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2016 Torbreck, Runrig, Barossa Valley, Australia

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Shiraz (98%),Viognier (2%)
Not ready
Josh Raynolds
97/100
James Suckling
97/100
Joe Czerwinski
100/100
Product: 20168125530
2016 Torbreck, Runrig, Barossa Valley, Australia
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2016
Maturity Not ready
Grape List Shiraz (98%),Viognier (2%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Torbreck

Critics reviews

Josh Raynolds 97/100
Saturated violet. An intensely perfumed bouquet displays ripe black and blue fruits, exotic spices, potpourri and incense enlivened by a smoky mineral top note. Offers alluringly sweet, penetrating cherry, blueberry, violet floral pastille and spice cake flavours that show impressive focus and vivacity for their brawn. The floral and spice notes return emphatically on the wonderfully long finish, which features smoothly interwoven tannins and a reverberating mineral note.Drink 2025 - 2036josh_raynolds, Vinous.com.com (December 2021)
Drink 2025 - 2036
Josh Raynolds, Vinous.com (Dec 2021)
James Suckling 97/100
Old-vine magic. Some even come from 1858. The decadence and dusty, antique aromas and flavours are very impressive, yet it’s not overdone. Licorice, dark berries, smoke and graphite. A blend of 98% Shiraz and 2% Viognier. Better in 2021james_suckling, jamessuckling_com (December 2019)
Drink 2025 - 2036
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Dec 2019)
Joe Czerwinski 100/100
A blend of 98% Shiraz and 2% Viognier made just before bottling, the 2016 RunRig is a complete masterpiece. It starts with elegant notes of pencil shavings accenting blueberries and blackberries on the nose, then shows incredible, palate-staining fruit intensity in the mouth. It's full-bodied, plush and velvety without being unstructured and manages to be fruit-forward yet savoury on the long-lasting finish, where it picks up hints of mocha and black olives. This should be drinkable with pleasure throughout its entire two-decade life (it may live longer from cold cellars or in larger formats), but if I were lucky enough to have a bottle or two, I'd try the first one about ten years out.Drink 2019 - 2035Joe Czerwinski, Wine Advocate (February 2019)
Drink 2025 - 2036
Joe Czerwinski, RobertParker.com (Feb 2019)

About this wine

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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