Yalumba

Rare & Fine The Signature

Yalumba The Signature Cabernet Sauvignon & Shiraz bottle image

The Signature is a celebration of wine and people – more than 50 vintages, 50 names and 50 stories – encapsulated in one historic Cabernet & Shiraz.

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Wine Production

All parcels of fruit were fermented separately in either 8 tonne open fermenters or 6 tonne static potter fermenters. Indigenous or 'wild' yeasts, naturally present on the grape skins initiated the alcoholic fermentation. Cultured winery yeasts are then added to ensure that the fermentation is fully complete. These 'wild' ferments have helped contribute individual complexities to the wine, creating richness and fine textures.

Tasting Notes

The aromas are all classic Signature, with red currants, cool perfumed cedar flavors and complex savoury dried herbs. Precise aromatics and classically rich through the middle palate. Showing exotic florals, cranberry and a depth of dark chocolate richness.

Food Pairing

Pair with beef fillet with beetroot and horseradish or a vegan BBQ pinto bean burger patty with mushrooms, soy sauce, black pepper and molasses.

The Signature is a celebration of wine and people – more than 50 vintages, 50 names and 50 stories – encapsulated in one historic Cabernet & Shiraz.

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Wine Production

Tasting Notes

Food Pairing

Pair with beef fillet with beetroot and horseradish or a vegan BBQ pinto bean burger patty with mushrooms, soy sauce, black pepper and molasses.

Brand Materials

Tech Sheet Bottle Shot Acclaim

POINTS

“Cool summer and autumn nights tempered warm days in 2016, producing great intensity to the iodine and espresso-edged nose and palate here. With silky blackberry and currant, fleshier mulberry and refreshing blood plum, the palate is motile, its juicy persistence a foil to the creamy, savoury oak (French barriques, Hungarian and American hogsheads, 28% new) and dynamic snare of ripe but present tannins. A fitting tribute to Yalumba's chief winemaker, Louisa Rose.”

POINTS

“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.”

James Suckling

POINTS

"Inky ruby. Highly perfumed cherry, cassis, tobacco, vanilla and exotic spice scents take on a spicy nuance with air. Pliant and expansive in the mouth, offering concentrated red and dark fruit, floral pastille, allspice and mocha flavors that show impressive depth as well as energy. Closes broad, smooth and extremely long, with polished tannins and resonating spiciness and florality."

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“The latest release of this wine honors the company’s chief winemaker of 30 years, Louisa Rose. This is a lucid, multilayered wine that shows notes of dark cherry, currant, chocolate, mint, bay and peppery spices smudged with graphite. The palate is big and rich but tempered by fine, chalky tannins, with a tang to the fruit and an underbelly of roast meat.”– (Cellar Selection)

POINTS

“Yalumba's 2016 The Signature Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz is a Barossa-based blend of 53% Cab and 47% Shiraz. Aged in a mix of barriques and hogsheads (28% new), it offers up scents of cherry, cassis and tobacco, with grace notes of cedar and vanilla. Medium to full-bodied, it's concentrated, silky, streamlined and long on the finish—very much a classic claret style despite the high proportion of Shiraz. Each year's edition of the wine is dedicated to a notable Yalumba employee; the 2016 is dedicated to Chief Winemaker Louisa Rose.”

“The first impression is that of an ethereal nose: floral scents, bitter chocolate, graphite and iodine. Beguiling. While each of these traits is true to form, they float across the organoleptics like a carpet ride. Segueing to the palate, there is little seemingly heavy about this wine despite its obvious weight and vinosity. The tannins are very finely managed: granular and precise; almost pixelated. The finish, long. A bit tangy but I'll turn a blind eye.”

James Halliday

POINTS

“Plush and complex, with black tea, dried sage and fresh earth notes that firm up as details of stewed plum, blackberry jam and dried cherry flavors. Shows a touch of smoked paprika on the finish. Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz.”

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SILVER   “Youthful and blue-fruited nose, with chocolate-kissed plums, graphite and slate, then a quietly building finish.”

Decanter World Wine Awards

Vineyard & Production Info

Vineyard name:

Multiple Vineyards

Soil composition:

Barossa Vineyards

Elevation:

300-1,500 feet

Average Vine Age:

35 years

Certifying Organizations:

ISO14001; Entwine Australia

Sustainability Certification:

EPA Acredited Sustainability Licence

Winemaking & Aging

Prefermentation Technique:

1-3 days on skins pre fermentation before wild yeast start to ferment

Varietal composition:

53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 47% Shiraz

Fermentation container:

Stainless steel tanks

Malolactic fermentation:

Yes

Fining agent:

Vegan

Type of aging container:

Barriques and Hogsheads

Type of oak:

French, Hungarian and American

Length of aging before bottling:

21 months

Age of Aging Container:

28% New

Analytical Data

pH level:

3.5

Acidity:

6.6 g/L

Alcohol:

14.5 %

Residual sugar:

0.6 g/L

About the Vineyard

Vintage 2016 in the Barossa region has produced some beautiful aromatic and densely concentrated parcels of Cabernet Sauvignon, sourced primarily from the Barossa Valley - including vineyards near Gomersal, Greenock and the Krondorf foothills. The majority of the Shiraz comes from the Schiller family vineyard, including plantings dating from 1925, 1935 and 1945. These blocks provide the Shiraz sweetness, fullness and depth and help to add layers of complexity.

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