Archive for 'Barossa Valley' Category

Yalumba 2001 Reserve Cabernet/Shiraz - Red Wine

Aug 10th, 2011 by admin | 0

Red Wine by Yalumba from Barossa Valley, Australia. The 2001 The Reserve is 74% Cabernet Sauvignon and 26% Shiraz aged for 20 months in 70% new French oak hogsheads. From old vines with low yields, the wine is densely colored and glass-coating. It has a splendid bouquet of smoke, pencil lead, tar, espresso, blueberry, [...]

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Torbreck 2005 Struie Barossa Valley - Syrah/Shiraz Red Wine

Aug 8th, 2011 by admin | 0

Red Wine by Torbreck from Barossa Valley, Australia. A blend of 44 year old Eden Valley Shiraz vines and 80 year old Barossa Shiraz, the Struie is aged for 18 months in a combination of old and new French oak barriques prior to bottling. Its dense color is accompanied by a fragrant [...]

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Yalumba 2006 Eden Valley Wild Ferment Chardonnay - White Wine

Jul 25th, 2011 by admin | 146

White Wine by Yalumba from Barossa Valley, Australia. The Wild Ferment Chardonnay features the use of a natural or wild yeast ferment for all batches of juice, where the juice is encouraged to ferment with the indigenous yeasts present on the grape skins from the vineyard. The many individual yeasts each participate in some [...]

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Grant Burge 2002 Holy Trinity GSM - Rhone Blends Red Wine

Jul 8th, 2011 by admin | 0

Red Wine by Grant Burge from Barossa Valley, Australia. The Holy Trinity is modeled on the Rhone-style blend of Grenache, Shiraz and Mourvedre, which is ideal for the climate and winemaking techniques of the Barossa Valley. Grant Burge reveres the outstanding quality this wine style produces in the Barossa and believes this blend has [...]

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Yalumba 2006 Y Series Sangiovese Rose - Ros? Wine

May 29th, 2011 by admin | 0

Ros? Wine by Yalumba from Barossa Valley, Australia. With a fine ruby color, Yalumba Y Series Sangiovese Rose has exotic aromas of raspberries, strawberries and cream with notes of lilac and violets, all with a minerally edge. A succulent mouth feel is enhanced by flavors of strawberry, rhubarb and cinnamon. It opens to a [...]

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Yalumba Museum Reserve Muscat (half-bottle) - Dessert Wine

May 20th, 2011 by admin | 0

Dessert, Fortified & Fruit Wine by Yalumba from Barossa Valley, Australia. The non-vintage Museum Reserve Muscat is exotic, full-bodied, rich, and sweet. It spent 7 years in wood, and was bottled from a solera system. This amber-hued, rich, unctuously-textured effort boasts luscious aromas and flavors of marmalade, figs, chocolate, melted caramel, toffee, and prunes. [...]

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Peter Lehmann 2005 Semillon - White Wine

May 16th, 2011 by admin | 0

White Wine by Peter Lehmann from Barossa Valley, Australia. Semillon has found a natural home in the Barossa. One of the very first white wine grape varieties planted by the first settlers, the Barossa is now blessed with a rich heritage of old, low yielding Semillon vineyards. Color: Vibrant pale straw [...]

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Hewitson 2005 Miss Harry G.S.M. - Rhone Blends Red Wine

May 10th, 2011 by admin | 0

Red Wine by Hewitson from Barossa Valley, Australia. This blend of 55% Grenache, 33% Shiraz and 12% Mourvedre is simply delicious. Dean Hewitson has yet again crafted a intensely flavored and elegant wine, appropriately named after his daughter Harriet, better known as Miss Harry. Wonderful aromas of ripe cherry and plum jump out of [...]

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Saint Hallett 2005 Faith Shiraz - Syrah/Shiraz Red Wine

Apr 2nd, 2011 by admin | 0

Red Wine by St. Hallett from Barossa Valley, Australia. St Hallett Faith is vibrant and expressive and above all quintessential Barossa. An accessible, benchmark Barossa Shiraz. Faith’s vibrant yet dense purple hue hints at the generosity of fruit within. The wine derives exuberant raspberry, cherry and spice flavours from vineyards in the southern [...]

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Yalumba 2006 Bushvine Grenache - Red Wine

Mar 30th, 2011 by admin | 0

Red Wine by Yalumba from Barossa Valley, Australia. Color: Deep crimson red Aroma: A wine that opens with bright red fruits and spices with hints of violets and roses and also a savory complexity. Palate: Shows richness and ripeness with textured layers of red and blueberry fruits and youthful tannins. [...]

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