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2013 Torbreck, The Factor, Barossa Valley, Australia

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Syrah
Ready - youthful
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW
92/100
Product: 20138125572
2013 Torbreck, The Factor, Barossa Valley, Australia

Description

During our tastings Factor is often placed as a natural complement to Descendent; as Descendent includes a little Viognier whereas Factor does not. This year, however, I feel there is much more in common between Factor, and dare I say it, Run Rig. 

The palate is extraordinary supple, there are immediate waves of pure fruit washing over the palate but in this 2013 there seems to be a greater focus and freshness than I have seen in Torbreck wines in the past. On the palate, there is vast depth of fruit and structure, simply: it just keeps going. The finish is expertly judged and finely honed it leaves me feeling that this is a dark, brooding wine, there is something almost meaty, animalistic, on the verge of guttural. The outright purity & freshness means this will drink early, but patience will be rewarded, 2024-2035+.
Gary Owen, Private Account Manager
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2013
Maturity Ready - youthful
Grape List Syrah
Body Full Bodied
Producer Torbreck

Critics reviews

Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW 92/100
Very deep purple colored, the 2013 The Factor is intensely scented of crme de cassis, baked plums and blueberry pie with hints of licorice, dark chocolate and violets plus a whiff of balsamic. Very big, full and rich in the mouth, it explodes with baked black berries flavors, framed with rounded tannins and finishing with great persistence.Lisa Perrotti-Brown - 30/06/2016
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, RobertParker.com (Jun 2016)

About this wine

Syrah/Shiraz

A noble black grape variety grown particularly in the Northern Rhône where it produces the great red wines of Hermitage, Cote Rôtie and Cornas, and in Australia where it produces wines of startling depth and intensity. Reasonably low yields are a crucial factor for quality as is picking at optimum ripeness. Its heartland, Hermitage and Côte Rôtie, consists of 270 hectares of steeply terraced vineyards producing wines that brim with pepper, spices, tar and black treacle when young. After 5-10 years they become smooth and velvety with pronounced fruit characteristics of damsons, raspberries, blackcurrants and loganberries. It is now grown extensively in the Southern Rhône where it is blended with Grenache and Mourvèdre to produce the great red wines of Châteauneuf du Pape and Gigondas amongst others. Its spiritual home in Australia is the Barossa Valley, where there are plantings dating as far back as 1860. Australian Shiraz tends to be sweeter than its Northern Rhône counterpart and the best examples are redolent of new leather, dark chocolate, liquorice, and prunes and display a blackcurrant lusciousness. South African producers such as Eben Sadie are now producing world- class Shiraz wines that represent astonishing value for money.
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Torbreck

Torbreck was established in 1994 and is located at Marananga on the western ridge of the Barossa Valley. It is named after a forest situated just south of Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland. Founded by David Powell, a former lumberjack who worked in various vineyards to hone his oenological skills, Torbreck’s first releases in 1997 of a 1995 Runrig (Shiraz/Viognier) and 1996 The Steading (Grenache/Mataro/Shiraz) were greeted with rapturous applause by critics and connoisseurs alike. The winery is overseen by Senior Winemaker Craig Isbel and his team. The overwhelming majority of his vines are dry-grown, nearly all are 100 - 165 years old and are tended and harvested by hand. The wines have an extraordinary combination of power, intensity, complexity and great finesse.
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