Rockford Sparkling Black Shiraz (Disgorged 2003) NV

Rockford Sparkling Black Shiraz (Disgorged 2003) NV"Rockford can only be described as an icon, no matter how overused that word may be." James Halliday The wine is made up of two components: the base wine and the vintage selection. The base wine is a solera of Barossa shiraz held in big old casks. The initial base material was from 500 cases of old Barossa shiraz offered to Robert O'Callaghan in the early 1980's. Each subsequent vintage after 1984, the best quality shiraz was added to the solera until

it was a sappy

Moët & Chandon source their fruit from all the sub-regions of Champagne

Heaps of the signature red berries and spices and lots of weighty yet supple tannins as normal

"So fragrant

Private nursery vineyard

The vines in San Pietro were planted in 1997 and total just over three acres

Decades to go for this wonderful Hill of Grace

but there are some exceptions

There is a north-south fault line on the eastern border that limits the vineyard's expansion

"The long-standing flag bearer for "Margs” chardonnay

rather than showing the complexities of oak

with tremendous potential