Torbreck Descendant Shiraz 2010

The 2010 Descendant is another impressive release of this wine, the colour making that immediately apparent; completely black/purple with healthy, vibrant magenta hues. 2010 was an exceptional vintage and the Descendant displays wonderful high tone aromatics and purity that is synonymous with the harvest. A pure, wild, powerful nose of blackberry and tar is complimented by a gentle floral lift of lavender and violets.

Full-bodied with great concentration, silky tannins and perfectly judged extract, this vigorous and suave young wine has a long, long future ahead of it. From the cuttings taken from old vines used to plant the vineyard, and the Viognier skins the Shiraz was crushed onto, to the barrels it was matured in, this wine is directly descended from RunRig.

92% Shiraz & 8% Viognier

The vineyard was planted with cuttings from one of the old RunRig vineyards. The Shiraz is crushed on top of the Viognier from the same vineyard, which has been lightly pressed for blending with the RunRig. The blend of fruit is then co-fermented and later the wine matured for 18 months in 2 ½ year old French barrels that had been previously used for RunRig.