The fruit for this wine is from vineyards that are mature, low yielding, hand pruned and handpicked - helping to maintain our link with traditional viticultural practices. Most makers of Eden Valley Riesling release their wines in the same year the grapes are picked. Luckily Rockford is not run by accountants, so we prefer to release ours with the complexity, palate weight and softness that comes from holding this wine in our cellars for a year or two before release.