Torbreck 2016 Run Rig Shiraz Viognier

Joe Czerwinski Robert Parker Wine Advocate 100 points

Torbreck's Run Rig is one of Australia's greatest shiraz-based wines, rivalling the icon wines of Penfolds and Henschke at a significantly lower price. For the second time, Run Rig has scored 100 points with Robert Parker's WINE ADVOCATE. That's an enormous achievement.

Winery notes: 'Shiraz from old dry grown Barossa vineyards is blended with Viognier, complementing the strengths and complexities of these individual parcels of fruit, whilst giving the resulting wine a further dimension. Although wonderfully aromatic, Run Rig also exhibits a power and latent richness.

Vintage 2016: 'Intense, lifted aromatics of dense blueberries and blackberries dark chocolate all come to the fore with an opulent profile of mulberry plum and five-spice. A plush and velvety textured palate of red cherry and stone fruits, clove all interwoven with hints of dark chocolate. The complex layers and fruit characters continue to evolve in the glass with hints of ironstone, anise, blackberry and pepper all becoming more persistent in the finish.'