Rockford Rifle Range Cabernet Sauvignon 2017

Most people would be unaware that Cabernet Sauvignon has been planted in the Barossa since at least 1888. Barossa Cabernets are rich, full flavoured wines and are a perfect fit into the Rockford stable.

The fruit for this wine comes predominantly from vineyards along Rifle Range Road. The ‘Biscay’ soil of these vineyards is heavy clay, lending the wine its full flavour and earthy tones. The perfect wine to hide in your cellar, for as long as you are able. It is a generous wine when young, but will really show its best if given a chance to mature in the bottle a little longer.

“Heartland stuff, with freshness, a web of fine tannin, succulence, vitality and so very much charisma and interest. It’s blueberries and cassis, black olive, cedar, choc-mint, fennel, salted liquorice and undergrowth here. Big list, so much going on. Magnificent perfume, evocative, enticing, but that silky, satiny flow in the palate is the knockout blow. Length here too, all that fine detail and character, high drinkability. It’s such an inviting wine too – everyone is welcome here, you don’t need your elbow-patch-blazers and a degree in wine wankery to get in. An epic cabernet, a medium weight expression of Barossa Valley with so much character, beauty and bravado, wrapped in softness and sumptuous joy.” – 96 Points Mike Bennie, Winefront