YALUMBA THE SIGNATURE CABERNET SHIRAZ 2015 MUSEUM RELEASE - red

Style : Bold & PowerfulThe Yalumba Clocktower presides over what is famously celebrated as Australia’s oldest family-owned winery, based in Angaston. It’s an imposing building, equal parts regal and rustic, and it has been the locus for the Hill Smith family’s winegrowing for six generations. For decades, Robert Hill Smith has steered the family business into a diverse operation, from ventures throughout the country to New Zealand, along with premium wine importation and a critically important vine nursery. He has also famously championed viognier, and was driving meaningful sustainability and environment policies well before most, and continues to. The name Yalumba, though, is synonymous with the Barossa. It speaks of the traditional hero varieties (and viognier, too, from the Eden) and the sun-kissed earth. But Yalumba excels just as much in Coonawarra, with the flagship The Caley straddling both regions in the classic old Australian cabernet shiraz blend. It’s a neat connective thread between place, grape and time. Through the range of iconic bottlings and newer specialised additions, the Yalumba wines deliver high quality wines that speak equally to history and a restlessly progressive spirit. WINE COMPANIONThis couldn’t be more ocker. Succulent, long, medium weight and hemmed with beautiful tannins, this is a good release of this wine and revels in a little elegance over assumed grunt, though you won’t miss the tongue grapple of the finish. Blueberries, dusty notes, ferrous character, clove, and some cocoa powder. Travels long and well. Delivers that sweet and earthy mesh of both varieties so clearly. It’s very charming. MIKE BENNIE, Wine FrontRegion : Barossa , SOUTH AUSTRALIAVariety : Cabernet Shiraz ABV: 14.5%Liquor Act 2007. It is against the law to sell or supply alcohol to, or to obtain alcohol on behalf of a person under the age of 18 years. Lic No. LIQP770016424 *We endeavour to ensure the correct vintage is displayed, however some variations may occur in store and for delivered bottles.