Torbreck, Barossa Valley, Factor, Shiraz 2004 Merlot Aromatically explosive and wonderfully deep

Aromatically explosive and wonderfully deep

and med+ tannins

in the Côtes des Blancs

and Piedirosso grape varietals which were known to the region by the ancient Romans

almost half of which is the aligoté d’orée grape of Bouzeron

Torbreck, Barossa Valley, Factor, Shiraz 2004 Merlot Aromatically explosive and wonderfully deep97 points Wine Advocate Made from 100% Shiraz that spent 24 months in French oak (30% new), the exuberant, flamboyant 2004 The Factor offers up gorgeously pure blueberry and blackberry fruit intermixed with smoke, bacon fat, camphor, and graphite. Silky smooth, and, as David Powell says, the most Barossa like of all his wines, it represents Powells rendition of a Cote Rotie. (RP) (10 2006) 96 points Jeb Dunnuck Slightly exotic and a bruiser at the