Torbreck, The Factor, Barossa Valley

Cherry, dark deep fruit. Fine sediment. Can have an little time at the decanter

2002 vintage

Cork. 14.5% alc. Deep core with minimal bricking. Dark fruit, resolved tannin, great balance and length. Lovely wine.

2002 vintage

Pop n poured out of magnum. Really good fruit still maybe slightly jammy mild sweetness. Really nice lengthy finish more than 30 secs. Almost chewy.

2002 vintage

Absolutely delicious, can't distinguish this from Grange. Fruit forward, plums, prunes, blackberries with a 60 second long finish.

2002 vintage

Big amorphous, lethargic wine but I liked it. All weight and concentration, with restrained tannins, a black olive, briery, plummy linger, modest acidity. Grows on you.

2019 vintage

Pleasant enough but for me lacked freshness and structure. Tasted overly smooth and integrated for its age and a little lacking in overall character. Nice enough by stylistically not my favourite type of wine. It tasted warm and smooth. Like everything was blended but lacking distinction. Nice enough but not great.

2019 vintage

100% Shiraz. The Factor is the Manager on a Scottish Highlands Estate. Torbreck is named after a forest in the Scottish Highlands, founded in 1994 by former lumberjack David Powell. Purchased by Peter Knight in 2008. Dramatically different fruit aroma. Nuanced with sweet barrel spice to the nose. ‘Salted beef, licorice, olive tapenade. Daylight Chambers Vineyard (plantings 1901, 1910, 1920, 1921), plus four other sites

2019 vintage

either stewed or just not very good. not rated.

2002 vintage

Deep red color, very fruity nose. A bouquet of blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, spices combined with a nice sweetness. A bit jammy on the palate but wonderful, strong texture. Long finish with polished tannins. Still in good condition after more than 20 years.

2002 vintage

Slow ox 3 hours. Great match with leg of lamb, good fruit, slight bit jammy/ hint of sweetness but overall excellent.

2002 vintage

Cary's Night of the Aussie's! (Cary's Castle) : Similar to the Lily's garden but A little better in every aspect. Mint/clove action on the nose, dark cherry, rich raspberry and wonderful nose all around. Finishes long and mouth-filling without being gloppy, really nice finish. My 1 of 5 and the groups 1 of 5.

2019 vintage

Similar to previous note from 6 years ago… only BETTER.

2002 vintage

Real Review - Top Wineries of Australia (Est. Restaurant, George Street, Sydney) : Ripe jammy black fruits, sweet spice, very slight peppery underpin and some jubey prettiness as well. It's a bit soupy on the palate, obviously a bit over extracted, tannins are tight, chalky, persistent but the fruit carries. Alcohol warmth on the finish. Big though balanced. Okay for what it is.

2019 vintage

Opened over a few hours, as a lead in and a finish after a ‘97 Grange. Cork dry and crumbled, but wine intact with great structure. Tannins fully integrated and at peak now. Fruit and secondary flavours well alive. Fantastic

2002 vintage

Slow ox for two hours. This was spectacular. Terrific nose with some blackberry and a little meatiness. The palate was medium to full bodied, impeccably balanced, with delicious red and black fruits, smoked meats, herbs and spice coming through into a long finish. Reminded me a bit of an age Guigal La La with a new world bent.

2002 vintage

$100+ Blind Tasting (Bin 75 Alpharetta, GA) : Maroon core with larger rim, lots of sediment; licorice, meaty, slightly volatile, blueberry, some pomegranate, kind of a cooked fruit quality, spicy, peppery mix, oak, bacon fat, raspberry, Rhone varietals, slight medicinal; in a good spot; a well rendered New World Syrah aging quite nicely, could go even longer.

2002 vintage

Deep ruby garnet. Nose: ripe blackberry and some secondary red fruit complemented by leather, aniseed, chocolate, pepper, a whiff of smoke and charred meat. About four hours after decanted it had opened up nicely - very perfumed, noticeable violet notes. Palate: intense and powerful but not unbalanced. Mouth filling with the high alcohol noticeable. Well structured with a long dry finish. Will not be to everyone's taste but I think this is excellent with this age on it. Still has …

2002 vintage

Nose: B++ Palate: B Tasted blind.

2002 vintage

Dark chocolate, cherry, aniseed. Full flavoured palate with lingering, fine, silty tannins.

2002 vintage

Decanted three hours. It could have used more as this evolved in the glass over an additional two hours. At first taste this felt a little jammy with noticeable oak while also showing a lot of structure and concentration but over a couple hours in settled down and become much better integrated with layers of flavor adding complexity. Flavors of black cherry, kirsch, chocolate and spice come through. Full bodied with well integrated tannins. This is in an early maturity …

2002 vintage

Rich black fruits with distinctive nose. Full bodied and balanced with fine grained tannins. Long finish. Two hour decant. Stand alone drinker. Plenty of life left.

2002 vintage

Nice blackberry fruit with layers of coffee mocha tobacco notes. Needs a good decant for it to brighten up and get truly enjoyable. Tannins are still quite firm. Should last another five years at least.

2002 vintage

Astonishingly rich for the age. Fully locked and loaded.

2002 vintage

Impossible to rate. Huge fruit bomb. Not my style. I did appreciate the energy and brightness of the fruit. Not porty like some other similar trophy shiraz.

2002 vintage

From memory. Brought to a tasting and shared amongst other very nice Wines this evening. This was the most modern style New World one in the group. It stood out compared to an aged Rhône Syrah and an aged first growth bord. P n P. No sed. No flaws to this wine. Is and was a big New World fruit oriented style wine. Not a monster, Just very different from the contrasting Wines that night. Enjoyable on its own and …

2002 vintage

delicious. Plenty of legs left as still primary fruit but such a beautiful wine.

2002 vintage

Sorry, but I do not get this wine. It is pure jam, with the viscosity of motor oil. Intense, dense, fat and concentrated, but lacking in complexity and elegance. Perhaps if this was paired with roasted dinosaur it might work, but it's just not my thing. But for folks that really like this massive style and wall of fruit, it is going to be a winner.

2002 vintage

Poker night - Mostly double blind - Rayas, Masseto, Schrader, QC and etc. (Reston, Va) : Double blind. Really ripe fruit expression, blackberry jam, dry cherry, plum and earth. Slightly monolithic and very ripe. My guess is mature Turley zinfandel.

2002 vintage

Last bottle of this high rating Parker wine. And it was a popular choice ! Unlike other bottle, cork was intact. Decanted for 1hr. Vanilla of new oak, the bourbon smell others have commented on along with tobacco. On the palate tannins integrated and soft. Big black fruits - typical Torbreck. It could probably go another year or 2.

2002 vintage

Still has a lot left. Decanted for an hour and half and is still showing very well.

2002 vintage

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