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NOTES
Juveniles is a 'cult' Parisian wine bar run by enigmatic ex-pat Englishman, Tim Johnston. He's been in Paris more than twenty years and is a passionate promoter of the Rhone Valley and its wines, particularly individualist, quality minded producers. Dave Powell hit it off with Tim over the years, eventually making a wine exclusively for his wine bar in 1999. In keeping with Tim and Dave's love of Rhone Valley varietals and the fact that they are equally at home in the Barossa, The blend constitutes old-vine Grenache, Mataro (Mourvedre) and Shiraz and was elevaged entirely in stainless steel.
TASTING NOTES
Bold and seductive, this youthful, unoaked blend encapsulates all that is great in natural, pure, unseasoned wine. Its fragrance, intensity and energy are all reminiscent of freshly fermenting must, with ripe juicy flavours of blackberry, spiced cherries, minerals and Asian spices wrapped around a skeleton of fresh acidity and fine mineral laden tannins. Soft and sensuous, this wine is frightfully drinkable already, but as with its predecessors will greatly recompense those who choose to give it a few years in the cellar.
OTHER REVIEWS
60% Grenache and 20% each of Mataro and Shiraz. Medium red. Blackberry and cassis on the nose, with subtle cocoa and roasted coffee qualities. Sweet, jammy dark berry flavours are hit with a late jolt of vanilla. Quite soft and with no obvious tannins, this easygoing wine finishes sweet and lightly spicy. I'd serve this with grilled, strongly seasoned red meat. 88 Points, Steven Tanzer, International Wine Challenge
Clean and fresh; a light-to-medium bodied, fruit driven array of red and black fruits; fine grained tannins; good length. Grenache, Mourvedre, Shiraz. 90 Points, James Halliday, The Australian Wine Companion 2008
PAST REVIEWS
The 2006 Cuvee Juveniles is a blend of 60% Grenache, 20% Mataro, and 20% Shiraz. The final assemblage was pieced together from over 100 individual components yielding a dark ruby-colored wine with an expressive bouquet of damp earth, leather, spicy cranberry, raspberry, and black cherry. This unoaked wine has excellent depth, light tannin, ripe, spicy red and black fruit flavours and a long finish. Drink this great value over the next 6 years. Torbreck, under the leadership of owner/winemaker David Powell, remains a Barossa Valley benchmark as well as one of the world’s greatest wine estates. The top cuvees are limited production and expensive but there are also some outstanding values in the portfolio. With regard to the current vintages for the Barossa red wines, David Powell states “2004 is more savoury while 2005 has more purity and definition. 2004 is more classic, 2005 will take longer to come around.” 91 Points, Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, Oct 2007
Fresh and lively red fruit flavours; Torbreck is on the ball releasing the wine as an early-drinking style. Barossa Valley Grenache/ Mataro/Shiraz. 90 Points, James Halliday, The Australian Wine Companion2007
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