Rockford Basket Press Shiraz 2018

Rockford Basket Press Shiraz 2018"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. "This 2018 seems like something of a return to form for Rockford BP, at least for my tastes, and maybe a little more like the wines from

The communes are dotted up and down the twin valleys and hilly ranges that offer a huge variety of terroir

bold vibrant characters

The Cullen vineyards were certified A Grade Organic in 2003

It's youthful

Beneath it all steely foundations

This is one of the great wines of South Australia

'It is one of our best to date

The 59ha vineyard is situated roughly halfway between Margaret River and Busselton

"Estate-grown clones MV6

together with the more usual lime blossom

superb mid palate viscosity and underlying vanilla notes

They have always possessed these qualities and this is thanks to their special terroir and also their exquisite confidence in their amazing raw materials