2004 Torbreck "Factor" Shiraz Barossa Valley South Australia the 2013 Chardonnay Christie Vineyard

the 2013 Chardonnay Christie Vineyard has beautifully clean and crisp notes of lemons

It displays lots of Christmas fruitcake

which joins a mix of wild berry and raspberry notes

Finishes with intensity and fine tannins and an earthy tobacco edge

grapefruit and a hint of spice are all laced together in the glass

2004 Torbreck "Factor" Shiraz Barossa Valley South Australia the 2013 Chardonnay Christie Vineyard97 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