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2017 Rockford Basket Press Shiraz 750mlScuffed Capsule Rockford Basket Press is one for the traditionalists, parcels of the best dry grown old vine Shiraz, some of which were planted in the nineteenth century, from a select cabal of growers, operating vineyards in the Barossa, Kalimna and Ebenezer, Moppa Springs and the Eden Valley, are treated to an ancient basket press followed by vinfication in old fashioned open fermentation vessels. Big, bold and upfront fruit with all the lashings of

The grapes were fermented in small batches and after fermentation was matured in 50% new French oak for 20 months prior to bottling

About This Wine

It is therefore not surprising that super sommelier Raj Parr and winemaker Sashi Moorman

the midpalate features flavors of bacon fat

Alcohol ABV: 14%

a touch of meatiness and spicy cedar chiming in on the back half

10% new French

The wine is basket pressed to a combination of seasoned French and American oak hogsheads for 8 months maturation prior to bottling

flamboyant wine with definitive varietal characters: exaggerated blueberry/ blackberry fruit

Estate Grown: Fruit grown on Block 5

Winemaking: Wild yeast fermentation

18% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot from the Gimblett Gravels vineyard