Yalumba The Signature 2016

Yalumba The Signature 2016

 

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Yalumba
The Signature 2016
  • Vintage : 2016
  • Country : Australia
  • Region : Barossa Valley
  • Subregion
  • Type : Red
  • Style Deep Full Bodied
  • Format : 75cl
  • Alcohol : 14,5°
  • Grappes : 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 46% Syrah

For more than five decades Yalumba The Signature has saluted the very best of Australia’s most legendary red wine blend – Cabernet Sauvignon & Shiraz. 

Experts Score Vintage
JS James Suckling 96 2016
DCT Decanter 96 2016
BC Bob Campbell MW 95 2016
JH James Halliday 94 2016
RP Robert Parker 94 2016
WE Wine Enthusiast 94 2016
VN Vinous (Antonio Galloni) 93 2016
WS Wine Spectator 92 2016
W&S Wines & Spirits 92 2015
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All parcels of fruit were fermented separately in either 8 tonne open fermenters or 6 tonne static potter fermenters. Indigenous or ‘wild’ yeasts, naturally present on the grape skins were allowed to initiate the alcoholic fermentation.

Cultured winery yeasts are then added to ensure that the fermentation is fully complete. These ‘wild’ ferments have helped contribute individual complexities to the wine, creating richness and fine textures.

Tasting notes: A seductively aromatic wine, this is one of the very best Signatures. Opening with very cool, bright and almost fresh menthol aromas that merge with red currant fruits, tobacco leafy notes and cedary spices all supported with fine violet and cherry florals. 

With classic Signature structure showing brightness of fruit that compliments the mid palate richness and texture, a perfectly balanced wine with acidity and fine mouth coating tannins.

Long and persistent, the wine combines concentration, elegance and fruit purity.

James Suckling (JS) : 96 Points (2016)
A very youthful vintage, this is taut and will age very well. Aromas of blackcurrants, tar, blackberries and baking spices lead to a palate that has such an intense, gently smoky thread with a succulent, juicy red-plum, berry and spice finish. Light espresso. Super long-aging Signature here. A blend of Barossa cabernet sauvignon and shiraz. Try from 2024.

Decanter (DCT) : 96 Points (2016)
Cool summer and autumn nights tempered warm days in 2016, producing great intensity to the iodine and espresso-edged nose and palate here. With silky blackberry and currant, fleshier mulberry and refreshing blood plum, the palate is motile, its juicy persistence a foil to the creamy, savoury oak (French barriques, Hungarian and American hogsheads, 28% new) and dynamic snare of ripe but present tannins. A fitting tribute to Yalumba's chief winemaker, Louisa Rose.

Bob Campbell MW (BC) : 95 Points (2016)
Very deep, dark colour with a good tinge of purple. The bouquet is very rich and ripe, laced with smoky oak, the very ripe blackberry aromas of warm-grown cabernet shining through strongly. It's very full-bodied and lavishly-endowed with supple tannins, sweet fruit and chocolaty density. The finish lingers long. Oak is evident but in good harmony with the bouquet and palate. A powerful, concentrated, very ripe wine for this label, and high-class. Both Shiraz and Cabernet are clearly perceptible. A long-term wine that is already approachable. (HH) (10/2020)

James Halliday (JH) : 94 Points (2016)
The first impression is that of an ethereal nose: floral scents, bitter chocolate, graphite and iodine. Beguiling. While each of these traits is true to form, they float across the organoleptics like a carpet ride. Segueing to the palate, there is little seemingly heavy about this wine despite its obvious weight and vinosity. The tannins are very finely managed: granular and precise; almost pixelated. The finish, long. A bit tangy but I'll turn a blind eye. (NG) (8/2020)

Robert Parker (RP) : 94 Points (2016)
Yalumba's 2016 The Signature Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz is a Barossa-based blend of 53% Cab and 47% Shiraz. Aged in a mix of barriques and hogsheads (28% new), it offers up scents of cherry, cassis and tobacco, with grace notes of cedar and vanilla. Medium to full-bodied, it's concentrated, silky, streamlined and long on the finish—very much a classic claret style despite the high proportion of Shiraz. Each year's edition of the wine is dedicated to a notable Yalumba employee; the 2016 is dedicated to Chief Winemaker Louisa Rose.

Wine Enthusiast (WE) : 94 Points (2016)
 The latest release of this wine honors the company’s chief winemaker of 30 years, Louisa Rose. This is a lucid, multilayered wine that shows notes of dark cherry, currant, chocolate, mint, bay and peppery spices smudged with graphite. The palate is big and rich but tempered by fine, chalky tannins, with a tang to the fruit and an underbelly of roast meat. Drink 2022–2036.Cellar Selection.

Vinous (Antonio Galloni) (VN) : 93 Points (2016)
Inky ruby. Highly perfumed cherry, cassis, tobacco, vanilla and exotic spice scents take on a spicy nuance with air. Pliant and expansive in the mouth, offering concentrated red and dark fruit, floral pastille, allspice and mocha flavors that show impressive depth as well as energy. Closes broad, smooth and extremely long, with polished tannins and resonating spiciness and florality. Drinking window: 2024 - 2034

Wine Spectator (WS) : 92 Points (2016)
Plush and complex, with black tea, dried sage and fresh earth notes that firm up as details of stewed plum, blackberry jam and dried cherry flavors. Shows a touch of smoked paprika on the finish. (MW) (10/2021)

Wines & Spirits (W&S) : 92 Points (2015)
This is a lush cabernet that keeps a cool profile, enriched by dark fruit and tannins that taste of coffee and bitter chocolate, even as the structure feels lovely and restrained. The wine benefits considerably from time with air, giving itself more fully a day after it’s first opened. Cellar it for a year or two, then serve with grilled lamb.

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WE
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JS
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WS
90
WE
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JS
98
DCT
97
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Yalumba The Signature 2016 Reviewed by James Halliday 16-10-2023 . Score: 5