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Review	Product Name	Vintage	Rating	Date Sort ascending	Favorite
Yalumba - Wine & Spirits	Yalumba The Caley Cabernet Sauvignon & Shiraz	2015	93	Oct-2020
Review “Kevin Glastonbury bases this wine on a block of cabernet sauvignon planted in 1992 in Yalumba’s Coonawarra vineyard. The shiraz component (26 percent) comes from two parcels, one in Eden Valley dating to 1971, one in Barossa’s Light Pass planted in 1901. The wine aged almost two years in French oak barriques, 46 percent of them new, building on the smoky intensity of the tannins and softening the texture to the point that it’s easy to fall in love with. It’s all purple-plum goodness, notes of blueberry pie and puff pastry, a warm-cool balance of Barossa and Coonawarra. Have some chorizo on hand if you open this as young wine; or age it for ten years so that its simple beauty can fully mature.”
Yalumba - Wine Enthusiast	Yalumba The Menzies Cabernet Sauvignon	2014	92	Oct-2020
Review “This Coonawarra Cab comes from a 45-year-old vineyard in the region’s famed terra rossa soils. A little shy at first, a decanter is recommended. It opens to an intensely herbal nose, swimming with mint, black olive tapenade, currant, black cherry, dried flowers and a medicinal and charred oak note. The palate is rich and mouthcoating, cinched by dusty, muscular tannins. It lacks some of the elegance and complexity of other top Cabs but is nonetheless highly cellarworthy.”
Yalumba - Wine Enthusiast	Yalumba Y Series Cabernet Sauvignon	2018	92	Oct-2020
Review “Yalumba’s everyday reds tend to have a brightness and approachability about them, and this latest Cab doesn’t disappoint. The nose is a lovely combo of currant and red berry backed by graphite, eucalyptus and large helpings of spice. The palate feels a touch warm on the alcohol front. It’s bone-dry and cinched by raspy tannins, the fruit taking a back seat to lovely layers of texture and tannin. An excellent intro to South Aussie Cabernet.” (Best Buy)
Yalumba - Wine & Spirits	Yalumba Samuel's Collection Eden Valley Viognier	2018	93	Oct-2020
Review “Louise Rose grows extraordinary viognier in the relatively cool elevations of Eden Valley, managing its floral urgency and focusing on the variety’s tight acidity and orange-toned fruit. She ferments the wine without added yeasts, nearly two-thirds of it in old barrels, the rest in stainless steel, leaving it with its lees for ten months. It developed a creamy richness to handle its floral notes, setting the wine up for a crab salad, or sushi rolls with eel and avocado.”
Yalumba - Jamessuckling.com	Yalumba The Caley Cabernet Sauvignon & Shiraz	2015	98	Sep-2020
Review “This is a great vintage for this wine with a very fresh, attractive delivery in a full-bodied style. Ripe red plums, blackberries and cherries with a cedary, tobacco edge, purple olives and fruit-steeped roasting herbs. It has a very intense, crisply cut palate that has flavors of dark cherries, blackberries, chocolate and such attractive spice complexity. Runs long on the focused finish. Regal. A great Caley. A blend of 74% Coonawarra cabernet sauvignon and 26% Barossa shiraz.”
Yalumba - Jamessuckling.com	Yalumba The Caley Cabernet Sauvignon & Shiraz	2016	98	Sep-2020
Review “This has a very impressive sense of composure, offering a very attractive, cedary and floral nose with deep violets and a wealth of forest wood, bracken and blueberries, as well as plums. The palate has intensely ripe, assertive fruit flavors with a succulent, dense and rich delivery of black-cherry, cassis and blackberry flavors. Density with focus and a strong drive at the finish. Long and juicy with real freshness. A blend of 71% Coonawarra cabernet sauvignon and 29% Barossa shiraz.”
Yalumba - Jamessuckling.com	Yalumba The Signature Cabernet Sauvignon & Shiraz	2015	96	Sep-2020
Review “This has a very attractive, blackberry and red-plum nose with some leafy elements, as well as plenty of oak spice and hints of black tea. This has a fleshy, supple, bold and round palate. Very supple, sleek and long. Silky, yet sturdy. Very drinkable now and will last a good two decades. A vinous slam dunk!”
Yalumba - Jamessuckling.com	Yalumba The Signature Cabernet Sauvignon & Shiraz	2010	96	Sep-2020
Review “This has a very attractive, dark-berry, plum and blueberry nose with such impressive freshness for a wine of ten years of age. The palate has a very plush, polished and intense core of super fresh, blackberry and plum flavors. Super vivid, long and rich. There’s another decade and more in this.”
Yalumba - Jamessuckling.com	Yalumba The Signature Cabernet Sauvignon & Shiraz	2016	96	Sep-2020
Review “A very youthful vintage, this is taut and will age very well. Aromas of blackcurrants, tar, blackberries and baking spices lead to a palate that has such an intense, gently smoky thread with a succulent, juicy red-plum, berry and spice finish. Light espresso. Super long-aging Signature here. A blend of Barossa cabernet sauvignon and shiraz.”
Yalumba - Jamessuckling.com	Yalumba The Signature Cabernet Sauvignon & Shiraz	2012	96	Sep-2020
Review “This wine has real swagger. So bold, ripe and packed with deeply ripe dark berries and plums. There’s a lot of depth to the palate. Rich, long, full and supple tannins here. This has a stream of flavor that holds so, so fresh and so, so long. Impressive.”

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