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Taste Profile
Notes: Plum, Blueberries Licorice Pepper Tobacco, Chocolate
Body: Full
Dryness: Neutral
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Winemaking
Origin: Barossa Valley, SA, Australia
Maker: Torbreck
Grape:
- Syrah (Shiraz)
Fermentation:
Awards: >90 pts
Serving Recommendations
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Asian Food Pairing: Spicy beef noodles, stir fry black pepper beef
Western Food Pairing: Rack of lamb, steak
Description
Torbreck Woodcutter's Shiraz 2020

This wine reflects the up and coming Shiraz vineyards of the Barossa, rather than the battle-hardened old vines that make up the core of our other cuvee’s. But like all Torbreck wines, Woodcutter’s - Shiraz receives the very best viticultural and winemaking treatment. Although this wine is constantly praised for its succulence and richness, there is also a complexity and texture which is rarely found at this price.
The growing season was defined by a continuously warm to hot summer with no effective rainfall, wind and hail at flowering, and followed with three major frosts - resulting in an earlier and much smaller harvest than average. These tough conditions produced smaller clusters of intensely dark berries with thick fleshy skins contrasted against brown mature stalks. Whilst yields were down, once these vineyards were fermenting in our cellar the concentration of colour, tannin and aroma of the 2019 vintage was revealed.
14.5%
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AWARDS & ACCOLADESThis wine offers oodles of plush, plump plum and cherry accented by flowers, peppery spice, soy and iron. The palate delivers what the nose suggests. It’s broad shouldered but neatly cupped by fine, chalky tannins. There’s a lucidity here thanks to minimal oak. Tangy fruit and a saline note carry the finish. It’s a charming example of modern Barossa Shiraz.
