Torbreck Woodcutter's Shiraz

Wine information: Torbreck Vintners was founded in 1994 by David Powell and is located at Marananga on the western ridge of the Barossa Valley. It is named after a forest situated just south of Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland. The roots go back to 1992 when Dave, who was then working at Rockford, began to discover and clean up a few sections of dry-grown old vines, so that he could buy the fruit for his own wine. The first wine made under the Torbreck label was during the 1995 vintage, with the finished wines released in 1997. The wines are made in a style emulating those of the Rhone Valley and are made from various grapes including red grapes Shiraz, Grenache and Mataro as well as white grapes Viognier, Roussanne and Marsanne. The overwhelming majority of his vines are dry-grown, nearly all are 80 - 125 years old and are tended and harvested by hand. The wines have an extraordinary combination of power, intensity, complexity and great finesse. Torbreck Woodcutter's 100% Shiraz from dry-grown vines from the Barossa Valley. The grapes are hand-harvested, and after crushing are fermented in open-top fermenters. The wine is basket-pressed and matured in large, old oak vats for 12 months. The name 'Woodcutter's' derives from the time Dave Powell, owner and winemaker, spent as a woodsman in the Torbreck Forest in north-eastern Scotland.

Tasting Notes: Torbreck Woodcutter's Shiraz is dense, rich and opulent, this wine combines great fruit purity with texture, complexity and finesse. It is elegant, structured and powerful and is a fantastic introduction to the Torbreck range. Whilst offering immense pleasure in its youth the 2010 Woodcutter’s Shiraz will no doubt develop into an impressive wine with a few years in the cellar.

 
     

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