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Run Rig, Torbreck 2001

RegionAustralia
Subregion Australia > South Australia > Barossa Valley
ColourRed
TypeStill
Grape VarietySyrah

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Tasting Notes

The youngest Run Rig, the 2001, should equal the 1998 as it is almost a clone aromatically, texturally, and flavor-wise, just much younger. This opaque purple-colored beauty should flirt with perfection over the next 10-15 years. Torbreck's flagship wine, the Run Rig, is made from 40- to 120-year-old Shiraz vines with some co-fermented Viognier (usually around 3%), tips the scales between 14-15% alcohol, and is aged 30 months in French oak. In contrast to the way they taste upon release, neither the 1998 or 1997 Run Rig revealed any oak.

99
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (183), June 2009
99+
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (155), October 2004
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