Rockford Basket Press Shiraz 2019

Rockford Basket Press Shiraz 2019"Rockford can only be described as an icon, no matter how overused that word may be." James Halliday Rockford Basket Press Shiraz, like Penfolds Grange, is one of Australias most collected and most cherished red wines. Fruit is sourced from some of the best old Barossa vineyards with vine age from 60 to 130 years. "Rich, dark wine, with some violet perfume, but also a mahogany walnut sort of thing happening, along with dark chocolate, and toasty oak.

was acquired by the family in 1946 and vines were planted in 1984

The flavours burst onto the palate

more brooding inkiness that some past releases

still the power

You can’t make great wine with bad fruit

"Shiraz grapes dried on racks and pressed back into the wine

lively and fresh in its nature

"60/20/15/5% cabernet sauvignon/merlot/malbec/petit verdot

it is surrounded by some of the greatest terroir you will find in all of Piedmont

A dash of star anise

smoky and slightly meaty and perfume of dark plums

This single vineyard wine is produced from a two-acre block of low-yielding 60 year-old cabernet vines