2005 Torbreck Woodcutter's Shiraz

careyd

Tasting now before dinner: Deep semi-opaque purple-red color. On the nose: Black cherry, dark fruits, smokey, toasty, vanilla aromas, a whiff of alcohol makes it known this is a young monster. On the palate: Totally 'new world'. Rich, explosive dark fruit. A bit hot on the just-opened bottle. Will decant awhile per many of the tasting notes here. The mid-palate is all dark fruits, blackberries, plums, a hint of blueberries, black cherries, some small amount of black currant. Complementing the mid-palate are some herbaceous/menthol notes. The texture is rich and jammy/extracted. Totally new world fruit-heavy but not sweet or cloying. Acidity and tannins are on the back burner, yet present to an extent that the wine is still in the realm of what I consider balanced. Spicy with black and white pepper and toasty, smoky oak. This is a big boy...but with a little air time it opened up and integrated beautifully.

2005 Torbreck Woodcutter's Shiraz

sejones

Good body and weight. Med.-long finish, with soft tannins.

Aromas of sweet cherry jam, cedar, ripe plum, and milk chocolate.

Flavours of jammy plum and cherry, milk chocolate.

2005 Torbreck Woodcutter's Shiraz

blackpaul

2005 Torbreck Woodcutter's Shiraz

tnfdude

I get a lot of dark fruit on the nose: blackberry, blueberry, and dark cherry. I little bit of smoke and spice coming through as well. Dark cherry and cassis flavours coming though. Tannins are very smooth and there is a touch of acidity in the finish.

Tasting Tags: blackberry blueberry casis cherry

2005 Torbreck Woodcutter's Shiraz

F William Hessmer

Full bodied, dark color. Licorice, pepper, cassis, blackberry, raspberry, cherry, black olive on the nose. Silky texture. Blackberry, cherry, raspberry, licorice, a hint of smoke, some olive, slight leather, pepper, fine tannin on the palate with a long satisfying finish. Truly outstanding aromatic and complex wine for a price that can't be beat for wine of this quality. Drinkable now but can probably last for another six years. Parker gives it a 93.

Tasting Tags: blackberry leather licorice olive pepper raspberry smoke