Torbreck RunRig 2020
Descripción
Los clanes de las tierras altas escocesas utilizaban un sistema llamado RunRig para distribuirse el terreno en una serie de propiedades dispersas, poniendo el valor en la asociación comunal y no en las granjas independientes. En este tinto, Shiraz y Viognier se complementan muy bien, entrelazando la fuerza y complejidad de estas parcelas consiguiendo una complejidad extraordinaria. Uno de los mejores vinos australianos de todos los tiempos, como demuestran los 100 puntos Parker logrados en sus añadas 2016 y 2010.
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Opinión de los críticos
Tasting the RunRig beside the Descendant is always a wise move, in order to gain some contextual understanding of how they are similar and, perhaps more importantly, how they differ. This 2020 RunRig was sourced from six different vineyards across Barossa (in Lyndoch, Rowland Flat, Moppa, Ebenezer, Light Pass and Greenock) and includes a 2% "dosage" (as winemaker Ian Hongell described it) of Viognier. Matured for 30 months in a combination of new French oak (50%) and second and third fill barrels, the wine rests on its lees for that time. The lower percentage of Viognier here is a seductive and effective thing, adding just enough slick and polish to make this the sybaritic wine that it is, but little enough to allow the grunt, grit and muscle of the Shiraz from all those glorious locations to shine through. Despite the very long time in oak, the wine is balanced and excellent, big in almost every possible way but with an undeniable sense of class and length of flavor. Executed with detail and precision, this wine is clearly defined in its expression of house style.
This is so aromatic with flowers, orange blossom, and black berries with sliced mushrooms and earth. Surreal. Medium to full body, with bark and blackberry character. Some bramble berry, too. Chewy and delicious. Old vine uniqueness. Some grapes come from vines as old as 1858.
Rich, evocative aromas of mulberry, blueberry, coffee bean and hot-cocoa mix lend approachability to what is otherwise a rich, dense wine, packed with flavor, but also with powerful, chalk dust tannins that need serious protein if opening now. Patience will be rewarded, however. Give this a few more years in bottle.
Añadas: 2020 2017
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Espectacular. Novo e com muitos anos de vida em garrafa.