"The 2020 The Factor is 100% Shiraz and made up of fruit from Gomersal, Krondorf, Marananga and Ebenezer in the
Barossa Valley. The wine was matured for 24 months in a combination of new (40%) and seasoned French oak
barriques. In the glass, the wine verges on black, and the nose echoes this abyss-like shade. Blackberry, blood plum,
black cherry, licorice, campfire embers, cocoa dust, clove, iodine, vanilla pod and red dirt—this is the core of the
wine, the beating heart. The tannins, like a skeleton that protects it, are velvety, plush and structural. Like a skeleton,
the tannins are entrenched in the fruit, concealed by a skin of flavor. This is a sybaritic, superstar wine that reflects
the warm, concentrated, dry, low-yielding vintage from whence it came. This is classic, polished, midnight Torbreck
here"