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2005
Torbreck RunRig Barossa Valley
(750ml)
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Producer: |
Torbreck Vintners
torbreck.com
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| Appellation: |
Barossa Valley - South Australia - Australia
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| Type: |
red
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| Varietal: |
Shiraz
- Viognier
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| Maturity: |
Drink |
| Rating: |
Outstanding |
| Est. Price: |
$210.00 |
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Alcohol %: |
14.5 |
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Tasting Notes:
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rated:
June 14, 2010
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Jay Miller (Wine Advocate)
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"Torbreck’s flagship is the 2005 Run Rig, a 97% Shiraz cuvee sourced from 120- to 160-year-old vines with
3% finished Viognier added before bottling. It spent 30 months in 60% new French oak. Opaque
purple/black in color, it has a kinky, exotic bouquet of fresh road tar, smoke, lavender, black pepper, game,
blueberry, and black raspberry. Full-bodied and opulent on the palate, the wine is dense, packed, and
unevolved. It will continue to open up over the next 10-12 years and drink well through 2040 in the style of
a Chapoutier Hermitage. If it develops as I think it will, it will be a candidate for perfection down the road. "
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