2023 Torbreck Woodcutter's Shiraz 375ml Half Bottle

375ml Half Bottle

Awards, Ratings & Reviews

92/100 — Wine Spectator · 2023 Vintage · Tasted: Jun 2025

“A refined yet savory nose of blackcurrants, wild blackberries, mocha and iodine. The palate is full-bodied with finely integrated tannins and bright acidity, giving notes of mulberry bush, olive tapenade and ferric earth. Very chewy and structured with an underlying freshness. Delicious. Drink or hold. Screw cap.”

— James Suckling · 2023 Vintage · Tasted: Oct 2024

About This Wine

Sub-Regions: Marananga, Greenock, Seppeltsfield, Gomersal, Moppa, Lyndoch, Ebenezer.

Like all wines in the Torbreck stable, the fruit is sourced from hand harvested and hand tended plots throughout the Northwestern Barossa Valley. It is fermented in cement, wooden and stainless steel vats for 6-7 days and then basket pressed to well-seasoned hogsheads and French oak foudres for 12 months. It is bottled without the use of either fining or filtration.

Producer Notes

This wine reflects the up and coming Shiraz vineyards of the Barossa, rather than the battle hardened old vines that make up the core of our other cuvées. Although this wine is constantly praised for its succulence and richness, there is also a complexity and texture which is rarely found at this price. Torbreck is the name of a forest near Inverness, Scotland. You’ll find more than a passing nod to the Celts in our wine naming conventions including this tribute to the foresters of this rugged high country.

Specifications

• Vintage: 2023
• Grape Variety: Shiraz
• Region: Northwestern Barossa Valley / Barossa / South Australia / Australia
• Fermentation: Cement, wooden and stainless steel vats for 6-7 days
• Maturation: 12 months in well-seasoned French oak hogsheads and Foudre
• Production Attributes: Hand harvested, hand tended, bottled without fining or filtration
• Vineyard / Geo info: Marananga, Greenock, Seppeltsfield, Gomersal, Moppa, Lyndoch, Ebenezer