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Torbreck Woodcutter’s Shiraz 2020

Rich and warming, the kind of hug you need after a hard day.
Syrah (Shiraz)
  • $65.00

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Notes: Plum, Blueberries Licorice Pepper Tobacco, Chocolate

Body: Full

Dryness: Neutral

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Origin: Barossa Valley, SA, Australia

Maker: Torbreck

Grape:

  • Syrah (Shiraz)

Fermentation:

Awards: >90 pts

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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

Torbreck Woodcutter Shiraz is full of freshness and bright youthful fruits, the 2019 vintage brings opulence and class to the wines. Aromatic plum and raspberries with freshness and balance, the wine has a round central core of red fruit that gives way to a complex mid-palate full of cassis, dark cherry, spice and vanilla. While offering immense pleasure in its youth, the 2019 Woodcutter’s - Shiraz will certainly develop into an impressive wine with a few more years in the cellar. A fantastic introduction to the Torbreck range.

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.


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AWARDS & ACCOLADES

This 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.








Effusive aromas of dark plums, cola, blueberries and raspberries can all be found on the nose of the 2019 Woodcutter's Shiraz. Predominantly raised in older hogsheads, there are hints of vanilla as well. Medium to full-bodied, reasonably lush and soft, with a lingering, softly dusty and gently savory finish, this is another outstanding vintage for this wine.