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Torbreck Vintners The Factor Barossa Valley Shiraz 2018

98 POINT RATED JAMES SUCKLING 96 POINT RATED HUON HOOKE THE REAL REVIEW 96 POINT RATED ROBERT PARKER

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98 POINT RATED JAMES SUCKLING
96 POINT RATED HUON HOOKE THE REAL REVIEW
96 POINT RATED ROBERT PARKERS WINE ADVOCATE
95 POINT RATED JAMES HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION
ONE OF THE WORLD'S TOP 100 WINE ESTATES ROBERT PARKER
5 STAR RATED WINERY JAMES HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION

Specifications:

Vintage:	2018
Source/Region:	Barossa Valley, South Australia
Grape Variety:	Shiraz
Cellaring:	Drink now or cellar for the next decade
Bottle Top:	Cork
Alcohol Content:	15.00
Standard Drinks:	8.60
Rating:	96

Tasting Notes:

The Factor is predominantly from the Gomersal and Marananga sub-regions of the Barossa, providing dense texture and richness to the palate with subtle notes of olive tapenade, saddle leather and minerals. Ripe aromas of Satsuma plum, wild blackberries, dark chocolate and five spice entwined with a dark core of espresso roast, ripe mulberries and saltbush. Brooding and densely packed, this lavish wine has ample generosity to cellar for more than 20 years, where it will slowly

Technical:

The manager on a highland estate is referred to as The Factor. Many of these vineyards were planted in the 19th century and because of South Australia’s 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 winegrowing region of Australia rests firmly on wines such as this. An above average winter rainfall led into a below average spring and summer rainfall, producing small bunches and small berries, leading to a reduced yield. Quality was certainly high, particular amongst our red varieties of Shiraz, Grenache and Mataro. 2018 wines will be remembered for their impressive colour, structure and longevity.

Accolades & Awards:

98 Point Rated - James Suckling

"A pristine nose of ripe and intesne blackberries, blueberries and redcurrants, as well as some sanguine, rust-like notes. This is an excellent edition of The Factor. I like the power and focus this wine delivers and, in 2018, it is a wine of great length and presence. Abundant ripe blackberries bathe the palate. Try From 2025."

96 Point Rated - Huon Hooke The Real Review

"Very deep, dark red/purple colour, with a bouquet that shouts north-western Barossa: graphite, ironstone, fresh-turned earth, savoury and complex. The wine is very full-bodied, and strongly built: the carpentry is impressive (that's structure, not oak). Superbly rich, fleshy and sustained through a very long palate and follow-through. It shapes up like a whopper but the tannins are supple and fine, smooth and not at all forbidding as we might have anticipated. Excellent. (30% new French oak. Northern & Western Barossa grapes)"

96 Point Rated - Joe Czerwinski Robert Parkers Wine Advocate

"Aged in about 50% new French oak and built for cellaring, the 2018 The Factor is a concentrated, structured Shiraz that should age well for up to two decades. Scents of cedar shavings and vanilla mark the nose, while the full-bodied palate folds in notes of ripe blackberries and mulberries, plus hints of baking spices. Complex, firm and age-worthy, with a long, focused finish, it should be at its best after about five more years."

95 Point Rated - Tyson Stelzer Wine Companion

"Shiraz; predominantly from Gomersal and Marananga, with Krondorf and Ebenezer. Matured 24 months in 40% new French oak barriques. The compact density and reverberating power that define The Factor are on grand display in 2018. Deep, penetrating layers of concentrated black fruits of all kinds meld with licorice and rich dark chocolate oak. For all its proportions, it upholds impeccable vitality and brightness. Tannins rise to the challenge in a surge of fine-grained, crafted presence. An exemplar of greatness at the big end of the Barossa."