Torbreck, Run Rig other_regions

Torbreck, Run Rig other_regionsTorbrecks flagship is the 2005 Run Rig, a 97% Shiraz cuvee sourced from 120 to 160 year old vines with 3% finished Viognier added before bottling. It spent 30 months in 60% new French oak. Opaque purple black in color, it has a kinky, exotic bouquet of fresh road tar, smoke, lavender, black pepper, game, blueberry, and black raspberry. Full bodied and opulent on the palate, the wine is dense, packed, and unevolved. It will continue to open up over the

(contains some premier cru juice from Les Fuées)

There is excellent volume to the medium-bodied and admirably concentrated flavors yet this is not really a powerful wine so much as it is focused and harmonious

The wine is amazing expressive now

Mullers 2011 Scharzhofberger Riesling Auslese delivers a penetrating and multifarious nose of heliotrope

licorice and black cherry notes

(the aggregate size of this holding is a whopping 3

with remarkable precision and class

000 bottles produced

Deep purple-black in color

the wine continued showing the riper character and more Mediterranean profile of the vineyard

Popped and poured

The lilting and lacy medium weight flavors possess a refined mouth feel on the mineral-driven flavors that are almost delicate while terminating in a restrained and lingering finish