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Avg. Rating: 92.4/100 (5 Reviews)
Winery: Torbreck
Vintage: 2003
Varietal: Unknown
Country: Australia
Region: South Australia: Barossa Valley
Retail Price: $$$ 34.99 USD
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Red Wine Other Red Wine by Torbreck from Barossa Valley, Australia. ...an intriguing, complex blend of 60% Grenache, 20% Mourvedre, and 20% Shiraz... -Wine Advocate If any one wine we produce most exemplifies what Torbreck is, then it's this wine, our ode to the great old vines, planted at the turn of la ... Continued at wine.com ›

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(over 2 years ago) buddy icon oropeza 95.0/100
worthy of the rare five star Fuckingwow! rating. Had on thanksgiving with homemade cassoulet (Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook recipe), fingerlings roasted in duckfat, and creamed kale. Up-front blackberries-and-cream attack. Then you smell the violets like a good Rhonie. Then you get into the layers, tobbacco and loam. $28.95 at the San Diego wine company. If they have any more, I'm coming home with a half-case to get me through the brutal San Diego winter (all 6 days of it).

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(about 1 year ago) buddy icon larryv 95.0/100
I had the privilege of sampling the 2000 vintage of this wine in London. When I came home, I searched all over to find a shop that carried it. I just purchased a few bottles of the 2003 vintage. It's wonderful. Berry, fig and spice round out a fine wine in the burgundy tradition.

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(about 1 year ago) buddy icon pjd8406 90.0/100
This wine is an interesting blend that is more Rhone in style than Aussie. The nose took a few minutes to develop. Decanting might be a good idea here. Once it opened up there was a floral component I didn't expect with some blueberry & vanilla. The palate was spicy with black pepper and typical Aussie fruit components. There is a wood aspect to the wine that is closer to a cedar than anything else. I can sense that Bacon flavor wanting to come out... but its hidden in the back of the bus. This wine comes right at you. While I have seen some outstanding scores for this wine my tasting profile thinks it is less exceptional. I would try this wine again. You decanter is your friend... Make sure you let this wine have it's best showing. That said its a cool blend if you have wine friends it might be worth opening jus to talk about it. BTW I hate wax caps... so Torbreck if you can get those outta here that would be great.

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(about 1 year ago) buddy icon atreyu 90.0/100
Really full body rhone style wine. Spicy like rhone wines but more extracted and full bodied, with also a sweeter side (more residual sugar?). Ripe fruit, jammy, a little coca-cola taste to it. Some earth, fruit and dried figs in the finish. You can definitely tell that it's new world.

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(about 1 year ago) buddy icon lanceinbg 92.0/100
Chateauneuf-du-Pape-style blend (right down to the embossed bottle). Medium-full bodied, with big blackberry and blueberry fruit, dense, penetrating earth, and a faint suggestion of garrigue. New-world bigness meets old-world flavors.

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