Yalumba The Steeple Shiraz 2018

This is the best vintage of The Steeple I can recall. The wine is drawn from a single 99-year old vineyard in Light Pass that is farmed biodynamically and it is quite and understated Barossan expression. Deeply coloured; dark cherry, dried herb and earthy aromas slowly rise up with an attractive tarry undertow. The palate then takes it up a couple of notches with impressive intensity and a seamless quality with fruit finely balanced with fine but firm tannins. It’s beautifully poised and complete, coffee bean flavoured oak providing the perfect canvas. Seriously good and will age well.

Angus Hughson

Founder at Winepilot

Angus is an award-winning wine writer and the Founder and Publisher of Winepilot, the Australian Editor for leading international publication VINOUS with Antonio Galloni based in New York City and the Co-Publisher of The Australian Ark with over 15 years of publishing, writing and judging experience.

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