Torbreck Run Rig 2002

Torbreck Run Rig 2002

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  • Robert Parker rating 99
  • Vinous rating 94
Torbreck Run Rig 2002
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75 cl

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£260.00
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Torbreck is an esteemed Australian winery that was founded in 1994 by David Powell. Located in the Barossa Valley, Torbreck is renowned for its premium wines, with a particular emphasis on Rhône-style blends. `Run Rig 2002` is a blend of Shiraz [97%] and Viognier [3%] grapes, sourced from old, low-yielding vineyards. It was matured in a combination of new French oak hogsheads for approximately 30 months. The wine is known for its full-bodied nature, intense flavours of blackberries, dark chocolate, and spices, and its ability to age gracefully.
99 Robert Parker
The 2002 Run Rig (97% Shiraz and 3% Viognier aged in 100% new French oak) represents the essence of old vine Barossa fruit. Extraordinarily opulent and rich, but playing it closer to the vest than the 2001, it gets my nod as one of the most remarkable wines made in either the Southern or Northern Hemisphere. An inky/purple color is accompanied by a sumptuous bouquet of apricots, honeysuckle, black raspberries, blackberries, licorice, and a hint of roasted meats. The wood has been soaked up by the wine’s extraordinary concentration. Fashioned from four sectors of Barossa (Maranaga, Koonunga Hill, Moppa, and Greenock), it spent 30 months in primarily new oak, and was bottled without fining or filtration. Anticipated maturity. 2007-2020+. - Robert M. Parker, Jr.
94 Vinous
(includes 3% viognier) Saturated, inky, opaque ruby. A ripe, roasted, porty black hole of a nose. Impossibly ripe, musky, dense aromas of dark cherry, cassis compote, blackberry confit, molasses, fruitcake, violet pastille, licorice and candied rose petal. Thick to the point of being a solid, or at least a colloid, with dense, inky, even resinous flavors of bitter chocolate, creme de mure, coffee liqueur, licorice and black cardamom, accompanied by a spice rack of accents. The finish seems to never let go, which in this case is a good thing. Sticky, palate-staining and amazingly dense, a monument to this style of syrah.(The 2002 Descendant, reviewed in Issue 115, rated 91 points on my most recent tasting.)Josh Raynolds1st July 2005

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