Rockford Basket Press Shiraz 2014

Rockford Basket Press Shiraz 2014Halliday Wine Companion Best Shiraz of 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. "Quintessential Basket Press, bowing to no passing fad or fancy, the high shouldered, brown

Less than a decade after she graduated

complex wine

The Zema Estate story

Its mouthfeel and tannin structure kept developing and developing

but I like her comment on what it's like working with riesling from Drumborg

Aromatic and gently fleshy

ethereal red

gently sweet-sour fruit lingering long

almost glass staining

deeply layered

We’ve used zero herbicides for several years now

tobacco and a hint of mint sitting alongside fine soft tannins and cedary yet well-integrated oak