Red Shiraz Australia South Australia Barossa Valley

Torbreck The Laird Shiraz 2021

Name: Torbreck The Laird Shiraz 2021
Brand: Torbreck
SKU: 16798
Price: 850 AUD
Availability: InStock

PRICE PER BOTTLE

A $850.00

PRICE PER SIX

A $4,845.00

$5,100.00

Quantity

AvailabilityIn stock

Volume750ml

MakerTorbreck

Vintages2021

VarietiesShiraz

Region/CountryAustralia, South Australia, Barossa Valley

Rating98 points

Description

This south facing vineyard, nestled in the ridge between Seppeltsfield and Marananga and planted in 1958, demonstrates its unique soil structure, micro-climate and distinctive clone resulting in a wine of extraordinary power and restraint.

Meticulously hand-tended, the five-acre vineyard yields low quantities of small, concentrated berries, resulting in a powerful and luxurious wine, with a dense, complex and alluring palate that can be cellared for decades in one’s collection of the finest wines of the world.

Torbreck is the name of a forest near Inverness, Scotland and you’ll find more than a passing nod to the Celts in our wine naming conventions. The Laird of the Estate in Scotland is the Lord of the Manor and master of all he surveys.

The Laird is a single-vineyard Shiraz sourced from the Gnadenfrei vineyard in Marananga, established in 1958. The fruit is hand-harvested over multiple passes, destemmed, and fermented in small open-top fermenters. After basket pressing, the wine is transferred to 100% new French oak barriques from esteemed coopers for a maturation period of 36 months. It is then cellared in bottle for a further two years prior to release.

Bottled unfined and unfiltered, The Laird represents the pinnacle of Torbreck’s Shiraz expression—powerful, complex, and enduring.

A wine that will live for generations.

Ratings

Score98 points

ReviewerErin Larkin

Review

The 2021 The Laird is from the Laird vineyard, planted in 1958. This is dark, dense and brooding in its styling, showcasing a depth that the Forebear expresses differently. The latter vineyard (the Hillside vineyard) is almost a hundred years older than the Laird, and I find this to be a curious and interesting fact that bears little on the quality of the wine but heavily impacts/defines the character. The first time the fruit was sourced was in 2004, but it was 2005 that the first Laird was produced; the vineyard was finally purchased in full by Torbreck in 2014. The vineyard is split in its soil types, with black and red clay east to west, and the two sections are picked at different times, as the fruit ripens differently. So, to the wine. Aromatically the wine leads with cocoa and cigar, armchair leather and old books. The palate follows this same smoking-room character and veritably stains the palate in flavor and length. This is a wine of enormous impact, one that lingers and stays in the mouth for ages after the wine has gone. The wine is moody and late-night in its vibe. 15.5% alcohol, sealed under natural cork.

Specifications

ClosureCork

Serving temp16-18 °C

Alcohol15.5%

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Food Pairing

Prime cuts, roast BBQ Pork or vintage cheddar.

Tasting Profile

Nose

Deep Aubergine with an opaque core. Luxurious and alluring black and blue fruits such as satsuma plum, blackberry, black cherry and cassis fill the bouquet, complimented by savoury notes of olive brine, tar, bay leaf, vanilla pod and black tea. The wine has wonderful complexity and charm that excites the senses. Alluring spices such as cinnamon and liquorice meld further into the complexing amalgam of flavours.

Palate

The palate possesses great fruit depth and a degree of elegance, displaying wonderful harmony and posture with firm tight tannins holding the fruit and the structure together, with the typicity of ironstone minerality that is evident from Marananga’s western ridge, showing a ferrous like element that complements the palate. Not for the faint hearted, it’s a wine that needs time to offer its best. A wine that will live for generations.