushpalate of dark fruits, soft tannin and length of flavour.

Single vineyard, slow sustainable ripening, producing a fruit driven style. Forest fruits - harvested April from 70 year old vines. Maturation 22 months French oak. Aromas of fig and mushrooms, hints of white pepper. Limited Edition