2009 Torbreck (Cuvée) Juveniles

Community Tasting Notes (40) Avg Score: 88.5 points

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  10/25/2020 - Varamon wrote:

  Mogen balanserad kanske på sin peak

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  4/25/2019 - Fatdoi Likes this wine: 91 Points

  medium body, sweet nose and palette, delightful blend

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  4/18/2016 - ikkaariainen Likes this wine: 91 Points

  A good, fruit forward and well balanced Aussie Rhone blend of grenache, shiraz and mataro (mourvedre) - same blend as in Torbreck's The Steading but not aged as long. In a good drinking window now with at least a few more years of cellaring time left but not sure how much more this wine will improve. A good QPR wine. This was enjoyed at the inaugural tasting of our new wine club earlier this week and I definitely preferred this to the preceding '07 The Steading. Most of the group favored this as the wine of the flite. Opened up for about two hours in the wine glass w/out an otherwise formal decant and I definitely recommend decanting this wine. Still quite a big and unmistakeably Aussie wine attempted to be made in a French Rhone style - relatively mellow and soft given the blend but not a French Rhone style wine. Plenty of fruit, soft tannins, well balanced, good mouth feel, not jammy but fruit too big and warm weather to be French in style. Very dark wine with a reasonable aftertaste. Balanced nose of dark fruit, spice, oak and black pepper. Palate of oak, black fruit, spice, black pepper, meat and smoke with a hint of eucalyptus on the late palate. Recommend this wine - as noted above this wine does definitely have time left but not sure there is an upside to furthering cellaring.

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  3/21/2016 - espia Does not like this wine: 83 Points

  Way past prime

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  5/12/2015 - SpanishWinesAndMore Likes this wine: 92 Points

  60% grenache 20% Mataró 20% syrah
  Screwcap inox no oak. Reduction then opened up, spicy monastrell notes
  In mouth the mataro is very present as far as flavor characteristics go. Medium plus body, long finish, excellent. I'd be interested to see how it ages and how long it will be good for? It was already a 2009 and still seemed youthful once it opened up. With the screw cap it seems like it could age at least 10 years more

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