Rockford Basket Press Shiraz 2019 (1500ml)

Rockford Basket Press Shiraz 2019 (1500ml)"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.

Dr Bailey Carrodus established the winery in 1969 and is credited as one of the driving forces in reviving winemaking in the Yarra Valley

so irresistible and yes

and advocated multiple gentle pressings to minimise skin contact and extraction of tannins

but also Barbera d’Alba DOC and Dolcetto d’Alba DOC

revealing a rich tapestry of secondary flavours – prunes

an expressive bouquet with a mix of red fruits and spices

at once delicate and at the same time assertive it has the core strength of a ballerina

A beautiful chardonnay which will richly reward cellaring

coal-smoke edge

let’s say

Sangreal is consistently made with 70% whole bunch and aged in 70% new oak

with the telltale carapace of vanillin American oak saturated with dark fruit allusions from bing cherry and satsuma plum