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The 2006 Les Amis is 100% Grenache aged in new oak for 18 months. Purple-colored, it exhibits an enthralling nose of smoky oak, roses, garrigue, lavender, black cherry, and black raspberry. It conceals enough ripe tannin to support 5-7 years of additional cellaring. This layered, lengthy effort should be at its best from 2012 to 2024. ||Torbreck, under the leadership of owner/winemaker David Powell, remains a Barossa Valley benchmark as well as one of the world’s leading wine estates. The only cloud on the horizon concerns the winery’s ramped up production during a period of economic hard times.||There are three white wines in the Torbreck portfolio. Wine Advocate.February, 2009
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Jay S Miller, Wine Advocate
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Showing slight bricking at the rim and some toasty oak on the nose, the 2006 Les Amis shows how far the team at Torbreck has come in terms of understanding Grenache. Full-bodied, creamy and lush on the palate, it finishes with vanilla and cedar notes. It's delicious in an aged, oaky-red sort of way. Aug 2018, www.robertparker.com