Complex texture, structure and flavour; a melange of sweet tobacco, spice and fruits; sophisticated medium-bodied wine; fine, savoury tannins.
Plenty of berry and sliced meat with game character in this wine. It's round and balanced with soft tannins, yet delicate and complex. Drank this at BOA on Sunset in LA with a beautiful steak. Nice to see such a sturdy Shiraz aging so beautifully.
David Powell consistently excels with The Steading, an 8,000 case blend of Grenache, Mourvedre, and Shiraz. Aged 22 months in 300 liter hogsheads (foudres), it represents Australia’s version of Chateauneuf du Pape. The 2002 The Steading’s big, spicy, earthy nose reveals notions of cherry liqueur, licorice, pepper, dried Provencal herbs, raspberries, and leather. Ripe, medium to full-bodied, chewy, and heady, it is best drunk during its first 7-8 years of life, although it will last a lot longer.
Drinking Window: 2004 - 2012
Reviewer Name: Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Review Date: 25th October 2004
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- Year 2002
- Colour Red
- Country Australia
- Region South Australia
- Sub Region Barossa Valley
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- Pack Size 5x75cl
- ABV 14.50°
- Drinking Window 2004 - 2012
- Drinking Recommendation Drink Up
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93 James Halliday
Complex texture, structure and flavour; a melange of sweet tobacco, spice and fruits; sophisticated medium-bodied wine; fine, savoury tannins.
93 James SucklingPlenty of berry and sliced meat with game character in this wine. It's round and balanced with soft tannins, yet delicate and complex. Drank this at BOA on Sunset in LA with a beautiful steak. Nice to see such a sturdy Shiraz aging so beautifully.
93 Wine AdvocateDavid Powell consistently excels with The Steading, an 8,000 case blend of Grenache, Mourvedre, and Shiraz. Aged 22 months in 300 liter hogsheads (foudres), it represents Australia’s version of Chateauneuf du Pape. The 2002 The Steading’s big, spicy, earthy nose reveals notions of cherry liqueur, licorice, pepper, dried Provencal herbs, raspberries, and leather. Ripe, medium to full-bodied, chewy, and heady, it is best drunk during its first 7-8 years of life, although it will last a lot longer.
Drinking Window: 2004 - 2012
Reviewer Name: Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Review Date: 25th October 2004
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About Torbreck
Established in 1994 on the Western Ridge of the Barossa Valley in an appellation named Marananga, Torbreck is the brainchild of former lumberjack David Powell. A former lumberjack, he named the estate after a forest in Scotland. The estate's first release in 1997 gained magnificent praise. In 2002 they acquired their historic property in Lyndoch, and then in 2008, the estate was bought by Pete Knight. Today, with the prodigious stewardship of Ian Hongell, this estate has rapidly ascended into the Australian elite.
Torbreck "has it all" - it has some of the finest terroirs in Barossa, a superstar winemaking team and multiple vineyards planted exclusively with vines well over 100 years old. To this day, Torbreck sources much of the fruit used to produce its incredible wines from selected farmers throughout the region - a continuation of David Powell's early belief in the concept of "shared farming". The team at Torbreck are highly involved in the farming regimes at their contractors' sites, but the belief that generational growers can coax the best out of their family terroirs is firmly held by Ian Hongell et al.
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