Grape Variety: 100% Shiraz

Growing Region: Barossa Valley, Australia

Owner/ Chief Winemaker: David Powell

TASTING NOTE:
If you are someone that enjoys good food and sharing good times with special friends - enjoy confident, well made honest wines that over deliver on fruit, flavour and length - then Torbreck wines are for you.

Like all wines in the Torbreck stable, the fruit for this 'Woodcutter's Shiraz was sourced from hand harvested and hand tended plots throughout the North-western area of the Barossa Valley. It was fermented in their cement, wooden and inox vats for approximately 6-7 days and then basket pressed into well seasoned hogsheads and French oak foudres for 12 months. It was then bottled without the use of either fining or filtration, which only adds to its appeal.

The glass is filled with a black red colour, with a deep crimson hue. On the nose a fruit basket of violets, followed by fresh liquorice allsorts, vanilla and ripe blackberries. On the palate the wine is dense, rich and opulent; this wine combines great fruit purity with texture, complexity and finesse all in equal portions.

The mouth feel is all wrapped up in velvet tannins, presenting black pepper, ripe plum and dark chocolate on the back palate that lingers nicely. A good honest medium to full bodied red wine. Serve at 18C.

CELLARING POTENTIAL:
Drinking well these coming winter months; and over the next 3-4 years.

SUGGESTED FOOD MATCHES:
Perfect wine match with quality red meats, wine jus, roasted vegetables, and served in a large glass, enjoy.

91pts, Campbell Mattinson - The Wine Front.