Kalleske Buckboard Durif 2017

The Kalleske vineyard and farm was established at Greenock in the Barossa’s North-West in 1853. For more than a century, the horse drawn ‘buckboard’ was indispensible on the farm. The buckboard buggy transported not only people but hauled produce and supplies to and from the farm, including countless loads of grapes. In the mid 1900s the horse was replaced with a motor and then the buckboard further evolved into a flat bed truck and eventually to the modern ute. Buckboard Durif is a single vineyard wine that’s been grown, vintaged and matured on the Kalleske property. Vigilant grape growing, traditional winemaking and maturation in new and seasoned American oak hogsheads has resulted in a powerful, full-bodied wine of great flavour and intensity.

2017 Buckboard Durif is dense burgundy-black in colour. The aroma is aloft with inviting richness. Black fruit aromatics dominate along with cola, chocolate, coffee and clove. The palate is immense. Amazingly full-bodied with intense density. There is dark fruit cake, ripe plum and a touch of licorice. Toasty oak is evident adding further flavour and support to the rich juicy fruits which are perfectly balanced by the strong lightly-drying natural tannins adding a muscular structure. The finish is strikingly long, powerful fruits intermixed with chocolatey tannins. Buckboard is a compelling and seductive Barossa Durif that can be enjoyed now or over the next decade.