Torzi Matthews Schist Rock Shiraz 2007 Friday, May 23 2008
Tasting Notes and Australia and Eden Valley and Wines of the Month and Top Value and Variety and Red and shiraz et al
It’s certainly aromatically complex and fragrant with ripe dark cherry, menthol, brown spices, mint, leather, coffee and coconut ice all contributing to the riot of smells. Medium to full bodied with a mix of sweet dark fruit, spice, aniseed, coffee and malty scorched peanut giving a distinctly dry savoury impression rather than a plump fruity one. It has fine light grainy tannins, fairly prominent sappy acidity and a finish of decent length. Offering a degree of complexity and finesse rarely found in wines under twenty dollars, it’s a very successful follow up to the debut vintage.
Other vintages: 2006
Rated : 91 Points
Tasted : May08
Alcohol : 14%
Price : $17
Closure : Screwcap
Drink : 2009 - 2015+
Source : Winery Sample
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6 Responses to “Torzi Matthews Schist Rock Shiraz 2007”
May 26th, 2008 at 9:20 am
Can Torzi do no wrong? This is a cracking bottle of red.
June 1st, 2008 at 3:45 pm
This is simply a superb bottle of Wine, and is reaches my Top 5 list easily. 95 points..
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:18 am
Thanks for the prompt to order another 3pk of Longhop Shiraz 07.
June 12th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Damn and blast, given all the complimentary remarks I’ve seen on the fora I couldn’t resist taking another byte out of the plastic fantastic and oredered a 6pk. Phoned Domenic, apparently there’s no Qld distributor so ordered online from CD. I like Eden Valley riesling and have discovered shiraz from the region also appeals to my palate after trying acouple of bottles of Jeanneret Denis 2002.
June 12th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
daz said :
I thought Denis is from Clare? Agree with Eden being a great region though.
cheers
Carl
June 18th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
You are of course, correct, Carl - Jeanneret is in the Clare.
The 6pk of Schist Rock I ordered arrived today so naturally, I’m presently tasting it. The first glass straight from the freshly-opened bottle took a while for the fruit to surface. It certainly is spicy with lively acid, mostly red fruits and a reasonable-length finish.