Winery Rockford - Basket Press Shiraz

Winery RockfordBasket Press Shiraz

4.5
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the world.
The Basket Press Shiraz of Winery Rockford is a red wine from the region of Barossa Valley of Australie du Sud.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
The Basket Press Shiraz of the Winery Rockford is in the top 10 of wines of Australia and in the top 5 of wines of Barossa Valley.

Taste structure of the Basket Press Shiraz from the Winery Rockford

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Basket Press Shiraz of Winery Rockford in the region of Australie du Sud is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

oak, vanilla

Wine with spices taste

pepper, licorice

Wine with earth taste

leather, earthy

Wine with microbio taste

cheese, cream

Wine with floral taste

violet, lavender

Wine with vegetal taste

rhubarb

On the nose the Basket Press Shiraz of Winery Rockford in the region of Australie du Sud often reveals types of flavors of cream, cherry or oaky and sometimes also flavors of smoke, butter or earthy.

Details and technical informations about Winery Rockford's Basket Press Shiraz.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
13.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Optima

Intraspecific crossing between sylvaner x riesling (perhaps rieslaner) and müller-thurgau obtained in 1930 by Peter Morio (1887-1960) and Bernhard Husfeld (1900-1970) at the Siebeldingen Research Institute (Palatinate) in Germany. It can be found in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria, the Netherlands, Hungary, England, Canada, South Africa, Brazil, ... very little known in France. Note that Optima is the mother of the Orion grape variety.

Last vintages of this wine

Basket Press Shiraz - 2016
In the top 5 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
Basket Press Shiraz - 2015
In the top 5 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
Basket Press Shiraz - 2014
In the top 5 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
Basket Press Shiraz - 2013
In the top 5 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
Basket Press Shiraz - 2012
In the top 5 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
Basket Press Shiraz - 2011
In the top 5 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Basket Press Shiraz - 2010
In the top 5 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5

The best vintages of Basket Press Shiraz from Winery Rockford are 1993, 2016, 2015, 2004 and 2003.

Informations about the Winery Rockford

The winery offers 27 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.3.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Barossa Valley in the region of Australie du Sud

The Winery Rockford is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 27 wines for sale in the of Barossa Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Australie du Sud
In the top 15 of of Australia wines
In the top 5 of of Barossa Valley wines
In the top 650 of red wines
In the top 750 wines of the world

The wine region of Barossa Valley

The wine region of Barossa Valley is located in the region of Barossa of Australie du Sud of Australia. We currently count 613 estates and châteaux in the of Barossa Valley, producing 2290 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Barossa Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of Australie du Sud

SouthAustralia is one of Australia's six states, located (as the name suggests) in the south of the vast island continent. It's the engine room of the Australian wine industry, responsible for about half of the country's total production each year. But there's more to the region than quantity - countless high-quality wines are produced here, most from the region's signature Grape, Shiraz. These include such fine, collectible wines as Penfolds Grange, Henschke Hill of Grace, Torbreck The Laird and d'Arenberg The Dead Arm.

The word of the wine: Polyphenols

Substance contained essentially in the skin of the grape. The main ones are anthocyanins, which give red wines their colour and tannins.

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