Yalumba The Signature Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2012
G 95
Medium-deep crimson. Fragrant and complex wine with black cherry, blackberry, graphite, cedar aromas with brambly notes. Richly concentrated black cherry, blackberry fruits, persistent gravelly/sinewy touch ferruginous tannins, lovely inky density and well-balanced cedar, roasted chestnut oak notes. Finishes sinewy firm, followed on by buoyant dark berry fruits. Generously flavoured and well evolved wine with impressive vigour and mineral length. 19 months’ maturation in 23% new and seasoned Yalumba-coopered French barriques and Hungarian hogsheads. 13.5% alc Drink now–2035 Yalumba Vine Vale Grenache 2023 G 95 Of all the wines in the Yalumba Grenache collection, for me, this is the value pick. A cracking wine which is seriously good buying. The fruit comes from old bush vines which were planted in 1929 and 1949 in the Tri-Centenary Vineyard in Vine Vale. The two blocks were harvested for the wine, with the first seeing 40% whole bunch fermentation and the second 33%. A garnet/crimson colour, the nose is utterly gorgeous. This is Grenache on steroids. Strawberries and cream, florals, bergamot, spices and cherries. Take everything that is good about Grenache and it is jam- packed into this wine. It also offers that typical Grenache tannin mix of silky and sandy. Showing good balance and length, this is a superb example of a top-notch Barossa Grenache. Drink now and for the next eight years. Drink now–2032 Yalumba Tri-Centenary Grenache 2022 G 95 Medium-light crimson. Perfumed strawberry, rose petal aromas with orange rind, hint flinty notes. Fresh and supple palate with strawberry, red cherry, redcurrant flavours, fine slinky/lacy textures, lovely mid-palate viscosity and well-integrated but juicy acidity. Chalky at the finish with star anise notes. Drinking beautifully now, but should develop and expand with further bottle age. 372-day post-fermentation maceration in stainless steel has created a compelling complexity and timelessness in style. Based on 820 surviving 1889-planted grenache vines in the heart of the Barossa Valley 14% alc Drink now–2032 Yalumba The Octavius Shiraz 2014 G 95 Medium-deep crimson. Evolved earthy, wax polish, blackberry aromas with roasted walnut notes. Inky deep earthy, blackberry, dark plum fruits, fine supple ripe, touch grippy tannins, attractive mid-palate density, some roasted walnut, chinotto notes. Finishes with a chalky plume and wax polish leather notes. Secondary characters bring a lovely complexity, while bottle age gives added volume. Drinking very well now, but should continue to develop. 20 months’ maturation in 38% new French and American oak octaves, the balance in seasoned barriques, hogsheads and octaves. 14% alc Drink now–2035
South Australia 2024
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