southeast-facing vineyard planted in 1973 in Laguardia at 500 meters altitude

Drink now through 2014

Fossati was latest acquisition with 20 and 30 years vines

The 1986 Cos d’Estournel replicates the performance from my 30-year on tasting that I conducted a few months back

Rockford, Basket Press Shiraz other_regions southeast-facing vineyard planted in 1973The 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.