TORBRECK
Dave Powell's winery is producing some of the most exciting wines coming out of
Australia.
His style represents the best of new and old world winemaking,
blending powerful, rich fruit forwardness with vivacity and an intuitive
understanding of terroir.
The winemaking is masterful - Parker considered him as
Australia's Best winemaker in 2001! The reds are made in small batch,
open-topped fermenters, basket-pressed and then finished with a barrel regimen
aimed at effecting a harmony and integration of flavors, rather than leaving a
big oaky footprint.
The wines have gorgeous textures with lively and layered
fruit. Powell's wines work on many levels, giving a lot of pleasure for their
ripe upfront fruit while at the same time yielding nuanced layers of flavors and
a structure that will allow them to age gracefully.
Winemaking Philosophy:
Torbreck wines respect the soil, the old vines, the climate and the heritage of
the Barossa Valley in South Australia. The majority of the vines are between 50
and 125 years old, with the oldest vineyards between 140-153 years old. All the
grapes are hand harvested from hand-tended vines. All the grapes are de-stemmed
but not completely crushed. This leaves approximately 40% whole berries.
Grapes
are fermented in small open fermenters in single vineyard batches. All the
grapes are manually handled, minimizing maceration. Typically the time spent on
skins is between 7 and 10 days. Basket Presses are used to gently press the
grapes.
Malo-Lactic fermentation is natural. Torbreck uses gravitational
settling and racking both in barrel and tank, therefore eliminating the need to
remove solid particles by filtration. Where possible gravitational transfer
methods are used.
Wines Produced:
- Woodcutters Red
- Woodcutters White
- Juveniles
- The Bothie
- The Steading
- VMR
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- The Struie
- Les Amis
- Descendant
- The Factor
- Runrig
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