Torbreck Cuvée Juveniles 2020
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A perennial favorite, Grenache from old vines shows its ability to exhibit lifted florals, red juicy fruit characters such as wild cherry, raspberry and pomegranate. The palate has delicious texture and long acidity balancing a freshness from savory Mataro and bolder Shiraz components.
Serve with an array of cuisines including spicy dishes.
Blend: 44% Grenache, 36% Mataro, 8% Counoise, 6% Carignan, 6% Shiraz
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This has a lovely creaminess to the raspberry, cherry and kirsch notes at the core, with aromatic details of cinnamon, violet, green tea, date nut bread and salted butterscotch. Harmonious and seamless on the long finish. Grenache, Mataro, Counoise, Shiraz and Carignan. Drink now.
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Aromas of mint, olive brine, plum and raspberry open after some brief aeration. The palate is medium bodied, by Barossa standards, and demonstrates restraint. There’s a briny, spiced tannin profile and sandpaper texture neatly pinning the juicy, plum fruit. Lower alcohol and more vibrancy would be nice for a “juveniles” style, but it’s a tasty tipple nonetheless.
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Torbreck, founded in 1994 by David Powell, is situated at Marananga on the western ridge of the Barossa. Since that time he has produced some of the world's finest 'Rhone varietal' wines, exclusively from Barossa fruit; this has been acknowledged by the wine press in Europe, America and Australia. 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, intesity, complexity and great finesse, and bearing in mind the age of the vines and the laughably low yields, no Torbreck wine could ever be accused of being heavy, cloying or over-extracted.