2021 The Struie, Torbreck, Barossa Valley

2021 The Struie, Torbreck, Barossa Valley

This vintage The Struie contains 40% fruit from the Eden Valley. There's lots of lifted, aromatic, violet character as a result, and lots of texture. Balanced and layered with purple and blue fruit, and just enough savoury hints to balance.

Critic score
96/100 info

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Wine details

  • Region & country
    Barossa Valley, Barossa, South Australia, Australia
  • Grape
    Shiraz/Syrah
  • Maturity
    Ready 2024 - 2035info
  • Colour
    Red
  • Style
    Still
  • Unit Volume
    Bottle (75cl.)
  • ABV
    15%

Tasting notes

The 2021 The Struie is 100% Shiraz from both the Barossa (57%) and the Eden Valley (43%), and it matured for 18 months in French oak (20% new). The proportion of Eden Valley inclusion is usually around 25%, but in 2019, it was down to 10% due to the very low yields. So, this 2021 Struie is blue-fruited on the nose, with blueberry, licorice, black tea, crushed rocks, summer raspberry, layers of campfire embers and clove. It might be that in many of the tasting notes from 2021, that the wines outperform previous vintages. This is because the cool season was long, so great ripeness was achieved, without the stress or impact of heat events and disease. It's a lovely, lovely year that has made wines with freshness and intensity. The tannins through the finish here are savory and fine and black.

Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate (April 2023)
96/100

My mind went into orbit when I tasted this wine. Tasting like a magical concoction of 4-parts Serralunga d’Alba and 1-part Bonnes-Mares (Morey-side), this wine’s 43% Eden Valley Shiraz component makes it the most energetic, challenging, and utterly mesmerising vintage I can remember. I have always been a Struie fan, but it often sits down in the pack alongside some of the more powerful Shirazes, so one has to look deep into the portfolio to truly appreciate its charms. In 2021, while it is not a bigger wine, it is undoubtedly more intense and aeons longer on the finish, so I can see it standing shoulder to shoulder with its more fêted siblings for years to come.

Matthew Jukes, matthewjukes.com (April 2023)
19+/20

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