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Yaluma Signature
Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 1:42 pm
by Guest
1996 has anyone tried this recently? If so is it reccomended? Is it worth buying at $33?
Thanx Barry
Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 1:54 pm
by GraemeG
Had a bottle last week. Typical Barossa rich fruit cake and chocolate nose. The palate is rich and full, not overly hot, nicely balanced. There's reasonable amount of oak flavours, yet tannins are now quite soft, there's still enough acid to keep it fairly fresh. Medium-full body, with an attractive persistent finish. I wouldn't say there's been terrific development of aged complexity yet; still it's a very good drink now, with plenty of potential. I'm figuring it's got at least 5 years improvement left, and probably plenty of plateau beyond that. Cost me $25 when first released, well-stored wine at $33 now is a very good buy, I'd say.
cheers,
Graeme
Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 4:08 pm
by n4sir
I tried it a tad over 6 months ago along with the 1994, and I suspect it hasn't changed too much. It's an excellent wine, and I agree with Graeme that if it's been well stored it sounds like good value.
n4sir wrote:I've had a pretty quiet week, but the quality of these two wines made up for it:
1994 Yalumba Signature Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz: Medium crusting; decanting recommended. Dark, glass hugging & glowing inky crimson. A beautiful open & complex nose of perfumed fruit and classy oak; cassis, soy, chocolate, iodine, hints of earth, coconut essence, leather, concentrated tomato, cedar & some fish sauce. The palate has a very savoury entry, with concentrated tomato, black olives, sweet blackberry, and a hint of leather; a great balance of acid and soft/fine but dry tannins, finishing with sweet oak, olives, and a hint of greens. It’s great drinking now, but will cellar and develop for quite a few more years.
1996 Yalumba Signature Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz: Heavy crusting; decanting essential. Dark(er), glass hugging, inky crimson. Slightly closed/reserved nose at first, with pretty perfumed hints of earth, tobacco, spicy Asian mint, and some violets; breathing brings out cedar, iodine and some complex hints of biscuit dough. The palate has a soft entry, followed by a slow build-up of powerful acid & powdery tannins that are enveloped by spicy briary/blackberry fruit, with hints of chocolate, olives, liquorice and coffee/malty oak. The smoky structure is wonderfully layered with a bare hint of VA far in the background, and has fabulous length with black cherries on the finish. Every facet of the wine is not surprisingly younger and on a far bigger scale than the 1994, but is remarkably complex and well integrated even at this early stage.
Cheers,
Ian
Posted: Sun May 08, 2005 11:07 am
by Chuck
Hi all,
TN's for this great wine are encouraging as I have a 6 litre bottle of the '96 buried in the cellar. Can anyone tell me when it will be ready to drink? Working out the appropriate ocassion to open will also take some thinking
Chuck