The Wine Companion
Stephen Tanzer
The Wine Advocate
Wine Spectator Online
The Struie - The Wine Companion (James Halliday)
2005
Both the bouquet and palate sing the same song; blackberry, spice and quality oak woven together with ripe, balanced tannins. It is so difficult to fault these wines within the parameters, particularly at 14.5° alcohol. Barossa Valley Shiraz. 14.5% alc.
Drink:
2025 |
Date Tasted:
Mar 07
2004
Good colour; bursting with layers of juicy, sweet, blackberry, plum, cherry and dark chocolate fruit flavours; oak and tannins just a backdrop. Barossa/Eden Valley. 14.5% alc.
Drink:
2019 |
Date Tasted:
Feb 06
2003
Complex licorice, spice and sweet earth overtones to blackberry, plum, dark chocolate and licorice; medium to full-bodied; marvellous tannin management. Barossa/Eden Valley. High quality cork.
Drink:
2018 |
Date Tasted:
Mar 05
2002
A cascade of black fruits and spices; medium-bodied but very long and intense; excellent tannin and oak management.
Drink:
2017 |
Date Tasted:
Mar 04
2001
Medium to full red-purple; intense, pure blackberry varietal fruit aromas have first class oak in support; a beautifully crafted wine in every way, offering blackberry, a touch of chocolate, the same excellent oak of the bouquet, and fine, lingering tannins to complete the palate. A Barossa and Eden Valley Shiraz blend. The name is derived via the view from Struie across the Dornoch Firth. As one expects with Torbreck wines, the wine lives up to the clever packaging.
Drink:
2016 |
Date Tasted:
Mar 03