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2005 Torbreck Vintners Descendant Barossa Valley
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2005 Torbreck Vintners Descendant Barossa Valley

Producer: Torbreck Vintners
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Syrah/Shiraz
Origin: Australia
Region: Barossa Valley

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93 Points | International Wine Cellar , July/August 2007

($105; 92% shiraz with 8% viognier) Bright purple. Intensely spicy aromas of black raspberry, cherry, cocoa powder and Asian spices. Inky and youthfully brooding, with powerful dark berry liqueur flavors, velvety tannins and a building impression of graphite. Tightens with air but not at the expense of its wonderfully lush, deeply concentrated fruit and sexy spices.

90 Points | Wine Spectator
97 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

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Syrah

While the grape is currently grown throughout the world, the most elegant Syrahs still come from the Northern Rhone valley, particularly the appellations of Côte Rôtie, Cornas, and Hermitage. Here, steep, terraced vineyards help produce full-bodied, intense, tannic wines loaded with white pepper and red fruit. In the vineyard, Syrah is largely cooperative- vines are productive, but not overly vigorous. Skins are thick, helping the grape...
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