

93 POINT AWARD WINNING CABERNET SAUVIGNON BLEND FROM YALUMBA ESTABLISHED 1849
Vintage: | |
Source/Region: | Barossa Valley, South Australia |
Grape Variety: | Cabernet Shiraz |
Cellaring: | Drink now or cellar 3-5 years |
Bottle Top: | Stelvin |
Alcohol Content: | 14.00 |
Standard Drinks: | 8.30 |
Rating: | 93 |
Yalumba have long championed this classic Australian blend, and you don't do it as well as this without being among the best at it. Look for utter seamlessness, no folds or bumps in existence; layers of black and blue fruit intensity; classy tannins and a pure structure. The brooding length on the finish completes a very high quality picture.
Yalumba was founded in 1849 by Samuel Smith, British migrant and English brewer, who had brought his family to Angaston seeking a new life. After purchasing a 30-acre parcel of land just beyond the southern-eastern boundary of Angaston, Smith and his son began planting the first vines by moonlight. Samuel named his patch "Yalumba" – aboriginal for "all the land around". Five generations and 160 years later Yalumba, Australia's oldest family owned winery, has grown in sizeand stature, embodying all that has made the Australian wine success story the envy of winemakers the world over.
93 Points Sim Kim Wine Orbit
A beautifully styled cabernet shiraz blend, the inviting bouquet shows blackcurrant, dark plum, cigar, olive and cedar characters. The palate is succulent and mouthfilling with excellent fruit purity together with seductive spicy oak undertones, wonderfully framed by polished tannins.
5 Stars Raymond Chan
Full, near impenetrable black-hued red colour, a little lighter on the rim. The nose is softly full with good depth and density of ripe blackberry and blackcurrant fruit along with notes of black plums, mint and herbs, unfolding spice and cedar elements. The fruit has plenty of presence. Full-bodied, the palate is softly packed with dense flavours of ripe blackberries and blackcurrants along with notes of cassis liqueur, dark herbs and mint, revealing black plum, cedary oak and spice nuances. The mouthfeel is rounded with soft, grainy tannin textures giving a fulsome mouthfeel, the richness enhanced by soft acidity. Some underlying alcoholic power is present and carries the wine to a full, soft, nuanced finish. This is a softly full and densely packed Cabernet/Shiraz showing ripe blackcurrant and blackberry fruit with herb, mint, plum and cedar notes on a fulsome palate. Match with casseroles and roast red meats over the next 5-6+ years. A blend of 63% Cabernet Sauvignon and 37% Shiraz from the Barossa, indigenous yeast initiated fermentation to 14.5% alc., the wine aged 14 months in 15% new French and Hungarian oak hogsheads and barriques.
90 Points Bob Campbell The Real Review
Ripe, almost luscious red with bright berry, plum and raspberry flavours together with a seasoning of spicy oak. Fine, peppery tannins balance sweetness and promote a drying finish. A wine that delivers a lot of bang for the buck
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