2006 Torbreck The Struie
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A blend of Shiraz from the Barossa and Eden valleys, the 2006 Torbreck Shiraz The Struie sees 18 months in barrique and is a dense, concentrated wine that maintains a sense of elegance as well as a slightly cool climate profile. It offers intense blackberry and peppered black currants, blood, iron and raw earth and herb laced aromatics. The wine shows a fair dose of oak upon opening but quickly integrates with air, showing superb fruit and depth. It’s full bodied on the palate with deep, concentrated fruit, a full, lush yet precise texture, fresh acidity and a blockbuster finish. Give this 3 or more years in the cellar and it should drink beautifully over the following 10.
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The Wine Advocate
Jay S Miller, Wine Advocate
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(100% shiraz) Opaque ruby. Exotically perfumed, pungent bouquet of dark berries, smoky minerals and floral oils. Sexy cola and vanilla flavors complement sweet black raspberry and cassis on the palate, with dusty tannins adding grip. The fruit ultimately sucks up the tannins on the finish, which is seductively sweet and very long. Appealing already but I'd give this deep, suave wine at least another four or five years in the cellar.
e 2006 The Struie is 100% Shiraz, sourced from cooler, hillside sites, 70% from Barossa Valley and 30% from Eden Valley with vine age ranging from 46 to 110 years. It was aged for 18 months in 20% new oak. Opaque purple-colored, it delivers a striking bouquet of lead pencil, game, mineral, blueberry compote, and blackberry liqueur. This is followed by a focused, elegant Shiraz with a plush texture, outstanding depth and grip, and 5-7 years of aging potential. It should drink well through 2026. Jay Miller, The Wine Advocate, Feb 2009
The 2006 The Struie is 100% Shiraz, sourced from cooler, hillside sites, 70% from Barossa Valley and 30% from Eden Valley with vine age ranging from 46 to 110 years. It was aged for 18 months in 20% new oak. Opaque purple-colored, it delivers a striking bouquet of lead pencil, game, mineral, blueberry compote, and blackberry liqueur. This is followed by a focused, elegant Shiraz with a plush texture, outstanding depth and grip, and 5-7 years of aging potential. It should drink well through 2026. ||Torbreck, under the leadership of owner/winemaker David Powell, remains a Barossa Valley benchmark as well as one of the world’s leading wine estates. The only cloud on the horizon concerns the winery’s ramped up production during a period of economic hard times.||There are three white wines in the Torbreck portfolio. Wine Advocate.February, 2009