Get to know: Torbreck, The Factor Shiraz 2000

Tasting Note

Very expressive with lifted black fruits such as satsuma plum, blackberry, compote, vanilla bean dark cocoa and maraschino liqueur. Complex, luxuriously dense and alluring. The wines voluptuous texture envelops the mouth with soft yet dense tannins and mouth filling viscosity. The flavours linger and the cleansing acidity polishes the palates gorgeous length and depth. Oak maturation is harmonious and well integrated adding to complexity. The Factor is all that you would expect of a pureblood Barossa Shiraz.

Best decanted and paired with rich winter dishes.

Producer Info

The Factor pays homage to the Barossas unique point of difference great old Shiraz vineyards and the growers who painstakingly tend and nurture them each year. Many of these vineyards were planted in the 19th century and because of South Australias far-sighted quarantine policy, were not affected by the phylloxera outbreak that ravaged the vineyards of the world in the 1880s. They survive on their own roots more than a century later as clonal time capsules. The reputation of the Barossa as the pre-eminent red wine growing region of Australia rests firmly on wines such as this.

Torbreck is the name of a forest near Inverness, Scotland and youll find more than a passing nod to the Celts in our wine naming conventions. The manager on a highland estate is referred to as The Factor.

Matured for 24 months in predominantly old French oak barriques.

Only 1,000 cases of the 2000 vintage were produced.