Torbreck The Struie

Region: Barossa & Eden Valley, Australia

Vintage: 2013

Bottle size: 150cl

Grape:Shiraz -80% Barossa Valley 20% Eden Valley

ABV: 15%

Lifted black and blue fruits such as blackberry, blueberry compote and milk chocolate, with graphite and mineral like complexity from granite and schist soils in the Eden Valley. The full bodied and silken textured mouthfeel exhibits plushness of fruit along with mouth coating ripe Shiraz tannins that are full yet soft.

The name Struie originates from a mountain in the rugged highlands of north-east Scotland, which overlooks Torbreck forest near Inverness. The view from the Struie down across the Dornoch Firth is as inspiring as that of the Valley floor from the Barossa Ranges. This Torbreck Shiraz cuve is a skilful blend of fruit from a 40 year old Eden Valley Shiraz vineyard and an 80 year old Barossa Shiraz vineyard a marriage of elegance and intensity.

The vision is toTorbreck Vintners, which was founded in 1994, was born out of a desire to create some of the greatest wines in the world by using the incredibly old, dry-grown, Shiraz vineyards that surround the Barossa Valley. Securing these vineyards initially involved share-farming the property, a practice which involves paying the owner a percentage of the marketrate for their grapes in return for managing the vineyard. It was this share-farmingprinciple, together with their selection of some of the most highly prized vineyards, that formed the founding pillars of Torbrecks incredible international success.

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