

93 POINT AWARD WINNING LEGENDARY EDEN VALLEY VIOGNIER FROM YALUMBA EST 1849
Vintage: | 2017 |
Source/Region: | Eden Valley, South Australia |
Grape Variety: | Viognier |
Cellaring: | Drink now or cellar for 1-3 years |
Bottle Top: | Stelvin |
Alcohol Content: | 13.50 |
Standard Drinks: | 8.00 |
Rating: | 91 |
Pure aromas reminiscent of fresh apricots, lifted ginger, saffron and fresh white flowers. The palate is long, rich and luscious, with intense and expressive stone fruit flavours finishing with an alluring freshness. This wine will continue to grow and develop in the bottle, firstly showing enhanced apricots and spice, then honey flavours and toast complexity.
With 170 years of unbroken independence, Yalumba continues to make wine at its founder’s home estate under direction of the same family today. Samuel’s Collection honours Yalumba’s founder Samuel Smith, his spirit of independence and conviction to invest in the land and make great wine.
After harvest about 60% of the fruit was gently pressed directly to barrels, the rest to stainless steel tanks. The juice was allowed to passively interact with the air, oxidising out any bitter phenolics and creating a perfect environment for the indigenous yeasts, natural to the vineyard, to ferment. The wine was left on lees with regular batonnage for 10 months which increased the complexity and creaminess of the wine and further heightened the palate weight.
91 Point Rated Huon Hooke
"Bright, medium yellow colour, with a sweetly fragrant apricot, almost gewürz-like aroma, and a soft, rounded, boldly fruity palate, which also tastes of spiced honey and herbs. It's soft and rounded, smooth and balanced, slightly simple, with easy going texture and structure, seamless acidity and discreet alcohol."
93 Point Rated Tyson Stelzer
“Yalumba’s legendary Eden Valley Viognier rebadged, this blend of six vineyards is alluringly eloquent take on this variety. It’s crunchy, textured and focused, uniting almost ripe apricot and apricot kernel and bran, concluding with outstanding persistence and elegantly lively lemon juice acidity. Yalumba’s wizardry with this varietal shines in superb, fine texture. As classy as ever, and a bargain.”
Silver Medal
International Wine Challenge 2018
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