Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Look at the soil in the Barossa and compare it with other places where you can get great Grenache, like Chateauneuf or the Armada vineyard, it's clear that you can't make this mineral driven style of Grenache here in the Barossa, you just don't have the terroir for it, which is why I scored other Barossa Grenaches relatively low. That's where les Amis comes in. it has a completely different style, and that't amazing. interestingly enough it's the only Barossa Shiraz that does it. I consider it very Australian in Nature with some of the elements of a great Shiraz, but distinctively different. This is so amazing. It has coke hard candy (Grange says hi) coconut, creamy chocolate and then loads of fruit from cherry, raspberries to mandarins (especially mandarin oil, the one when you spray it into a candle). Really impressive.
Clearly the best wine at Tobreck and a close second to the Roennfeld Road Shiraz from Greenock Creek together with the Rockford Basket Press 2010 for the best wine tasted in this trip.
2010 Torbreck (Cuvée) Juveniles 78 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Creamy, round and slightly lactic, rather light
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2009 Torbreck The Steading 80 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Cherries in the nose, light in the finish, not exciting at all
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2009 Torbreck Les Amis 95 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Look at the soil in the Barossa and compare it with other places where you can get great Grenache, like Chateauneuf or the Armada vineyard, it's clear that you can't make this mineral driven style of Grenache here in the Barossa, you just don't have the terroir for it, which is why I scored other Barossa Grenaches relatively low. That's where les Amis comes in. it has a completely different style, and that't amazing. interestingly enough it's the only Barossa Shiraz that does it. I consider it very Australian in Nature with some of the elements of a great Shiraz, but distinctively different. This is so amazing.
It has coke hard candy (Grange says hi) coconut, creamy chocolate and then loads of fruit from cherry, raspberries to mandarins (especially mandarin oil, the one when you spray it into a candle). Really impressive.
Clearly the best wine at Tobreck and a close second to the Roennfeld Road Shiraz from Greenock Creek together with the Rockford Basket Press 2010 for the best wine tasted in this trip.
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2011 Torbreck Woodcutter's Shiraz 81 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Candy, light ...
I don't really know what else to say...
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2010 Torbreck Shiraz The Struie 92 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa
Violets, floral, milk chocolate and a nicely balanced finish.
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2010 Torbreck Shiraz The Gask 90 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Eden Valley
Blueberries, loads of sweetness, licorice, nearly too sweet.
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2008 Torbreck The Factor 93 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Burnt rubber, big bold barossa style shiraz, with a very dense fruit great if you like this style of wine :-)
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2009 Torbreck Descendant 89 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Floral, elegant style of Shiraz, I'd nearly call this Syrah. Big acidity, and a bit out of balance at the moment, needs a bit of time to come together
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2009 Torbreck RunRig 93 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Massive wine, round with a velvety quality to it. Floral with classic barossa fruit but elegantly packaged
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