Yalumba The Signature Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2018
- 97
- $65
- Drink by: 2022-2042
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Love to see this classic Aussie blend of cabernet and shiraz reminding us of how good it can be. This is one of Australia’s most famous blended reds that says so much about our wines and wine styles in this country. It’s the 48th release and the signatory is the recently retired MD Nick Waterman. I think Nick would be happy with this one, as it’s clearly one of the finest yet in this distinguished long line. Lovely perfumed spicy cedary notes on the nose, while the palate is supremely structured with power and finesse. Lovely with the slightly grainy textured tannins supporting the beautiful, concentrated fruit. Winemaker Kevin Glastonbury has done ya proud Nick.
Ray Jordan has been writing about wine for more than 40 years. His first articles were published in the early issues of national wine magazine Winestate in the late 1970s when he worked in Sydney as a newspaper correspondent. From 1989 Ray wrote more than 3000 columns as a regular newspaper wine columnist. He currently writes a regular column for the special business publication Business News and is one of the main contributors to national wine platform Wine Pilot. In 2017 Ray co-authored The Way it Was – A History of The Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry and previously wrote Wine in the Blood: Australia’s Family Wine Estates, published in Mandarin and English. In 2011 Ray was awarded WA Wine Press Club Jack Mann Memorial Medal for his contribution to the WA wine industry. His love of wine is as strong as his love of the blues and tasting the thousands of wines that cross his bench each year allows him to indulge in both.
