Rockford HillBarossa Valley Shiraz 2015 (6 Bottles)
About this product
Lifted aromas of fleshy ripe red currants, cherries, spice and mild pepper. Soft and inviting flavours of plum, red currant and ripe berries with undertones of elegant French oak. Silky in texture with solid tannin structure this wine has well-integrated oak and natural acid giving it a soft elegant finish. Drink this premium drop now or cellar up to 5 years. Rockford Hill Reserve wines come from the most expressive blocks from our best vineyards. Complex and layered, the rich fruit profile of these wine displays the ultimate finesse and balance.
GROWING CONDITIONS
2015 in Barossa was a slow start due to slightly cooler weather during fruit set but compensated with ideal weather condition during the ripening stage. The day time temperature was slightly higher and nighttime temperature below average during veraison was just perfect diurnal weather for the ripening – preserving the acid and flavours.
WINEMAKING
Handpicked at optimum flavour ripeness at 14.5 Baume-Fermented in open fermenters at 25deg C – Hand plunged and pumped over twice a day -Pressed off the skins – allowed to go through natural malo-lactic fermentation – Filled in French oak, 30 % new -Matured for 24 months.
GROWING CONDITIONS
2015 in Barossa was a slow start due to slightly cooler weather during fruit set but compensated with ideal weather condition during the ripening stage. The day time temperature was slightly higher and nighttime temperature below average during veraison was just perfect diurnal weather for the ripening – preserving the acid and flavours.
WINEMAKING
Handpicked at optimum flavour ripeness at 14.5 Baume-Fermented in open fermenters at 25deg C – Hand plunged and pumped over twice a day -Pressed off the skins – allowed to go through natural malo-lactic fermentation – Filled in French oak, 30 % new -Matured for 24 months.
Lifted aromas of fleshy ripe red currants, cherries, spice and mild pepper. Soft and inviting flavours of plum, red currant and ripe berries with undertones of elegant French oak. Silky in texture with solid tannin structure this wine has well-integrated oak and natural acid giving it a soft elegant finish. Drink this premium drop now or cellar up to 5 years. Rockford Hill Reserve wines come from the most expressive blocks from our best vineyards. Complex and layered, the rich fruit profile of these wine displays the ultimate finesse and balance.
GROWING CONDITIONS
2015 in Barossa was a slow start due to slightly cooler weather during fruit set but compensated with ideal weather condition during the ripening stage. The day time temperature was slightly higher and nighttime temperature below average during veraison was just perfect diurnal weather for the ripening – preserving the acid and flavours.
WINEMAKING
Handpicked at optimum flavour ripeness at 14.5 Baume-Fermented in open fermenters at 25deg C – Hand plunged and pumped over twice a day -Pressed off the skins – allowed to go through natural malo-lactic fermentation – Filled in French oak, 30 % new -Matured for 24 months.
GROWING CONDITIONS
2015 in Barossa was a slow start due to slightly cooler weather during fruit set but compensated with ideal weather condition during the ripening stage. The day time temperature was slightly higher and nighttime temperature below average during veraison was just perfect diurnal weather for the ripening – preserving the acid and flavours.
WINEMAKING
Handpicked at optimum flavour ripeness at 14.5 Baume-Fermented in open fermenters at 25deg C – Hand plunged and pumped over twice a day -Pressed off the skins – allowed to go through natural malo-lactic fermentation – Filled in French oak, 30 % new -Matured for 24 months.
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 Vintage2015
- Standard Drinks7
- Alcohol Volume14.5%
- CountryAustralia
- StateSouth Australia
- Brand NameRockford Hill
- Food MatchBeef
- ClosureCork
- Wine SweetnessDry
- Wine BodyFull Bodied
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