Yalumba Rare & Fine The Signature

Yalumba The Signature Cabernet Sauvignon & Shiraz bottle image

Wine Description

Encompassing everything Yalumba stands for and the perfect representation of its history and ethos, The Signature is a sentimental favorite. A classic Australian blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz, the first vintage release of The Signature was in 1962. Since then, this outstanding wine has acknowledged more than 57 Signatories, with each vintage named in honor of an individual who has made a significant contribution to the culture and traditions of Yalumba.

Crafted only when all elements of viticulture and winemaking come together, Yalumba Rare & Fine wines are the very best examples of the varieties and blends that have found a natural home in Australia over five generations of winemaking. Throughout the Barossa, carefully selected vines have been recognized for producing exquisite fruit that create Yalumba's most prestigious and savored wines.

Yalumba Clocktower
Yalumba Cooperage
Yalumba Vineyard
Yalumba Barrel Room
Yalumba Museum
Robert and Jess Hill-Smith
Winemaker, Louisa Rose
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Acclaim
“This elegant, compact Great Australian Red blend of Cabernet and Shiraz (gold medallist in the 2023 competition of that name) rolls on and on for minutes. All the energies and complexities have been captured, and instead of being released in a firework explosion of flavour, they rumble like distant thunder, building and growing on the palate, teasing and attenuating the flavour seemingly without end. It is nothing short of spectacular.” — Decanter, Jan 2024
“This is an open-knit, polished and characterful bottling of The Signature, with heady, bright aromas of cherry chocolate, tomato pulp, red licorice and savory, earthy spices. The palate is powerful yet silky and harmonious, with chiseled, fine tannins, and lovely fruit purity and freshness. Still young and tightly wound now, it should cellar with grace for at least another seven to 10 years.” — Wine Enthusiast, Dec 2023
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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
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Winemaking & Aging
Prefermentation Technique:
1-3 days on skins pre fermentation before wild yeast start to ferment
Varietal composition:
52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 48% 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
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Analytical Data
Alcohol:
14.5 %
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Wine Production

Crafted with wild fermentation in open top stainless steel fermenters, The Signature is matured for 21 months in 33% new French barriques, American and Hungarian hogsheads, and balanced in older French, Hungarian and American barriques and hogsheads.

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About the Vineyard

The Cabernet Sauvignon was sourced from four vineyards in the Barossa Valley. The diversity of the vineyard selection provides the rich, lifted Cabernet Sauvignon aromatics and palate structure for which The Signature is renowned. The Shiraz comes from vineyards of varying age, with the oldest planted in 1945. These blocks are of sandy loam, featuring yellow sand and ochre clay over red clay. The combination of these Barossa Valley blocks provides a Shiraz with sweetness, fullness, depth and layers of complexity.