Torbreck Wines > The Wines > Descendant

2007	Deep colour; an ultra-powerful wine, crammed with flavour, but which hasn't entirely escaped the hot vintage effect. Will settle down, methinks. Shiraz/Viognier. Cork. Alcohol 15% alc. Rating 93 Drink 2022 $125 Date Tasted Feb 09
2006	Bright colour; thoroughly unusual Shiraz/Viognier, mainly due to the texture and mouthfeel tightly bound within a web of all-embracing furry tannins. Cork. Alcohol 14.5% alc. Rating 90 Drink 2021 Release Price $125 Date Tasted Jul 08
2005	Immaculate structure, texture and balance; likewise black-fruited shiraz with a subliminal viognier twist, plus licorice and spice; tannins ripe and perfectly weighted. Cork. Alcohol 14.5% alc. Rating 96 Drink 2025 Release Price $125 Date Tasted Aug 07
2004	Almost impenetrable purple-red colour; marries elegance bordering on restraint with intense blackberry fruit and viognier lift; controlled oak, tannins and alcohol. Shiraz/Viognier. Grapes crushed onto viognier skins. Cork. Alcohol 14.5% alc. Rating 96 Drink 2024 Release Price $125 Date Tasted Feb 06
2003	Deep colour; full-bodied; very complex, high-toned spicy aromas with the apricot influence of Viognier obvious, but not overdone; excellent texture and structure. High quality cork. Rating 96 Drink 2023 Release Price $145 Date Tasted Mar 05
2002	Super-intense and powerful, but retains that touch of finesse which is the mark of Torbreck. Lush blackberry fruit with twists of licorice, earth and spice; lingering finish. Rating 96 Drink 2022 Release Price $125 Date Tasted Mar 04
2001	Full red-purple; opulently rich and scented blackberry and spice aromas feed into a mouthfilling, opulent palate with layers upon layers of flavour, sweet blackberry and blackcurrant providing continuity. Fourteen and a half degrees alcohol is carried easily on the long finish. Rating 96 Drink 2016 Date Tasted Feb 03
2000	Dense but bright purple-red; intense damson plum and berry fruit aromas foreshadow an opulently rich but well-structured palate, the oak subservient to the fruit, and finishing with lingering, soft tannins. Slightly lighter in style than the Runrig, but still a massive wine. Rating 94 Drink 2015 Date Tasted Dec 01
1999	Striking, deep purple-red; the bouquet is distinctly gamey and very complex, with a core of dark berry fruits. The powerful palate is even more tannic than the RunRig (at least in relation to its fruit depth, and requires equal patience). Rating 88 Drink 2014 Date Tasted Jan 01

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