Winery Rusden - Chookshed Zinfandel

Winery RusdenChookshed Zinfandel

4.3
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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 region.
The Chookshed Zinfandel of Winery Rusden is a red wine from the region of Barossa Valley of Australie du Sud.
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or goat cheese.
The Chookshed Zinfandel of the Winery Rusden is in the top 30 of wines of Barossa Valley.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Chookshed Zinfandel of Winery Rusden in the region of Australie du Sud often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Rusden's Chookshed Zinfandel.

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

Discover the grape variety: Zinfandel

From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.

Last vintages of this wine

Chookshed Zinfandel - 2019
In the top 30 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Chookshed Zinfandel - 2018
In the top 30 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Chookshed Zinfandel - 2017
In the top 30 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Chookshed Zinfandel - 2016
In the top 30 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Chookshed Zinfandel - 2015
In the top 30 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Chookshed Zinfandel - 2014
In the top 30 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Chookshed Zinfandel - 2013
In the top 30 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 4.311110

The best vintages of Chookshed Zinfandel from Winery Rusden are 2007, 2019, 2016, 2018 and 2014.

Informations about the Winery Rusden

The winery offers 23 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
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 Rusden is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 21 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 200 of of Australia wines
In the top 40 of of Barossa Valley wines
In the top 4500 of red wines
In the top 6000 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: Vitis vinifera

The main species of vine cultivated in Europe and throughout the world, the origin of most of the great grape varieties.

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