Yalumba are the kings of Shiraz Cabernet, so little wonder that this Yalumba Shiraz Cabernet 2019 is a substantial wine. The sort of chewy, real red that makes a bunch of old blokes at a summer BBQ froth over. There’s a slight cooked fruit element to the nose, which is less seductive, but the palate concentration is seriously impressive in a dark, reasonably savoury, cocoa oak-touched mode. More drying than juicy and more power than elegance. This is a lot of Barossan red for $28. Best drinking: now or for up to a decade. It has the length for it. 17.5/20, 91/100. 14.5%, $28. Yalumba website. Would I buy it? Worth a glass or so.
About me – Andrew Graham
At 18, I started working in a small suburban bottleshop, largely to buy cheap beer. It was my first year of university, slogging through physics and chemistry, so a liquor shop seemed like fun. But then, I fell in love with wine and craft beer, and it took over my life.
Twenty three years later and I spend my days wearing many beverage hats and judge at wine shows around the world...Read more
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