2009 Torbreck The Factor

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 91 points

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  2/1/2022 - kostaslonis wrote:

  Tasting Ground official tasting, Torbreck The Factor vertical (Oinoscent): Varietal: 100% Shiraz
  Regions: Marananga, Greenock, Krondorf, Gomersal, Kalimna & Ebenezer
  Harvest: March 2009
  pH: 3.50, acidity: 7.4g/L, alcohol: 15.1%
  Vinification: Small parcels of fruit from old dry grown vines are selected for their individual qualities and matured separately in both new and old French barriques. The wine was assembled in June 2011 and bottled without filtration or fining in September.
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  The wine shows a brighter character than the 2008, tobacco, black, fruit, ripe to overripe fruit, licorice, juicy, nice oak frame, a touch leather and gamey.
  Palate is juicy, velvety, medium intensity, medium acidity, red dried fruit, 14.50%, coffee, cocoa, medium finish
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  24h: full blackcurrant core, black fruit liquer, smooth, fine palate

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  2/1/2022 - Shloly wrote: 90 Points

  The wine is clear, with deep ruby color and thick legs.
  On the nose the wine is clean, with medium plus aromas of dried fruits, dried figs, hints of green herbs and spices, cooked meat.
  On the plates the wine is dry, with medium plus acidity, medium ripe tannins, medium plus alcohol, medium body, medium plus flavors of red fruits, plums, spices, green herbs and dried fig.
  The wine is of a good quality, due to its length, acidity, complexity and depth. It is expressive and enjoyable now, but feels quite close to its prime, thus might not benefit from far future aging.

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  10/30/2020 - BAJRiley Likes this wine: 93 Points

  I love Torbreck's style of Barossa shiraz, and this is probably my favourite in their line up (pound for pound). I liken it to an iron fist in a velvet glove. I find the tannins finer and the wine more rounded than a lot of Barossa shirazes. But make no mistake it is a big wine.
  
  Colour: deep purple/currant. Nose: blackberry, plum, chocolate, oak, pepper and a hint of coffee tobacco. Palate: full bodied, dense and mouth filling, great texture, ripe fruit, full but smooth tannins, good balance and a long finish.
  
  Not as good as the 2005 imo but still an excellent wine. Will be interesting to see how this is travelling in 5-8 years.

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  2/17/2018 - bdisk1235 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Alinea Reserve Wine Pairing February 2018 (Alinea Chicago): Served side by side with a Cote-Rotie. Wow - the two couldn't have been more different and made us question that they were actually the same grape. Paired with a dish of squab, black forbidden rice and binchotan with two small side dishes of beet and mustard and some vanilla beef jerky.
  
  This wine really punches you with fruit - it practically explodes on your palate with ripe, dark fruit. Finish lingers nicely as well. Ultimately we preferred the Cote-Rotie with the main dish, but this paired well with the acidity and vibrancy of the beet side dish.

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  10/4/2013 - Biggsy wrote: 89 Points

  Huge nose, powerful and intense with aromas of black fruits, raisin and polished wood. Dense and concentrated, packed with spicy baked fruits. Layers of prune, raisin and mulberry full the palate. Held together by big grippy tannins.

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