Barossa Roots

Barossa Roots

Far too often the region of the Barossa is homogenised as simply ‘hot and dry’ and home to ‘big, rich reds’. It’s a description that belies the incredible diversity and breadth of the two valleys – Barossa Valley and cooler, higher-altitude Eden Valley – that the region encompasses. Indeed it’s Torbreck’s conviction that, with its gentle Mediterranean climate along with some of the oldest soils and oldest vines in the world, the Barossa is the most exciting place to make wine.

Utilising their six vineyard sites across the two valleys, as well as those of the growers they also work with, Torbreck is able to extract an astonishing array of tunes from the Barossa’s terroirs and microclimates. By identifying and separately vinifying distinct plots, they make the most of each vineyard’s idiosyncrasies, from the gentle, westerly-facing slopes and dark red shale-scattered clay of Hillside Vineyard to the elevated sites of the Eden Valley that produce The Gask to the exposed Daylight Camber Vineyard with its characteristic small berries.

Capturing these unique Barossa melodies, Torbreck can release them as individual expressions, or bring parcels together in complex harmonies greater than the considerable sum of their parts.