YALUMBA THE SIGNATURE CABERNET SHIRAZ 2022 1500ML - red

Style: Bold & PowerfulHenschke is the foremost medium-sized wine producer in Australia. Stephen and Prue Henschke have taken a crown jewel and polished it to an even greater brilliance. Year on year they have quietly added labels for single vineyards, single varieties or blends. The wines hail from the Eden Valley (the majority), the Barossa Valley or the Adelaide Hills. There’s a compelling logic and focus – no excursions to McLaren Vale, Coonawarra, etc. Recognition as Winery of the Year in the '21 Companion was arguably long overdue. Prue Henschke was named the inaugural inductee to the James Halliday Hall of Fame in the ’24 Companion. -JAMES HALLIDAYThe 2022 The Signature Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz is so pretty-floral, red fruited and fine. This is a beautiful iteration of this wine. Ironically, there's a coastal freshness about it-kelp, brine, crushed shells-given it is nowhere near the coast. It's capacious and mineral and so fresh. The tannins are fine and neat, and the wine has incredible focus and line through the long finish. It's very impressive, potentially one of my favorite releases of this wine to date. It has wholly Barossa fruit this vintage. 14.5% alcohol, sealed under natural cork. (97) ERIN LARKIN, wineadvocate.comYalumba's famous Signature cabernet sauvignon and shiraz blend has a strong pedigree when it comes to cellaring and the 2022 release will certainly carry on long into the future. The fruit density and purity here are impressive. Blackberry, doris plum and black cherry tones, their flow elegant and graceful across the palate with hints of spice, cedar, tobacco, pencil shavings, roasting meats, dried herbs and olive tapenade. Fine-grained tannins are in abundance and there is an extended finish that rolls on and on. It's a super release. (96) DAVE BROOKES, winecompanion.comOpaque, dark and a youthful plummy red in the glass. Lifted aromas of blackberry, mulberry, dark cherry, licorice, sweet nutty oak, bramble, dried herbs and spice. Full-bodied, generously flavoured, dark fruited, cedar, mocha and with plenty of shapely tannins and lively acidity. There's lovely power and balance here, very enjoyable drinking now, but will cellar for many years. AARON BRASHER, The Real ReviewRegion: Barossa Valley, SOUTH AUSTRALIAVariety: Cabernet Sauvignon, ShirazABV: 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.