Torbeck Wines

Reviews

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  • Stephen Tanzer
  • The Wine Advocate
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The Steading - Wine Spectator Online

2006 Meaty, gamy flavors course through the dark berry and cherry fruit in this ripe, medium-weight red. Has plenty of personality, but not everyone will like it. Grenache, Mataro and Shiraz. Drink now through 2014. 3,500 cases made. 88
2004 Gamy notes become more prominent against the cherry and spice character at the core, playing against refined tannins to make a distinctive, velvety red. Grenache, Shiraz and Mataro. Drink now through 2011. 3,000 cases made. 88
2003 Smooth, spicy and generous with its tobacco and clove flavors around a modest core of red berry. Impressive for the way the flavors persist on the finely tuned finish. Grenache, Shiraz and Mataro. Drink now through 2010. 3,500 cases made. 89
2002 Firm, with an earthy, gamy edge to the well-focused cherry and berry flavors, all lingering on the fine-grained, somewhat leathery finish. Grenache, Mataro (Mourvèdre) and Shiraz. Best from 2006 through 2010. 5,000 cases made. 89
2001 Ripe and distinctive, a generous mouthful of peppery blackberry, wild raspberry, mossy, mushroomy flavors all in wild profusion. It all lasts beautifully on the finish. An exciting wine with real personality. Grenache, Mataro (Mourvèdre) and Shiraz. Drink now through 2010. 4,000 cases made. 91
2000 Smooth and round, generous with its peppery cherry and plum flavors. It finishes with a dark, smoky note, all of it echoing nicely. Drink now through 2006. 1,000 cases imported. 89
1999 Crisp, almost bracing, with firm tannins and bright acidity supporting ripe berry and cherry flavors, which remain open and round on the finish, picking up hints of chocolate and pepper. Grenache, Shiraz and Mourvèdre. Drink now through 2006. 2,000 cases made. 90
1998 Smooth and generous, a velvety wine with layers of black cherry, blackberry, pepper and spice that linger lightly on the finish. Drink now through 2005. 1,600 cases made. 88