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Torbreck The Struie Shiraz 2004
A very drinkable, deeply flavoured and silky wine whose gamey, reductive and charcuterie-like flavours of cassis, blackberries and dark plums are backed by herbal suggestions of slightly greenish fruit as well as some slightly overcooked and meaty nuances. Its floral perfume of cracked black peppercorns, dark fruits and musky spices has an ethereal Rhne-like quality, while its richly fruited palate is clearly more Australian. With menthol-like undertones, its sumptuous core of concentrated fruit, molasses and crme caramel-like oak and velvet tannins finishes long and savoury. Not flawless, but delicious drinking, even now.
Vintage
2004
Year to Drink
2009 - 2012+
Jeremy’s score
93 / 100
Seal Type
Screw top
Torbreck The Struie Shiraz
Barossa Valley, Eden Valley
Price Range at Release: $50-$99
Vintage: 2017
Alc %: 15.0
A very drinkable, deeply flavoured and silky wine whose gamey, reductive and charcuterie-like flavours of cassis, blackberries and dark plums are backed by herbal suggestions of slightly greenish fruit as well as some slightly overcooked and meaty nuances. Its floral perfume of cracked black peppercorns, dark fruits and musky spices has an ethereal Rhne-like quality, while its richly fruited palate is clearly more Australian. With menthol-like undertones, its sumptuous core of concentrated fruit, molasses and crme caramel-like oak and velvet tannins finishes long and savoury. Not flawless, but delicious drinking, even now.
Last Date Tasted: 24/8/2019
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Vintage
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Score/100
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Score/20
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Year To Drink
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2017
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89 | 16.7 | 2022-2025  | |
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2016
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93 | 18.1 | 2024-2028 | |
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2014
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94 | 18.5 | 2026-2034  | |
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2013
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93 | 18.0 | 2025-2033 | |
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2012
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92 | 17.9 | 2020-2024+ | |
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2010
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94 | 18.4 | 2022-2030 | |
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2009
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93 | 18.2 | 2017-2021+  | |
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2008
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93 | 18.0 | 2016-2020+ | |
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2007
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93 | 18.0 | 2015-2019 | |
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2006
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91 | 17.4 | 2014-2018 | |
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2005
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94 | 18.3 | 2010-2013 | |
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2004
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93 | 18.1 | 2009-2012+ | |
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2003
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93 | 18.1 | 2011-2014+ | |
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2002
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95 | 18.8 | 2007-2010 | |
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2001
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93 | 18.0 | 2003-2006+ |
Winery
Torbreck
Not too many wineries change their industry, but Torbreck has. It was at the forefront of the Barossa's renewed love affair with complex, perfumed and occasionally savoury expressions of the southern Rh™ne red blend, it was amongst the first of the makers of sumptuous warm climate red wines to use viognier with shiraz and it has steadily forged a house style that can somehow achieve an astonishing measure of balance with red wines whose alcoholic strengths regularly stray far north of 15%. Several of the current releases are remarkable to me because you're just unaware of levels of alcohol that in other wines would stand out like an Australian batsman able to play the moving ball. Would they be better still with lower alcoholic strengths? I believe so, but not without the requisite work in the vineyard to achieve comparable levels of flavour at lower sugar levels. At the end of the day, there is so much to admire in the conviction of this company and the wines it creates.
Chief Executive(s):
Peter Perrin
Winemaker:
Ian Hongell, Russell Burns, Scott McDonald
Viticulturist:
Jason Kohlhagen, Pete Hiscock
Production Dozen:
50000
Tonnes Processed:
700
White Wines
Marsanne >
The Bothie Frontignac
The Steading Blanc >Viognier
Woodcutter's RVM White Rhône Blend >Woodcutter's Semillon >Red Wines
Cuvée Juveniles Grenache Mataro Shiraz >Descendant Shiraz Viognier >Hillside Vineyard Grenache >Hillside Vineyard Shiraz and Roussanne >Kyloe Mataro >Les Amis Grenache >RunRig Shiraz Viognier >
Saignee Rosé
The Factor Shiraz >The Gask Shiraz >The Grower’s Cut Red >The Laird Shiraz >The Pict Mataro >The Steading Grenache Mataro Shiraz Blend >The Struie Shiraz >Woodcutter's Shiraz >
Address:
348 Roennfeldt Road , Marananga , South Australia 5355 Australia
Cellar Door Open Hours:
7 days, 10am-6pm, Closed Christmas Day & Good Friday
Principal Wine Region:
Barossa Valley, Eden Valley
Telephone:
(08) 8562 4155
Facsimile:
(08) 8562 4195
Website:
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