Torbreck Run Rig Shiraz Viognier 2012 Barossa Valley, South Australia Australia
Torbreck2012 RunRig
The RunRig has often drawn comparison with the beautifully fragrant & tautly structured wines produced from the steep slopes of the Northern Rhône Valley’s Appellation of Côte Rôtie.
The Highland clans used a "RunRig" system to distribute land amongst their clansmen in a series of widely dispersed holdings.
The emphasis not on any one farm, but rather
the communal element of the whole.
Shiraz from old dry grown vineyards is blended with viognier, complementing the strengths and complexities of these individual parcels of fruit, whilst giving the resulting wine a further dimension.’
David Powell
VARIETAL: 97.5% Shiraz; 2.5% Viognier
REGIONS: Marananga, Greenock, Moppa, Gomersal, Kalimna & Ebenezer.
HARVEST: 18th March through to 6th April 2010
pH: 3.71
ACID: 6.13g/L
ALCOHOL: 15.58% Alc/Vol
FERMENTATION:
Each of the eight parcels of fruit were gently de-stemmed into both wooden & concrete open top fermenters where they were carefully nurtured for 6-7 days on skins. After basket pressing the wine was run directly into both new and old French barriques where they spent 30 months with one racking.