[SOLD-OUT] Torbreck Run Rig Shiraz 2002

Robert Parker 99 points!
"David Powell, unquestionably one of the world's finest wine producers, has an uncanny ability to discover old vine Barossa vineyards, and then secure long term contracts for their fruit. It is amazing that such high quality sources have not already been plucked by Australia's giant wine corporations. Torbreck's wines continue to get better and better, combining the old vine ripe fruit of Barossa with a European sensitivity to elegance and balance. The 2002 Run Rig (97% Shiraz and 3% Viognier aged in 100% new French oak) represents the essence of old vine Barossa fruit. Extraordinarily opulent and rich, but playing it closer to the vest than the 2001, it gets my nod as one of the most remarkable wines made in either the Southern or Northern Hemisphere. An inky/purple color is accompanied by a sumptuous bouquet of apricots, honeysuckle, black raspberries, blackberries, licorice, and a hint of roasted meats. The wood has been soaked up by the wine's extraordinary concentration. Fashioned from four sectors of Barossa (Maranaga, Koonunga Hill, Moppa, and Greenock), it spent 30 months in primarily new oak, and was bottled without fining or filtration. Anticipated maturity: 2007-2020+."
Wine Advocate #161 (Oct 2005) Robert Parker

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Campbell Mattinson 97 points!
"It should be good and it's better than that. It's the most complex, and complete, wine made under the label. Long and structured and yet, as is the wine's way, full of deep, sugary, hulking flavour, fresh plums coated in chocolate and chicory and smoke. A flesh feast, but boned and strong with tannin. After a couple of hours in the decanter it turned sweeter, more syrupy, longer and ready to drink. It is a superb Barossan shiraz."
Campbell Mattinson, WineFront.

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Country:

Australia

Region:

SA- Barossa Valley

Variety:

Wine Red - Shiraz

Size:

750mL