The 2020 Greenock Creek Roennfeldt Road Cabernet Sauvignon is a profoundly concentrated and powerfully structured expression from one of the Barossa Valley’s most legendary single vineyards. While Roennfeldt Road Shiraz is the estate’s most famous wine, the Cabernet Sauvignon from this tiny, low-yielding site is equally formidable — often even more tightly coiled, intensely structured and astonishingly long-lived.
The Roennfeldt Road vineyard lies in the western Barossa, where ancient, skeletal soils and near-dessicated conditions produce extremely low yields of intensely flavoured, thick-skinned berries. In 2020 — a warm, drought-affected and very low-yielding season — these already-restrained vines yielded fruit of exceptional density, tannin maturity and aromatic depth.
The nose is powerful and brooding, offering a distinctive Roennfeldt Road signature: blackcurrant reduction, blackberry, mulberry, black cherry and plum skin. Layers of graphite, tobacco leaf, cedar, peppercorn, dark chocolate, roasted herbs and warm earth deepen the complexity. Hints of charred spice and fine oak integrate seamlessly.
On the palate, the 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon is monumental — full-bodied, deeply concentrated and firmly structured. A wave of dark fruit saturates the mid-palate, framed by commanding yet velvety tannins that speak to both vineyard pedigree and the warm 2020 season. Notes of cassis, cocoa, licorice, espresso, cured meat and savoury spice unfurl slowly, building toward a long, powerful and authoritative finish. Despite its size, the wine retains a refreshing undercurrent of energy and minerality, essential for long-term ageing.
This is a quintessential Roennfeldt Road Cabernet: muscular, intensely flavoured, and built for decades in the cellar. With time, it will evolve into a more nuanced, savoury and multilayered expression, revealing the full potential of this extraordinary vineyard.
Region: Barossa Valley, South Australia
Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon
Alcohol: ~15%
Drinking Window: 2026 – 2050+
A towering, deeply structured and collectable Cabernet Sauvignon from one of the Barossa’s most iconic vineyard sites — a must-have for serious collectors of Australian classics.
