- Robert Parker (RP) points 95
- Vinous points
Torbreck - Runrig - Shiraz Viognier
Price
€220.80 ex. VAT
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Tasting notes
The 2017 RunRig leads with leather and pressed incense, dark berry fruit and tapenade. The palate is far lighter than the nose would suggest, offering black cherry and raspberry seed. This is finer than the 2016 tasted alongside, which has a truly weighty fruit profile in the mouth. This may perhaps lend itself to drinking a little earlier than some other vintages in this lineup. It's a lovely wine from a cold and wet vintage, perhaps not dissimilar in conditions to 2023. 15% alcohol, sealed under natural cork.
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Provenance
- Type
- Red
- Producer
- Torbreck
- Country
- Australia
- Appellation
- Barossa Valley
- Region
- South Australia
Technical
- Vintage
- 2017
- ABV
- Size
- 75cl
- Ageing
- Serving
- 16° - 18° C
- Drinking window
- 2025 - 2047
Food pairings
Key characteristics
About this wine
Torbreck's 2018 RunRig needs a bit of air right now, as the nose and palate truly open up and expand after a while in the glass. Unlike some vintages, it's rather tight and cedary upon first pour, then relaxes to reveal hints of stone fruit, blueberries, cherries, pastry crust and baking spices. In the mouth, it's full-bodied and concentrated, richly textured and marked by ripe tannins, which leave behind a velvety, mouth-coating finish tinged with licorice and dark berries. While approachable now, and even damn enjoyable, it deserves another several years in the cellar.
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Behind the bottle
Producer
Torbreck
Torbreck is a wine producer based in the Barossa Valley of South Australia, specializing in red wines made primarily from Rhône grape varieties. The winery focuses on Shiraz-based wines, often incorporating traditional Rhône…
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Region
South Australia
South Australia produces approximately half of the nation's wine and encompasses several of the country's most significant wine regions. Located in the southern portion of the continent, the state stretches from the cooler…
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Appellation
Barossa Valley
The Barossa Valley is located in South Australia, approximately 60 kilometers northeast of Adelaide. Established as a wine region in the 1840s by German and English settlers, it encompasses roughly 25,000 hectares of vineyard…
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