美國葡萄酒收藏家大衛‧索柯林所著的《葡萄酒投資》一書裡,全澳洲的「投資級葡萄酒」(Investment Grade Wines;簡稱IGW)的38款紅酒裡頭,托貝克酒莊(Torbreck Vintners)的酒釀就佔了四款:分別是The Factor、Descendant、Les Amis以及RunRig。其中,酒價最高的RunRig已列世界名酒之林,也成為現代澳洲經典名釀的代表作。
此外,漫畫《神之雫》也畫及本莊的初階酒款Woodcutter’s Shiraz,更讓托貝克大名耳熟能詳於酒迷之間。有鑑於Woodcutter’s Shiraz極為物超所值,使其成為名符其實的托貝克親善大使。托貝克酒莊雖以紅酒聞名,但其白酒表現也不凡,初階的Woodcutter’s Semillon內含部分比例的75歲老藤,口感圓潤帶有蜜香,尾韻則顯現礦物質風韻,是搭餐廣度極佳的日常良伴。本莊的葡萄園管理接近有機;釀酒時,則盡量採取無為而治,少加干預的原則。
WA: 99 Drink Date: 2009 - 2024
The youngest Run Rig, the 2001, should equal the 1998 as it is almost a clone aromatically, texturally, and flavor-wise, just much younger. This opaque purple-colored beauty should flirt with perfection over the next 10-15 years. Torbreck’s flagship wine, the Run Rig, is made from 40- to 120-year-old Shiraz vines with some co-fermented Viognier (usually around 3%), tips the scales between 14-15% alcohol, and is aged 30 months in French oak. In contrast to the way they taste upon release, neither the 1998 or 1997 Run Rig revealed any oak.