Winery Torbreca - The Highland Fling

Winery TorbrecaThe Highland Fling

3.6
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The The Highland Fling of Winery Torbreca is a red wine from the region of Barossa Valley of Australie du Sud.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).

Taste structure of the The Highland Fling from the Winery Torbreca

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the The Highland Fling of Winery Torbreca in the region of Australie du Sud is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the The Highland Fling of Winery Torbreca in the region of Australie du Sud often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of dried fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Torbreca's The Highland Fling.

Winemaker
Zach Rasmuson
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
18.2°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet-Cortis

Interspecific cross between Cabernet Sauvignon and Solaris (Merzling x Geisenheim 6493 (Zarya Severa x Muscat Ottonel)) made in 1982 by Norbert Becker of the Freiburg Research Institute in Germany. It has the particularity of having only one gene for resistance to mildew and powdery mildew. It can be found in the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland, etc., but is still little known in France. Note that Cabernet-Carol has the same parents.

Last vintages of this wine

The Highland Fling - 2013
In the top 100 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
The Highland Fling - 2012
In the top 100 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50

The best vintages of The Highland Fling from Winery Torbreca are 2012, 2013

Informations about the Winery Torbreca

The winery offers 45 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is in the top 35 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Barossa Valley in the region of Australie du Sud
Find the Winery Torbreca on Facebook and on Twitter

The Winery Torbreca is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 29 wines for sale in the of Barossa Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Australie du Sud
In the top 20000 of of Australia wines
In the top 7500 of of Barossa Valley wines
In the top 250000 of red wines
In the top 400000 wines of the world

The wine region of Barossa Valley

The wine region of Barossa Valley is located in the region of Barossa of Australie du Sud of Australia. We currently count 613 estates and châteaux in the of Barossa Valley, producing 2290 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Barossa Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of Australie du Sud

SouthAustralia is one of Australia's six states, located (as the name suggests) in the south of the vast island continent. It's the engine room of the Australian wine industry, responsible for about half of the country's total production each year. But there's more to the region than quantity - countless high-quality wines are produced here, most from the region's signature Grape, Shiraz. These include such fine, collectible wines as Penfolds Grange, Henschke Hill of Grace, Torbreck The Laird and d'Arenberg The Dead Arm.

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Smells present in certain wines and characteristic of the plant world. Heather, mint or blackcurrant leaf are considered pleasant, while herbaceous notes are considered a defect.

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