2004 Greenock Creek Shiraz Alices

Community Tasting Notes (50) Avg Score: 90.6 points

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  1/1/2024 - efeldhake@yahoo.com Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Deep garnet in color with slight breaking edges. Rich nose of blackberries, tar, and hint of leather. Rich taste of crushed blackberries, mentor, dark, cherries, and a slight earthiness. Plush with great depth. Wonderful balance and complexity. Interestingly, did not taste nearly as nice from Corvin. In a great spot now, but may improve for another 3 to 5 years. Drink a whore for five years.

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  9/11/2021 - Kdubs Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Purchased on release from the winery and well-stored in our cellar. Opened with friends at a restaurant, and it was a WOW-er. Bigger than I expected, and I have had hundreds of Greenocks, but not many Alice's, so the American oak caught me off guard at first. Lots of the typical tar/asphalt and big fruit typically with Greenocks, but nicely integrated vanilla oak. Can't imagine it getting any better, but was so well balanced and big, it would surely hold another decade. Another great wine from Michael and Annabelle, and I immediately searched for more, but the older Greenocks are hard to find these days. I came across one in Del Mar, CA, grabbed it and had it in April 2022. Great again, but probably scoring more like a 94/95. Possibly not quite as well stored and it was from a high-end store, but on an open shelf, so not sure when it was acquired nor how it was stored, but the fill was excellent.

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  4/14/2021 - IrvineCellar Likes this wine: 88 Points

  This was probably fantastic at one point, but maybe a little too old now in 2021. Nose is menthol, asparagus, and asphalt. Tannins have softened and acidity is strong. Palate has dark and blue fruit, spice, and vegetal notes. Good wine.

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  10/30/2020 - Winokdub wrote: 94 Points

  Amazing nose. Sweet fruit but super complex also. Was best after 3 hours of air. Layered and concentrated. All elements are there. Nose initial approach on the pallette. Mid pallette. And finish. Wow.

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  12/8/2018 - walkerjfw wrote: 92 Points

  At Entrada with Wendy and Simon, good excuse to open a nicely aged Aussie. This one bought at auction several years back. PnP at the restaurant.
  
  Dark inky purple, some sediment. Nose of dark fruits, earth, asphalt and graphite. Palate showing blackberry, blue fruits, truffle, charcoal. A lot going on here, had this wine several years back and it was much more opulent - still fruit forward and classic Aussie but a bit more settled. Full body, 20-30 second finish
  
  This was better about 30 minutes in, would let it open if venue allows, a strain/decant would get some of the sediment out, but its not too bad. Will drink the remainder of these over next few years.

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