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Burgundian winemaker Dominique Laurent. Crafted from wood harvested from Forêt de Tronçais in Allier, the oak trunks were split by hand and then again hand split into staves, producing staves that are almost twice as thick as traditional machine-split staves. These were then aged outdoors for 48 to 54 months before being hand-made into barrels. The Laird is aged for 36 months in its own temperature-controlled stone shed. It is bottled unfined and unfiltered. In Scotland, the lord of the manor is referred to as "The Laird". When the 2005 vintage made its debut at A$ 700 in 2010, it was the most expensive bottle of wine ever released in Australia. The 2005 vintage received a perfect 100 point score from Lisa Perotti-Brown MW in the December 2010 issue of the
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Semillon is made from the Madeira (more robust and pink-skinned) clone of Semillon. It was one of the early white wine grape varieties planted by the first settlers around 160 years ago and Torbreck sources several old vine vineyards to provide grapes for this wine. The Semillon is hand
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1275:Wolf Blass
1238:St Hallett
1192:Leo Buring
1183:Kilikanoon
1135:De Bortoli
1131:Dalwhinnie
1127:d'Arenberg
1081:Yeringberg
970:d'Arenberg
874:Clonakilla
862:Brokenwood
537:21 January
518:References
416:Gask Ridge
404:The Struie
278:Jack Cowin
86:Key people
1260:Tyrrell's
1247:Tim Adams
1089:Excellent
1070:Woodlands
1067:Wendouree
1059:Tyrrell's
977:Fox Creek
974:Domaine A
927:Wendouree
907:Moss Wood
898:Jim Barry
502:Cult wine
297:Inverness
258:Roussanne
153:Roussanne
111:Varietals
102:Known for
49:Marananga
1251:Torbreck
1227:Petaluma
1223:Penfolds
1210:Oakridge
1177:Kalleske
1155:Glaetzer
1117:Craiglee
1106:Castagna
1048:Rockford
1034:Penfolds
1013:Langmeil
987:Henschke
946:Balnaves
923:Torbreck
914:Rockford
894:Henschke
843:Penfolds
461:See also
391:cuttings
324:Grenache
301:Scotland
262:Marsanne
254:Viognier
246:Grenache
222:Torbreck
147:Marsanne
141:Viognier
135:Semillon
123:Grenache
94:Cases/yr
45:Location
31:Torbreck
1290:Yalumba
1241:St Hugo
1235:Seppelt
1195:Majella
1186:Kooyong
1113:Coriole
1098:By Farr
1074:Yalumba
1055:Tahbilk
1004:Kaesler
963:By Farr
414:of the
350:saignée
268:History
228:in the
178:Website
169:Tasting
97:70,000+
70:Founded
1284:Xanadu
1164:Hardys
1123:Cullen
957:Best's
859:Best's
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353:Mataró
320:Shiraz
250:Mataró
242:Shiraz
224:is an
129:Mataró
117:Shiraz
81:1850's
960:Bindi
736:(PDF)
716:(PDF)
661:PRWeb
335:Wines
600:ISBN
575:ISBN
539:2020
356:Rosé
260:and
248:and
73:1994
299:in
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