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Been gifted a dbl magnum of the 2000 & 2003 and would appreciate a TN on the 00 and drinking window please.
Unable to find any recent TN's on the 00 here or the other Forum but recall having seen a comment somewhere this may be short-lived.

Thanks in advance.

Try [b]Yalumba wines direct,

I can tell you its a very good wine, ages fairly well , the ones i have are a couple of 97's and a few 98's , The 97's are getting drunk now but the 98'sare still alive and well

Hope this helps

Regards Dazzza

You can check out & download the Winestate/Yalumba Signature 40 year vertical tasting, and the 2000 vintage reviews directly from the Yalumba website:
http://www.yalumba.com/library/Yalumba_40_Years.pdf
http://www.yalumba.com/detail.asp?s=2&v=770

I haven't tried it, but what I've read suggested it's a more medium-weight/earlier drinking Signature like the 2003 - Campbell Mattinson's suggested drinking window is to 2011. A double magnum in a decent cellar should at least hold 2-3 times longer.

That said, at Wickman auctions' recent Yalumba Signature vertical even the lesser vintages were still going at up to 20 years of age - as long as you could handle the heavy oak:
http://forum.auswine.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=8014

Cheers,
Ian

Thanks Dazza and Ian.
The Yalumba site in particular was very informative.

No problems with storage as it's going into professional storage today with a six pack of 2003 magnums which I couldn't resist given the price I paid
The 00 dbl mag is destined for the donour's 60th birthday in three year's time. Hope the oak reduces to toothpicks by then.

Thanks again for your help.

Speaking of Yalumba, kudos to them for their recent old vine charter and reserve labelling initiative - Another example of a quality, medium sized family company leading the industry - it's wineries like Yalumba (And the whole Samuel Smith & Son operation), De Bortoli & Tyrrells that deserve all the accolades they receive.

Incidentally, all three also have up to date and comprehensive websites with reviews - Something that not one of our bigger wine companies has - Fosters: Shocking. Pernod Ricard/Orlando: Poor except for JC. Hardys: New website, still very little detail.....

Junior

ACG wrote:Speaking of Yalumba, kudos to them for their recent old vine charter and reserve labelling initiative - Another example of a quality, medium sized family company leading the industry - it's wineries like Yalumba (And the whole Samuel Smith & Son operation), De Bortoli & Tyrrells that deserve all the accolades they receive.

Incidentally, all three also have up to date and comprehensive websites with reviews - Something that not one of our bigger wine companies has - Fosters: Shocking. Pernod Ricard/Orlando: Poor except for JC. Hardys: New website, still very little detail.....

Junior

The Jamieson's Run website is pretty embarrassing, actually I'm still amazed it's still up. A couple of the archive links for the premium Individual Vineyard red TNs go to a document for their basic Chardonnay - that's got to be enough to make any Red Bigot's blood boil.

Cheers,
Ian