Elephant In The Room Titanic Tempranillo 2023
New label for the EITR range. Winemaker Corey Ryan is on board here again. Post fermentation, 66% matured in stainless steel and the rest matured in French oak for nine months. […]
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Yalumba The Virgilius Viognier 2020
Yalumba’s flagship white (and seriously underpriced). From a 40+ year old vineyard, the handpicked fruit is whole-bunch pressed to older French oak barrels for 11 months. Wild fermentation. Vegan friendly. […]
Yalumba Eden Valley Viognier 2021
Nothing really needs to be said about the Hill-Smith family and their dedication to this grape in Australia. This release part of the Eden Valley /Samuel’s Garden collection from Yalumba […]
St Hugo Shiraz 2021
While it seems most of my recent St Hugo reviews have been on the collab with Dan Ricciardo, the quality originals have been a little ignored. Let’s remedy that. This […]
Pepperjack Mid Strength Barossa Shiraz 2021
Typing Mid Strength for a wine doesn’t quite seem right just year. I’ve been on a bit of a quest to find quality mid strength beers. There’s plenty out there […]
Yalumba Barossa Shiraz 2021
Apparently the 2022 is also out there now, but it feels like I only just received this one as part of the media release. Oh well, bound still be readily […]
Yalumba The Menzies Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
From the famed Menzies Vineyard in the heart of Coonawarra and named after former Prime Minister Sir Bob Menzies. Started off by former Yalumba winemaker Nat Cleghorn. Yalumba, The Menzies, […]
Yalumba The Cigar Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
The Cigar: thus named to describe the unique cigar-shaped strip of rich red terra rossa soil of the Coonawarra. This release cleaned up at many shows. Original winemaker Nat Cleghorn […]
Yalumba Eden Valley Syrah 2021
When Yalumba call it Syrah: take note. Style is everything. Only the second release after 2019. Sourced from the Bartholomaeus family vineyard on the southern edge of Eden Valley (total […]
Yalumba Homefullness Shiraz 2021
A second release in this collaboration project with Forage Built to help combat homelessness by raising essential funds for innovative, sustainable and integrated housing for people experiencing homelessness. The Grenache […]
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