- 99
- Reduced
2005 Torbreck Run Rig Shiraz Imperial (6000ml)
Barossa Valley, South Australia,
AUSTRALIA
Reduced from
$2,999.00
$2400. 00 Bottle
$28800.00 Dozen
Closure: Cork
Was $2999, Now $2400
Other Reviews....
Torbreck’s 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 next 10-12 years and drink well through 2040 in the style of a Chapoutier Hermitage. If it develops as I think it will, it will be a candidate for perfection down the road.
99+ points
Jay Miller - The Wine Advocate #181 (Feb 2009)