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2019 Torbreck The Forebear Barossa Valley - 3x75cl
15B9TOTF3PK _ 2019 - Torbreck The Forebear Barossa Valley - 3x75cl
  • Colour Red
  • Producer Torbreck Vintners
  • Region Barossa Valley
  • Drinking 2024 - 2050
  • Case size 3x75cl
  • Available Later

2019 - Torbreck The Forebear Barossa Valley - 3x75cl

  • Colour Red
  • Producer Torbreck Vintners
  • Region Barossa Valley
  • Drinking 2024 - 2050
  • Case size 3x75cl
  • Available Later

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  • Wine Advocate, April 2024, Score: 98

    The 2019 The Forebear Shiraz is the inaugural release of this wine, positioned alongside the Laird. The fruit is sourced from the oldest plantings in the Hillside Vineyard in Lyndoch—12 rows planted in the early 1850s. The wine is astounding. It is inky black in its fruit spectrum, infused from all sides with gravelly tannin that feel both velvety and gritty; there's loads of chewy tannin to support the kaleidoscopic fruit, and monumental length. This is a very impressive wine, memorable and precise. I can understand why a single vineyard was made from this special parcel. So, on the nose, you get mulberry, blackberry, blueberry and ironstone, rust, blood plum, raspberry pip, aniseed, sumac and clove. The tannins splay across the palate and leave a trail of ferruginous spice in their wake, with inflections of ras el hanout, pomegranate molasses, pink peppercorns and roast beef crust. This is a whopping wine. Superb. Drink 2024-2049.

Producer

Torbreck Vintners

For nearly 30 years, Torbreck has been an icon of Australian wine, championing the old-vine treasures of the Barossa Valley. Chief winemaker, Ian Hongell, has grown tired of the old clichés surrounding the Barossa Valley; big hitting reds with fortified-high alcohol levels. ‘It’s not one flat paddock!’, says Hongell, whose winery found fame 30 years ago by cherry-picking the best of that ‘paddock’. Torbreck’s DNA is built on a love of the Rhône Valley, with a portfolio based around old vine shiraz, grenache, and mataro (aka mourvedre). With some of the most highly prized vineyards in the world, Torbreck's wines are among Australia's most collectible bottles, with their top cuvées fetching high prices and even higher scores!

Region

Barossa Valley

Located in the south east of the wine state of South Australia, the Barossa Valley is not only the most famous wine region in Australia but also is the one which produces the most wine. The summers here are hot and dry so drought can be a problem. As a result, unirrigated bush vines scatter the landscape, some even dating back to the 19th Century. These old traditional Shiraz vines can produce the most concentrated form of what has become one of the world's most distinctive winestyles, Barossa Shiraz. These are rich, powerful, chocolaty and spicy wines, to which Viognier is sometimes added for extra perfume. There are old Grenache and Mourvèdre vines too in the region, which combine with Shiraz to make the popular blend ‘GSM'. Semillon is more common than Chardonnayin the Barossa, producing some rich white wines. Cabernet Sauvignon can also be found but only on certain soils as it is less dependable than Shiraz.

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