Torbreck The Factor Shiraz 2016

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Varietal

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Vintage
2016

Size
750ML

ABV
15%

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Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

The 2016 vintage of The Factor Shiraz is a deep purple, almost black color. Intense black fruits make up the aromatic profile, such as satsuma plum, blackberry and boysenberry. Dark chocolate, roasted espresso and licorice. The palate is plush, soft and textural with a deep core of fruits supported by gentle yet concentrated tannins and long acidity.

Professional Ratings

  • 98

    Dark fruit with iodine, muscle shell and hints of coal on the palate. Full-bodied, very tight and structured with steely tannins that give incredible length and poise. The greatest Factor I have ever tasted. Driven and brilliant.

  • 96

    A perfume of sweet dark plum and both blue and black berries leads to a palate of plush, creamy plum pudding. Inky, dense, and seamless, this wine is a nosedive into old leather, black olives, and coffee-bean tannins. Many of the vines that bore the fruit are a century old, meaning they were unaffected by the phylloxera outbreak of the late 19th century. Aged 24 months in a combination of new, second-fill, and seasoned oak barriques, it’s a beauty for the ages.

  • 94

    Expressive and detailed, with dark chocolate, Earl Grey tea and sandalwood accents to the core of plum compote and blackberry fruit. The flavors and tannins are dense and compact, adding an appealing toothsome quality and showing promise for the cellar. Drink now through 2040.

  • 93

    The year 2016 was one for dense, powerful and broadly textured reds in Barossa, and this wine delivers all of the above. Ripe plum and blackberry fruit are swathed in chocolaty, slightly charred veg oak notes. Black olives and earthy, peppery spices sit in the back seat. The palate achieves the classic Torbreck mouthfeel: rich, round, satiny and highly polished with a blanket of oak tucked into plush fruit. Big red lovers could drink this now with protein in front of a crackling fire, but cellaring will reap rewards. Drink 2023–2035.

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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.

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Historically and presently the most important wine-producing region of Australia, the Barossa Valley is set in the Barossa zone of South Australia, where more than half of the country’s wine is made. Because the climate is very hot and dry, vineyard managers work diligently to ensure grapes reach the perfect levels of phenolic ripeness.

The intense heat is ideal for plush, bold reds, particularly Shiraz on its own or Rhône Blends. Often Shiraz and Cabernet partner up for plump and powerful reds.

While much less prevalent, light-skinned varieties such as Riesling, Viognier or Semillon produce vibrant Barossa Valley whites.

Most of Australia’s largest wine producers are based here and Shiraz plantings date back as far as the 1850s or before. Many of them are dry farmed and bush trained, still offering less than one ton per acre of inky, intense, purple juice.

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