Rockford, Basket Press Shiraz other_regions_italy green fruit and mineral reduction-suffused

green fruit and mineral reduction-suffused aromas

This is heavenly

This is quite firmly if deceptively structured as the tannic spine is completely buffered by the abundant sap

which should integrate though it wouldn’t surprise if there wasn’t always a residual influence

A strikingly spicy

Rockford, Basket Press Shiraz other_regions_italy green fruit and mineral reduction-suffusedThe 2008 Basket Press Shiraz comes from a vintage noted for a brutal heat wave during the harvest, yet it shows no raisining or dried fruit. It's still rich and full bodied, with super ripe blackberry flavors and a bit of jamminess, then finishes dry and tannic. That dry edge will always be there, so there's no reason to defer gratification but also no rush to drink up.