Torbreck The Laird
- Red
- Australia
- Barossa Valley
- Shiraz/Syrah
- Tracked vintages
- 15
- Community notes
- 116
- Merchant offers
- 119
What we know about this wine
- Critics
- 99/ 1002021 · nearest vintage with a critic score
- Real drinkers
- 97/ 100116 notes, every vintage
- Market price
- £384per 75 cl2017 · nearest vintage with a price · 3-bottle in-bond trade, September 2022
- Drinking window
- UnknownNot recorded on any vintage we track
Flavour and structure
What drinkers taste in this wine across its vintages, and how it is built: body, acidity, tannin and sweetness on a five-point scale, with the number of ratings behind them.
Structure from 67 community ratings, read 2026-08-12. Style: Australian Barossa Valley Shiraz.
- Body4.6 / 5
- LightFull
- Acidity2.9 / 5
- SoftCrisp
- Tannin3.1 / 5
- SmoothGrippy
- Sweetness2.5 / 5
- DrySweet
- Oak · oak, chocolate, vanilla, dark chocolate, clove
- Black fruit · blackberry, black fruit, blackcurrant, plum, black cherry
- Spice · licorice, menthol, cinnamon, pepper, mint
- Earth · leather, cocoa, earthy, mushroom, smoke
- Dried fruit · prune, dried fruit, raisin, fig
- Red fruit · cherry, red fruit, raspberry, cranberry
Grapes: Shiraz/Syrah. Proportions are not recorded.
Descriptors are the words drinkers used most, grouped; counts are mentions. Tannin is shown only where it was measured.
2005One point per priced vintage. Years with no price we can stand behind are not drawn.2017
Vintages
Each vintage has its own page with both scores, the drinking window and the merchant price range. The meter is the score on a 60-100 scale and its colour is where that vintage stands against its own drinking window. Prices are per 75cl, with the case size and month they were taken from.
Every score below is a critic score.
- 2022unit not stated
- 202199unit not stated
- 202099unit not stated
- 201997unit not stated
- 201898unit not stated
- 201797£384 / 75cl3-bottle in-bond trade, September 2022
- 201698£445 / 75cl3-bottle in-bond trade, December 2025
- 201597£299 / 75cl3-bottle in-bond trade, August 2024
- 201395£434 / 75cl3-bottle in-bond trade, June 2021
- 201298£459 / 75cl3-bottle in-bond trade, February 2023
- 201096£354 / 75cl3-bottle in-bond trade, July 2025
- 2008100£581 / 75cl3-bottle in-bond trade, May 2025
- 200698£616 / 75cl1500 ml in-bond trade, August 2023
- 2005100£519 / 75cl3-bottle in-bond trade, December 2025
- Window not recordedthe vintage carries no window, so the meter shows its score alone
- Best scored
- 2008
- 100 / 100 from a critic
- Lowest price
- 2015
- £299 per 75 cl
Price by vintage
One monthly median per vintage, divided by the case size it was quoted in, so the bars are the same unit. These are our own aggregates, not offers: nobody will sell you a median.
Solid: a realised in-bond trade
View as a table
| Vintage | Price / 75cl | Critic score | In drink window | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | £384 | 97.3 | — | per 75cl, from a 3-bottle in-bond trade, September 2022 |
| 2016 | £445 | 98 | — | per 75cl, from a 3-bottle in-bond trade, December 2025 |
| 2015 | £299 | 97 | — | per 75cl, from a 3-bottle in-bond trade, August 2024 |
| 2013 | £434 | 95 | — | per 75cl, from a 3-bottle in-bond trade, June 2021 |
| 2012 | £459 | 98 | — | per 75cl, from a 3-bottle in-bond trade, February 2023 |
| 2010 | £354 | 95.5 | — | per 75cl, from a 3-bottle in-bond trade, July 2025 |
| 2008 | £581 | 100 | — | per 75cl, from a 3-bottle in-bond trade, May 2025 |
| 2006 | £616 | 97.7 | — | per 75cl, from a 1500 ml in-bond trade, August 2023 |
| 2005 | £519 | 100 | — | per 75cl, from a 3-bottle in-bond trade, December 2025 |
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