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Torbreck 'The Factor' Barossa Valley Shiraz 2006 The purple/black 2006 The Factor is 100% old-vine Shiraz from the esteemed Greenock sub-region of Barossa Valley. It spent 24 months in 30% new oak. The aromatic array of balsam wood, smoke, pepper, espresso, blueberry, and licorice is eye-opening. This leads to a rich, glossy, full-flavored Shiraz with layers of succulent fruit, ripe tannin, exceptional spiciness, and a lengthy, pure finish. It will evolve for another 8-10 years and will have a drinking window extending from 2016 to 2036. 94+ POINTS Jay Miller, The Wine Advocate This wine is composed of 100% Shiraz and was first produced from the 1998 vintage. In the early 1980s valuable (and many old) Australian Shiraz vineyards were pulled out because of lack of market interest. The movement to cool climate viticulture and it’s wines made the Barossa, of all places, look rather irrelevant. However this trend reversed dramatically with the internationalisation of the Australian wine market and renewed enthusiasm of local buyers. This is our tribute to those surviving vines and is made in the traditional Barossa manner (without the ubiquitous American oak), rich and rewarding upon release and beautifully ethereal with age. The subdistricts used in the composition of The Factor are; Marananga, Vine Vale, Kalimna, Moppa, Light Pass and Stonewell. The individual components of this wine combined, produce an average yield of 1 to 1.5 tones per acre in an area where 6 tonnes per acre is more common. The result speaks for itself. David Powell, unquestionably one of the world’s finest wine producers, has an uncanny ability to discover old vine Barossa vineyards, and then secure long term contracts for their fruit. It is amazing that such high quality sources have not already been plucked by Australia’s giant wine corporations. Torbreck’s wines continue to get better and better, combining the old vine ripe fruit of Barossa with a European sensitivity to elegance and balance. The finest wines in this portfolio are pricy, but David Powell delivers some remarkable reds and whites at prices that are more than fair for the quality in the bottle.