TN: 2000 Rockford BP Shiraz
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 7:10 pm
I tried this wine last week and rather than posting under the weekly drinking reports (the Sunday TORB post), I think this wine needed its own thread for the feedback I was looking for.
A colleague and I opened the 2000 Rockford BP Shiraz on Wednesday and I didn't have my first taste until four hours later. My first impressions gave way to a very disappointing nose, considering the hype and reputation of Rockford (this was my first Rockford wine). However, I did find the mouth feel much better than the nose impressions, with that typical (I now know) basket press texture and tannins. The wine was recorked and approached at 24 hour intervals for the following three days! Each time we had a glass and commented about how the wine was evolving. Every time the nose had improved, markedly so on the final day, displaying a very rich, concentrated fruit aroma with subtle use of oak. The wine had mellowed even further in the mouth and was very pleasant to drink.
As Adair found with the same vintage Cab Sauv from Rockford, I also noticed port nuances and a dark berry nose from this Shiraz. I did find that the nose changed considerably (for the better) after being opened for four days. This to me indicates some interesting results - quite possibly very good ones - for a lot more time in the bottle. Despite such a poor vintage, the wine may still display the same ageing potential as other BP Shiraz, but perhaps not the same 'sensationality' as others from better years. Perhaps, given the same air time, the Cab Sauv that Adair reviewed may have changed somewhat.
I'm looking forward to trying the '98 Moppa Springs and will try and wrap my hands around a bottle of '99 BP Shiraz in the not so distant future.
Cheers,
A colleague and I opened the 2000 Rockford BP Shiraz on Wednesday and I didn't have my first taste until four hours later. My first impressions gave way to a very disappointing nose, considering the hype and reputation of Rockford (this was my first Rockford wine). However, I did find the mouth feel much better than the nose impressions, with that typical (I now know) basket press texture and tannins. The wine was recorked and approached at 24 hour intervals for the following three days! Each time we had a glass and commented about how the wine was evolving. Every time the nose had improved, markedly so on the final day, displaying a very rich, concentrated fruit aroma with subtle use of oak. The wine had mellowed even further in the mouth and was very pleasant to drink.
As Adair found with the same vintage Cab Sauv from Rockford, I also noticed port nuances and a dark berry nose from this Shiraz. I did find that the nose changed considerably (for the better) after being opened for four days. This to me indicates some interesting results - quite possibly very good ones - for a lot more time in the bottle. Despite such a poor vintage, the wine may still display the same ageing potential as other BP Shiraz, but perhaps not the same 'sensationality' as others from better years. Perhaps, given the same air time, the Cab Sauv that Adair reviewed may have changed somewhat.
I'm looking forward to trying the '98 Moppa Springs and will try and wrap my hands around a bottle of '99 BP Shiraz in the not so distant future.
Cheers,