Pomegranate red in the glass and with a wonderful, flattering scent of raspberry. The taste has a fine, delicate sweetness in a very drinkable, almost Burgundian wine experience.
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“SHOWS WHAT TORBRECK CAN TOO”
This GMS blend comes beautifully out of the glass with semi-aromatic notes of red berries, herbs and wet forest floor. In the mouth it has good fullness and body, which is lifted by a moderate acidity, which creates a juicy and mouth-watering wine that is incredibly easy to drink. This shows what Torbreck can do too.
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I tasted Torbreck many years ago – namely one of their top wines “The Factor”, therefore the reunion with this “Vintners” was also a happy reunion. It is made from a blend of Grenache Noir, Mataro and Syrah, which gives a nice aroma of strawberries, raspberries, cherries, vanilla, leather, licorice and plums. It has plenty of fullness, body and a nice fruity sweetness, but stays on the mat and does not become a “marmalade wine”, as it is controlled in measure by gentle tannins. This red wine goes really well with a piece of red meat, it can be the classic tenderloin, which is often on the New Year’s menu, or fillet of beef but also game. It has plenty of fullness, body and lies sensibly in terms of alcohol percentage, so it can handle most things. If you don’t eat meat, it is also suitable for vegetarian dishes with nuts, mushrooms, beans and fresh herbs.
About Torbreck Vintners
Torbreck – world-class Australian wines. Torbreck was founded in 1994 by David Powell, who bought a vineyard in Maranaga. This became the foundation not only for the wine house Torbreck, but also for the man behind it, a “larger than life” personality who helped create a number of epoch-making wines, which, among other things, at one point earned him the title of Winemaker of the Year in The Wine Advocate. Physically, Torbreck can only be described as a very minimalist wine house – it consists, in short, of something that could look like a sheep shed, two cement tanks and a primitive pump.
The name Torbreck, like many of the house’s wine names, is of Scottish origin and should be seen as a tribute to the country where David Powell previously worked. Thus, e.g. Woodcutter’s is named after the Scottish woodcutters, while the house’s flagship, Run Rig, is named after the popular Scottish band.
Torbreck’s wine style is a beautiful union of the classic Barossa wine and the best from France’s Rhône Valley. Nuanced, soft wines with an almost creamy structure that already seduce at first taste. Parker actually also calls the house’s Run Rig “La Mouline of Australia”, by which he alludes to the single vineyard cuvée from Guigal’s Hermitage, which has both sky-high prices and points.
Prestigious winery
However, due to a hard divorce, David had financial problems, so in 2002 he had to sell the winery to Jack Cowin, who in 2008 chose to sell it on to the American investor, Pete Kight. In 2013, however, David chose to leave the winery, after which his assistant winemaker Craig Isabel took over the management.
However, the resales and David’s farewell to Torbreck have in no way harmed either the winery’s wines or reputation. Torbreck still belongs to the absolute elite, and the house’s prestige wine, the Laird, is sold at prices matched only by Three Rivers, Penfolds Grange and Henschke’s Hill of Grace. However, this does not mean that wines are not made at a more affordable price range – here, for example, GMS, Juveniles and Woodcutter’s excellent representatives of the house’s style.
