2004 Torbreck "Factor" Shiraz Barossa Valley South Australia Lightly floral

Lightly floral

old (generally 60+ year-old) dry farmed vines nestled amongst the steep slopes of the coastal range in Chile's Maule Valley

It displays lots of Christmas fruitcake

which joins a mix of wild berry and raspberry notes

and lime zest are the first indications of greatness waiting in the glass before you

2004 Torbreck "Factor" Shiraz Barossa Valley South Australia Lightly floral97 points Robert Parker "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. It can be drunk over the next 15 20 years." Wine Advocate # 167 Oct 2006