A day at Rockford with David Kalleske
Rockford winery, Tanunda
Tasted Monday, November 12, 2012 by G_H with 1,623 views
Introduction
Rockford is an amazing place, very hands-off traditional winemaking. This was a truly memorable experience, seeing these old vines, seeing the winemaking machines (most older than 100 years) and tasting the wines. Thanks!!
2012 Rockford Alicante Bouchet Rosé 80 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Quite light, even for a rosé, strawberries, refreshing but not my style of wine
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2012 Rockford White Frontignac 83 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Some residual sugar, floral you can see the similarity to muscat. rather simple wine but good. True Auzzie summer wine
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2010 Rockford Riesling Vine Vale Barossa Valley 87 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Light, very floral not dissimilar to the German dry style but less minerals, which is clear when you look at the soil in Barossa. Nice
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2010 Rockford Riesling Hand Picked Eden Valley 89 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Eden Valley
Classic riesling, more fruit forward than the eden valley, given that it is from a hotter climate
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2008 Rockford Sémillon Local Growers 91 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Oak, vanilla, nice balance and long finish. This really reminds me of a young Fieuzal blanc, so I will give this quite some aging potential.
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2010 Rockford Frugal Farmer 80 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
I'm torn, I love the winery, but this wine is just a style, that I don't approve, Syrah is not made to be made into such a light wine. Too fruit heavy, little else. While well made it's too expensive for what it is.
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2008 Rockford Moppa Springs 88 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Classic grenache, a bit fruit driven with limited minerals, which I think is needed in a Grenache to give it the elegance and structure it needs. OK wine, but not on par with the Shiraz made in this house.
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2009 Rockford Rod & Spur 88 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
A little bit of cow manure, ratatouille, slightly on the light side, but interesting, but not on my must buy list
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2010 Rockford Shiraz Basket Press 95 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
AMAZING, what a wine!! Chocolate, big, bold, massive fruit, very very long finish and great balance still. Needs time but will be awesome also with some more time in the bottle!
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2004 Rockford Shiraz SVS Hoffmann 93 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
I was surprised that this got it's butt kicked by the basket press... but nevertheless it is a great wine. Coke-hard-candy (the grange signature) very dense and massive, needs a lot of time...
The Hoffman is one of my all time favorite Auzzie wines and for sure one of the greatest values!
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2004 Rockford Shiraz SVS Flaxman Valley 93 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
As with the Hoffman, I was surprised that this got it's butt kicked by the basket press... but nevertheless it is a great wine, but very different to the Hoffman.
Round with loads of caramel and cherry, ready to be drunk now
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2004 Rockford Shiraz VP 90 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Very much like a port, actually, it would be hard for me to put this to Oz. Nice
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NV Rockford PS Marion Tawny 88 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Very round, mature, strawberry, plums, brown sugar... well a tawny...
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