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2005
Torbreck Les Amis Barossa Valley
(750ml)
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Producer: |
Torbreck Vintners
torbreck.com
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| Appellation: |
Barossa Valley - South Australia - Australia
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| Type: |
red
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| Varietal: |
Grenache
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$140.00 |
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rated
(2003 vintage, 750ml bottle)
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October 11, 2005
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Robert Parker
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98 points
"The 2003 Les Amis is a 300-case cuvee of 100% Grenache from a vineyard planted in 1901. I have had a lot of fun serving the 2002 blind to guests, and for my taste, this cuvee is the reference point for old vine Grenache produced in Australia. It is extraordinarily elegant for a wine of such power, richness, and intensity. Amazingly delineated, with a dense ruby/purple color as well as a gorgeously sweet nose of smoke, spice box, black cherry liqueur, creme de cassis, licorice, and lavender, it offers impressive balance, purity, opulence, and persistence. This phenomenal wine is both powerful and refreshingly elegant. A magnificent achievement for Torbreck, it should drink well for 15+ years.
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."
Best 2005-2020
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tasted
(2002 vintage, 750ml bottle)
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April 14, 2006
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Kieron Lim
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"A very hedonistic wine. Deep purple, if left fantastic legs on the glass hinting at the viscosity and sweetness that was to hit us. The nose was almost sweet; port-like indeed. It put a smile on all our faces as soon as we put our noses in the glass. In the mouth, it was an explosion of jammy, ripe fruit (sweet berries), mocha, vanilla; with decent structure to give it a good 10 years of life ahead. It astounded us how well it was drinking. If I won the lottery, I would wipe out the entire allocation of this wine!!! Pure happiness in a glass."
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rated
(2009 vintage, 750ml bottle)
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June 17, 2012
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Robert Ellis
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Best 2013-2023
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