1998 Torbreck The Steading – Rhone Blend

$92.39

ABOUT
Torbreck

Torbreck Vintners was founded in the Barossa Valley of Australia in 1994 by David Powell. Trained in economics and accounting, Powell discovered fine wines as a young man and began working for some of Australia’s most renowned wine estates. In the early 1990s, he acquired a few old vine vineyards. He named his estate after a forest in Scotland where he had briefly worked as a lumberjack. Today the 250-acre makes a range of acclaimed wines based on Powell’s love of the wines of France’s Rhone Valley. Torbreck grows Shiraz, Grenache, Mataro, Viognier, Marsanne, Roussanne, Semillon, and Frontignac. Nevertheless, the estate’s most prestigious wines are his Rhone-style reds, including The Descendant, The Factor, and Run Rig. Robert M. Parker Jr. has called Powell “one of the geniuses of Rhone Valley-influenced blockbuster red wines from Australia.”

TYPE
Red Wine, Proprietary Red

VINTAGE
1998 Torbreck The Steading

RATINGS
94 James Halliday

…a rich, gently ripe bouquet, with sweet, savory edges to deep berry fruit; well-handled oak. The palate exudes ripe, dark blackberry fruit; luscious, soft tannins to close.

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96 points Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

The dense ruby/purple-colored 1998 The Steading (also a blend of 60% Grenache, 20% Mourvedre, and 20% Shiraz) boasts a creamy texture in addition to a glorious bouquet of black raspberries, kirsch, cassis, minerals, and licorice. Seductive, voluptuously-textured flavors unfold on the palate, and the texture is so plush that the taster feels his palate is resting on a water bed of overripe black fruits. Extremely long (45+ seconds), this sensational wine can be drunk now or cellared for 10-12 years. (RP) (2/2000)

94 points James Halliday

Medium to full red-purple; a rich, gently ripe bouquet, with sweet, savory edges to deep berry fruit; well-handled oak. The palate exudes ripe, dark blackberry fruit; luscious, soft tannins to close. (JH) (6/2000)

Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar

Full red-ruby. Liqueur-like aromas of red cherry, cassis, violet, and mint. Fleshy, suave and sweet; an attractive, fruit-driven wine with firm acids, smooth tannins, and very good length. Finishes with a hint of roasted nuts. (ST) (7/2000)

Wine Spectator

Smooth and generous, velvety wine with layers of black cherry, blackberry, pepper and spice that linger lightly on the finish…1,600 cases made. (HS) (6/2000)

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