Torbreck Descendant Shiraz Viognier 2004

document.getElementById("NoProductImage").innerHTML = ""; Jeremy Oliver 95 points!"Complex- brooding and meaty- lifted by heady- fragrant and spicy Viognier- this is a first class wine whose sumptuous fruit- high quality oak and firm powdery tannins are finely balanced and tightly integrated. It's deep and youthful perfume of berry and plum like fruit reveals reductive- charcuterie-like undertones and Apricot-like suggestions of viognier. Long- alluring and silky- with glimmers of mint and menthol beneath its juicy vibrant fruit."Jeremy read more...Oliver - The Australian Wine Annual 2007.Jeremy Oliver 95 points!"The 2004 Descendant- an old oak-aged blend of 92% Shiraz and 8% Viognier from a 12-year old vineyard- offers up notes of blackberries- ink- sweet truffles- and acacia flowers. There are 1-000 cases of this full-bodied- intense- rich blockbuster. It will drink well for 10-15 years."Robert Parker- Wine Advocate #167 (Oct 2006).Wine Spectator 93 points!"Lithe- open-textured Shiraz-Viognier blend- offering pretty boysenberry flavors. Feels lighter than most Barossa Shiraz and shows the floral and peach accents of the Viognier. Not quite as seamless as previous vintages- but it has a personality of its own. Drink now through 2012." HS- www.winespectator.comTorbreck Torbreck - Low yielding- old and dry grown Barossa Valley vines are the cornerstone of Torbreck vitners where traditional- manual winemaking methods and minimal intervention are combined to produce a variety of wines each year. The growers we work with have been selected for their unique vineyard sites and spartan aproach to viticulture - Torbreck wines are conentrated in the vineyards- not in the winery.DescendantThe Descendant is a single vineyard Shiraz-Viognier which- as the name implies- is a direct descendant of RunRig. The Descendant vineyard Shiraz expresses tar and black olive- offset wonderfully by the jasmine and apricot aromatics of Viognier. 'From the cuttings taken from old vines used to plant the vineyard- and the viognier skins the shiraz was crushed onto- to the barrels it was matured in- this wine is directly descended from RunRig'. David Powell    (hide)

October 2008

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October 2009

IWC 93 (7/2006): Deep ruby. Primary aromas of berry skin, violet, freshly roasted coffee, high-fat chocolate and cinnamon. Very fresh in the mouth, with dense but tangy flavors of cassis, blueberry, mocha and fruitcake. Impressively concentrated and focused wine. With air, this deepened in flavor but gave up nothing in finesse. Finishes sweet and quite long, with an exotic chocolate note and bright acids.

October 2008

WS 93 (10/2006): Lithe, open-textured Shiraz-Viognier blend, offering pretty boysenberry flavors. Feels lighter than most Barossa Shiraz and shows the floral and peach accents of the Viognier. Not quite as seamless as previous vintages, but it has a personality of its own. Drink now through 2012.

October 2008

Rating: 93/100 - As reviewed by Wine Spectator on 10/15/06

Rating: 98/100 - As reviewed in Wine Advocate # 167 on Oct-06