Category: | Red Wines |
Sub-Category: | Red Wines |
Producer: | Torbreck |
Label Name: | Laird |
Vintage: | 2018 |
Country: | Australia |
Region: | Barossa Valley (Marananga - Gnadenfrei Vineyard) |
Volume: | 750ml |
ABV: | 15.5% |
Grape(s): | Shiraz |
Acidity: | 3 |
Tannins: | 5 |
Sweetness: | 1 |
Body: | 5 |
Length: | 5 |
Aroma Intensity: | 5 |
Best Temperature: | 16-18°C |
Awards/Ratings
Wine Advocate 99 (Erin Larkin); Wine Spectator 97 (MaryAnn Worobiec); James Suckling 97; Huon Hooke 97
Tasting Note
Dense, full-bodied Shiraz of concentrated blackberry, blood plum, black cherry and cassis, layered with black pepper, tobacco, vanilla and dark chocolate. Firm exotic spice and savoury black tannins with a plush mid-palate and a long, driving finish.
Food Pairing
Roast lamb, braised beef short ribs, grilled ribeye, aged cheddar; Asian: Korean BBQ, Cantonese char siu, beef rendang, spicy Sichuan beef or black pepper wagyu.
Production Method
Hand-harvested, destemmed, fermented in small open-top fermenters, basket-pressed, matured 36 months in 100% new French oak barriques; bottled unfined and unfiltered and cellared prior to release.
Vineyard Info
Torbreck, founded in 1994, champions old-vine Barossa Shiraz. The Laird is a single-vineyard wine from the Gnadenfrei vineyard (planted 1958) in Marananga; Torbreck purchased the site in 2013.