1994 Greenock Creek - Creek Shiraz

Gianna · Post by **Gianna** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:50 pm

I have just been given a bottle of this wine as a Chrissy present and have never drunk one before.

Would someone mind shedding some light as to the overall quality of the GC Creek Shiraz and whether the 94 was a good vintage and a drinking window.

Many thanks to whoever replies.

TORB · Post by **TORB** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:33 pm

It is a high quality wine, terrific in fact and ready to be drunk now, lucky you. It will hold for some years but I doubt it will get any better.

707 · Post by **707** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:27 pm

Gianna, the Creek Block is high quality wine and 1994 is a good vintage for the wine. Would be very good to drink now but will hold ok for a few more years.

I'm very happy to receive a similar gift if the giver would like to see me with a BIG smile on my face.

If you do drink it soon, please let us know how it was.

Gianna · Post by **Gianna** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 9:29 pm

Torb and 707 thanks for your input.

I think I will open it on Christmas morning and let it sit til lunch.
I am slow cooking a lamb roast stuffed full of garlic and rosemary that I will basted with pure olive oil (which has been marinating in sundried tomatoes and eggplants for about a week).

As a side note, I also received a 95 Moss Wood today as another Chrissy present, but having tried this wine before, there is no need to ask about this beauty.

ho ho ho, what a wonderful time of the year.

I will be sure to post both tasting notes over the next week.

Chow Chow · Post by **Chow Chow** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 9:59 pm

Gianna, wat can I say...u r a lucky lass :wink:

and I believed a asthetically incline and well endowed one too :oops:

The Moss Wood 1995 is a classic. IMO the best wine fr this exalted Est. and it's a pity the recent vintages never live up to the height. For ur lamb, the Cabernet is a match made in heaven.
Though I havent had any Greenock Creek Blk. but fr wat I a gathered this wine is best to savour alone without any food, maybe with some nuts and strong cheeses.

TORB · Post by **TORB** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 4:45 am

Chow Chow wrote:Thought I havent had any Greenock Creek Blk. but fr wat I a gathered this wine is best to savour alone without any food,

Wrong! Assumptions are a dangerous thing Martin. I have had it it twice in the last year and its fine with food, nothing like the monster you make it out to be.

707 · Post by **707** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 10:02 am

I'm happy to drink it with or without food. I find the Creek Blocks so chock full of complexities and nuances that the wine makes a good study on it's own.

Wish I was there for Xmas Gianna and I wish I had gift donors like yours!

Plenty of breathing is a good idea, it should develop well in the glass too.

Enjoy and don't forget to post your thoughts.