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  • Country ranking ?

    207
  • Producer ranking ?

    12
  • Decanting time

    3h
  • When to drink

    now to 2035
  • Food Pairing

    Red meat dishes with robust and concentrated flavours.

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The Story

Robert O’Callaghan’s Rockford Basket Press Shiraz encapsulates traditional and contemporary winemaking philosophies and embraces the inherent qualities of old vine Shiraz: the physicality of winemaking where muscle and personal touch transform process into an artform; the traditional tools of trade (a 1910 petrol-driven old Bagshaw destemmer, basket press, open fermenters) and the complementary nuances of American and French oak maturation.

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Wine Information

Wine is crafted, not created.  The skill is to capture and enhance the fleeting flavours that grapes give from their variety and extract from the earth, then bottle these as a living record of the vintage they represent. Rockford wines are made from established Barossa varieties which form an important part of our winemaking heritage, in a style that best reflects the vineyards, the winemaker’s attitude and the climate in which we live.

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Written Notes

Deep colour. Fresh dark cherry, black olive, her garden aromas with inky notes. Well-concentrated dark cherry, black olive, inky flavours, fine long muscular textures and long mineral notes. Finishes chalky firm and tight. Should loosen up with time. Transcends reputation of vintage. No sign of premature development. Quite the opposite in fact. 93 points Now-2030+
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Origin

Barossa Valley, South Australia

Vintage Quality

Excellent

Value For Money

Good

Investment potential

No Potential

Fake factory

None

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