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RockfordBasket Press Shiraz 2009
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Rockford Basket Press Shiraz has garnered a unique and cult following over its lifetime. With its 'old school' brown glass bottle and traditional label, Rockford Basket Press is one for the traditionalists. Big, bold and upfront fruit with all the lashings of chocolate, coffee bean and Christmas cake all have come to adore. The 2009 Rockford is a remarkable wine considering the difficulties of the warm vintage. Primary fruit characters of cherry and blackberry are prevalent now with a dense mouthfeel that coats the palate without ever feeling too heavy. A great advertisement of vineyard management and winemaking skill. Superb!
Rockford Basket Press Shiraz has garnered a unique and cult following over its lifetime. With its 'old school' brown glass bottle and traditional label, Rockford Basket Press is one for the traditionalists. Big, bold and upfront fruit with all the lashings of chocolate, coffee bean and Christmas cake all have come to adore. The 2009 Rockford is a remarkable wine considering the difficulties of the warm vintage. Primary fruit characters of cherry and blackberry are prevalent now with a dense mouthfeel that coats the palate without ever feeling too heavy. A great advertisement of vineyard management and winemaking skill. Superb!
Full bodied red wines have a noticeably textural mouthfeel with bold, complex flavours. Often deeply coloured.
Dry wines have no trace of sweetness at all.
- TypeShiraz
- Size750mL
- RegionBarossa Valley
- Current Vintage2009
- Standard Drinks8.6
- Alcohol Volume14.5%
- Langtons ClassifiedExceptional
- CountryAustralia
- StateSouth Australia
- Brand NameRockford
- Wine MakerRobert O'Callaghan
- ClosureCork
- Wine SweetnessDry
- Wine BodyFull Bodied
- More about Gary Walsh
Gary Walsh
Australian writer and reviewer for The Wine Front
Vintage 2009
93 points The Wine Front
It's a good Basket Press too, and typical, though it shows a little of the stress of the vintage. Dark and rich with a spectrum of fruit ranging from raspberry, to blood plum and blackberry pastille along with brown spice and toffee, earth and coal, with a touch of rosy vanilla oak perfume up above. It's medium to full bodied and floods the mouth with flavour without ever being heavy or stolid. A little warmth and raspy tannin on day one, but pulled together beautifully the next, looking far more cohesive and fluid - svelte almost. Satisfaction all the way and a lovely wine to drink. Thumbs up.
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