2014 Torbreck RunRig

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 95.2 points

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  2/3/2023 - CheviotCellar Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Decanted 1 hour, then drank over 4-5 hours with and without food. This is an intriguing wine. Super dark, nearly 100% opaque. Nose is like a high end Napa cab, lifted and dense but a little sweet (dare I say jammy) but completely misleading for the palate. The flavors fold and morph and shape shift over time. Theres rich fruit and great acidity so it never turns jammy or sweet. Some sips have charcoal, coffee, red currant, tobacco, dried fig. The viognier is only around 1% here but it is so detectable, oscillating between guava and tropical essences or parafin and apricot and honeysuckle. The finish goes on forever, more than a few minutes if you pause that long. The wine doesn't drink young or old. It has aging potential but also seems to be in its prime, without green or woody notes that might make you hesitate. Silky soft but with tannins (and fine grit inside the glass, even from the first glass and a strained decant). Like I said, its an intriguing wine. I rarely opine about a wine to this word count, or with so conflicting statements. I guess this makes it an excellent wine, worth contemplating how with all the many millions of bottles of wine produced, this one can actually stand out as uniquely enjoyable.

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  4/28/2022 - kostaslonis wrote:

  Torbreck Runrig vertical tasting (home): Varietal: 98.5% Shiraz, 1.5% Viognier
  Vineyards: 6 vineyards, assemblage
  Subregions: Lyndoch, Rowland Flat, Greenock, Seppeltsfield, Moppa, Ebenezer
  Harvest: 7 March through to 3 April 2014
  Maturation: 30 months on new (42%), second fill and third fill French oak barriques, completing a natural malolactic fermentation in barrel and resting on fine lees throughout maturation to enhance texture
  Analysis: Alc/Vol 15.5% pH 3.62 Acidity 6.69g/L
  Cellar: 15 to 20 years
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  Tasting from old to new vintages, the bottles were opened at 15.00, double decanted, tasting at 21.00
  The wine shows almost the same spice profile as the 2014 Factor I had some time which is very interesting (obviously due to vintage). Cinnamon, bacon, cured meat, clove, fruit in alcohol, black cherry and berry with some heavier floral notes. This is brighter with higher intensity than previous vintages in the lineup.
  In the palate, the wine shows very ripe black cherry fruit, velvety but also tight tannins, sweet spices, warmth, nice acidity, medium body and long, coffee-infused finish

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  12/5/2020 - jrbates68@gmail.com Likes this wine: 98 Points

  Absolutely magnificent. Beautiful intensity of colour and flavour.

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  12/31/2019 - marcellonegro wrote: 93 Points

  Dried fruit. Smokey.

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  9/21/2019 - WineTally Likes this wine:

  98.5% Shiraz, 1.5% Viognier
  from 6 shared-farmed vineyards in Barossa Valley: Lyndoch, Rowland Flat, Greenock,
  Seppeltsfield, Moppa, and Ebeneze, with old (120+ yrs Shiraz) dry grown vines.
  Natural malolactic fermentation in barrel and aged 30 months on fine lee
  in French oak barriques (42% new, rest 2/3 fill).
  15.5% Abv.
  Founding Winemaker (1994): Dave Powell (left in 2013)
  Proprietor: Pete Kight (since 2008)
  Chief Winemaker: Ian Hongell
  
  A(ccuray)=2: Deep ruby. Smoky, meaty, floral varietal.
  B(alance)=3: Robust components in balance in spite of alcohol.
  C(omplexity)=3: Dark berries, herbs, spice, chocolate, mineral.
  D(epth)=2: Firm mouthfeel. Full palate and layered finish.
  
  Wine Tally Score [2,3,3,2]= 10/10
  
  More opulent than complex; more exuberant than elegant: if one has to be picky.
  
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