ZAUH002 - Torbreck The Struie Shiraz 2021 Barossa 375ml
Price:$198/@
Region/Class : Barossa Valley
Grape varieties : 51% Grenache, 28% Syrah, 21% Mourvedre
Alcohol : 15%
Volume: 375ML
Wine Review
The 2021 The Struie is 100% Shiraz from both the Barossa (57%) and the Eden Valley (43%), and it matured for 18 months in French oak (20% new). The proportion of Eden Valley inclusion is usually around 25%, but in 2019, it was down to 10% due to the very low yields. So, this 2021 Struie is blue-fruited on the nose, with blueberry, licorice, black tea, crushed rocks, summer raspberry, layers of campfire embers and clove. It might be that in many of the tasting notes from 2021, that the wines outperform previous vintages. This is because the cool season was long, so great ripeness was achieved, without the stress or impact of heat events and disease. It's a lovely, lovely year that has made wines with freshness and intensity. The tannins through the finish here are savory and fine and black.
【James Suckling 95 pts】
This is fantastic with blackberries, peaches, and limes with some spice character. Graphite. Medium body. Fine and polished tannins with a fantastic deep silk texture and a long finish. Really want to drink this.
【Vinous 93 pts】
This 2021 The Struie, a blend of Barossa and Eden Valley Shiraz, shows adelicious split personality. A rich bed of Barossa dark cherry and mulberryfruits is topped by finer Eden nuances in the form of crushed stones anddried sage. A focused palate follows the same vein, laced with tarry, spicycomplexity delivered over a lengthy finish. Quite tightly coiled, this will bevery attractive over the next decade and possibly longer.
Torbreck Vintners is located in the Barossa Valley region of South Australia. The Barossa Valley is famous worldwide for its Shiraz, and the great terroir, coupled with the noble philosophy of winemaking, has led to a proliferation of Barossa Valley wineries, including Penfolds, Jacobs Creek, Grant Burge and many others, whose Shiraz consistently ranks among Australia's finest. Penfolds, Jacobs Creek, Grant Burge and many others, whose Shiraz is consistently ranked among Australia's finest wines and has its own distinctive character. In this environment, Torbreck Vintners, although established in 1994, has only been around for a few years. In this environment, Torbreck Vintners, although founded in 1994, has been making world-beating wines for only a few years. at the end of 2004, Robert parker rated three Torbreck Vintners wines as 99/99+, while six wines scored 90 points or more, which is unprecedented and reaffirms the quality of the Torbreck Vintners wines. Wine Review
In the book ‘Investing in Wine’ by American wine collector David Sokolin, Torbreck Vintners' wines are listed among the 38 reds in the Australian Investment Grade Wines (IGW). In the book ‘Investing in Wine’ by American wine collector David Suckling, Torbreck Vintners' wines accounted for four of the 38 red wines in Australia's ‘Investment Grade Wines’ (IGW): The Factor, Descendant, Les Amis and RunRig. Of these, the RunRig is one of the world's most famous wines, and has become a masterpiece of modern Australian classics. In addition, the comic strip ‘Drops of God’ also featured Woodcutter's Shiraz, the house's first vintage, making Tobacco's name familiar to aficionados. Woodcutter's Shiraz has become a true ambassador for Torbeck because of its excellent value for money.
Torbreck Vintners was founded in 1994 by David Powell, who was born and raised in Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, and studied Economics at university before falling in love with wine through his uncle's tutelage during his studies. Afterwards, in order to broaden his horizons and refine his winemaking skills, he embarked on a 10-year learning journey. In addition to travelling to famous wineries in Europe, Australia, and California, he also spent a long period of time working at different famous wineries, accumulating his winemaking philosophy over time. However, apart from working in California and Australia, where he was paid, there was no pay for working in France and other European wineries, so he became a lumberjack in the forests of Scotland in order to raise money for his travelling expenses. In honour of his short career as a lumberjack, the winery was named after the Scottish forest where he worked, Torbreck.
Torbreck Vintners is located in the Barossa Valley region of South Australia. The Barossa Valley is famous worldwide for its Shiraz, and the great terroir, coupled with the noble philosophy of winemaking, has led to a proliferation of Barossa Valley wineries today, including Penfolds, Jacobs Creek, Grant Burge and many others, whose Shiraz is consistently ranked among Australia's finest wines and has its own distinctive character. In this environment, Torbreck Vintners, although established in 1994, has only been around for a few years. In this environment, Torbreck Vintners, although founded in 1994, has been making world-beating wines for only a few years. at the end of 2004, Robert parker rated three Torbreck Vintners wines as 99/99+, while six wines scored 90 points or more, which is unprecedented and reaffirms the quality of the Torbreck Vintners wines. Wine Review
In 1992 David Powell discovered and sorted out some dry, aged vines, and it was his involvement in viticulture and winemaking that led to the creation of a region of excellence where traditional winemaking techniques are in harmony with the unique characteristics of the soils. Torbreck Vintners is a New World boutique wine, as opposed to some of the mass-produced Australian wines. David Powell is a dedicated owner of a small vineyard that he personally manages and uses the grapes from the finest old vines in the Barossa Valley to produce limited production boutique wines of the highest quality, comparable to the traditional and refined wines of the North Rhone region of France. The wines are comparable in flavour to the traditional and refined wines of the North Rhone region of France. Today, David Powell is one of Australia's geniuses in making red wines in the style of the French Rhone Valley wines. torbreck Vintners later sold part of the winery due to capital needs, but David Powell and the new shareholders did not see eye to eye and he left the winery that he had built. David Powell is now owned by Pete Kight.
In terms of winemaking, the winery's winemaking philosophy is based on the idea that quality wines are made in the vineyards by nurturing them before bottling. As a result, the grapes used for winemaking are mostly sourced from old vine vines, which are selected from different sub-regions of the Barossa Valley. The winery determines the harvest date based on the ripeness of the grapes, so that the grapes come off the vines with optimal tannins, acidity and physiological ripeness. Once the grapes have been harvested, the winery uses very traditional winemaking techniques, starting with gentle de-stemming of the grapes, which are then slowly pumped into fermentation vessels with open tops, rotated twice a day, and forcibly and completely decanted once a day. At the end of the fermentation process, all the skins are pressed in a single basket, and malolactic and lactic fermentation takes place spontaneously in the vats, using strains indigenous to each single vineyard. None of the wines are clarified or filtered before bottling. Some of the winery's more recent vintages have been 2002, 2001 and 1998, with the 2002 being the highest scoring The Factor has ever awarded to this wine.
Torbreck Vintners have earned a reputation for quality in just over two decades, and today can proudly claim that Australia produces boutique wines that would satisfy the French. As well as taking the Barrossa Valley's classic Shiraz, Grenache and Mataro red wines to the next level, they also make white wines such as Viognier, Marsanne and Roussanne, all of which are no match for France's. In 2008, David Powell finally realised that all the work involved in growing, vinifying and bottling is done in-house. In 2008, David Powell realised his wish to grow, vinify and bottle his wines on his own estate. This heartfelt boutique winery has been described by wine expert Robert Parker as "Torbreck Vintners wines are a model for modern Australian reds and whites, utilising grapes from the finest old-growth trees in the Barrossa Valley to produce wines that combine the purest fruit flavours with the finest balance. The wines they will be releasing are sure to be some of the finest on the planet."
The winery's signature wine is Run Rig, made from 120 to 160 year old vines, with powerful tannins similar to those found in the Tuscany region of Italy. Successfully shortlisted in the prestigious Wine Spectator magazine as one of Australia's ‘Top 25 Wines’ in 1992, David Powell discovered and sorted out a number of dry, aged vines, and it is his involvement in both viticulture and winemaking that has resulted in a remarkable harmony of traditional winemaking techniques and the unique characteristics of the soil in the region.Torbreck Vintners' approach to New World boutique wines is different from some of the mass-produced Australian wines. David Powell is a dedicated owner of a small vineyard that he personally manages and uses the grapes from the finest old vines in the Barossa Valley to produce limited production boutique wines of the highest quality, comparable to the traditional and refined wines of the North Rhone region of France. The wines are comparable in flavour to the traditional and refined wines of the North Rhone region of France. Today, David Powell is one of Australia's geniuses in making red wines in the style of the French Rhone Valley wines. torbreck Vintners later sold part of the winery due to capital needs, but David Powell and the new shareholders did not see eye to eye and he left the winery that he had built. David Powell is now owned by Pete Kight.
The winery has always been committed to making some of the world's best tasting ‘Rhone Valley style’ wines, with grapes sourced exclusively from the Barossa Valley, as recognised by the wine press in Europe, the Americas and Australia. The vast majority of the vines are grown in dry conditions, almost all of which are 80-125 years old, and are hand-cultivated and hand-harvested.
The winery is one of the few to have received a perfect 100 points from Robert Parker four times and is rated as one of the ‘Top 100 Wineries in the World’.
