2002 Rockford Shiraz Basket Press

Community Tasting Notes (43) Avg Score: 91.8 points

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  1/1/2024 - Christopheroz Likes this wine:

  A full, rich, blackberry nose. Deep red still. Now a perfectly aged, integrated, elegant rich wine. Drink over the next 2-3 years

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  11/18/2023 - shklotz Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Typical Rockford Basket Press. Full bodied dark red cherries soft tannins in perfect balance. Beautiful!

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  9/30/2023 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Deep purple/ruby color with only a little bit of aging at age 21. High viscosity, almost thick. This is still explosive, but starting to also show a touch of tertiary notes, but it‘s mostly jammy black fruit (black cherries, elderberries), also some elderflowers, menthol, tobacco, leather, some meaty notes, too, there is also a dark mineral note. It's full-bodied but with impeccable balance, the 15.5% alcohol are hidden under the freshness and wealth of fruit. There is still medium acidity and lower-medium tannin that has melted of nicely. Long finish with plenty of freshness. Another beautiful bottle of the Rockford Basket Press. While I don‘t drink these wines often anymore, I keep coming back to this specific wine, I think it‘s great.

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  5/21/2023 - Christopheroz Likes this wine:

  Strong fruit, integrated, rich, jammy. Elegant and as spectacular as ever. Will easily last another 5 years but drinking at its peak now

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  7/24/2022 - Christopheroz Likes this wine:

  Spicy, jam, port on the palate. Surprisingly strong alcohol on nose and palate. Still very robust in colour and body after 20 years. Rich. Will easily last another 5-10 years

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