2014 Rockford Home Block Cabernet Sauvignon 1.5L Magnum

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2014 Rockford Home Block Cabernet Sauvignon 1.5L Magnum1. 5L Magnum bottle About This Wine Rockford Home Block Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 is a single vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon sourced from the estate's one and a half acre Home Block in the Barossa Valley. Each year, friends from Adelaide's restaurant and retail trade assist with harvesting the Cabernet Sauvignon fruit from the Home Block vineyard before the grapes are processed through the Bagshaw crusher. The wine is aged in an array of oak for two and a

the bouquet is likewise

The fruit was gently whole-bunch pressed directly into French oak barriques (20% of which were new)

cold maceration was conducted at 10°C for two days

allowing for even ripening and excellent flavour development while retaining balance and freshness

With low-yielding vines

20% whole-bunch pressed

Maturation: Around 14 months in French and American oak barriques

95/100 — James Suckling · 2016 Vintage

94/100 – Jasper Morris

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