2002 Yalumba Grenache Bush Vine

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 88.6 points

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  4/10/2010 - pbaek wrote:

  The Great Barrier Reef, Australia. I was quite excited to find this wine in a local wine store here as I have been craving for a wine with some decent age on it. An 8 year old wine made from 70-year old vines. Yeah! This could be like a semi-mature Chateauneuf du Pape. And as I was BBQing som steak on the beach, this could be good. Well, this is a brutally young, heady wine with no signs of age. The fruit is dark - plummy with baked figs and a hint of chocolate on the palate. Initially I found this wine too rich and to 'fruit punchy' - hard to tell that this is even a Grenache, it could be anything. But as the wine settles down in the glass, I do get a bit of spice cake, some earthy notes alongside the ripe plum. Not a disaster, and the wine worked well with the meat - but it lacks definition, a sense of place. Plus its a bit too much of everything.

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  12/17/2008 - dd wrote:

  very nice

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  5/9/2008 - lostgeographer wrote: 85 Points

  This wine surprised me a bit. Right out of the bottle it struck me as astringent and I wondered if I waited too long. As it warmed its complexity came out. I found the nose a bit reticent but the palate was quite complex with some nice blueberry and mixed spice. Not exactly my style but I enjoyed nonetheless.

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  2/20/2007 - dd wrote:

  nice everyday wine opened up right away, dark fruit with somr prune mild tannins. will continue and i guess some say why wait?

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  1/7/2007 - Franks wijn wrote: 90 Points

  The 2002 vintage was indeed exceptional. The weather remained mild and dry over the long ripening period, with the lowest temperatures experienced on record in February. This resulted in wines with great colour, varietal flavour and intensity.
  
  Yalumba is extremely fortunate to have amongst its growers a resource of very old, gnarly bush vines which produce low yields of concentrated Grenache.
  
  Deep purple in colour, the Yalumba Barossa Bush Vine Grenache 2002 abounds with wild and exotic aromas of blueberries, dark fruits, sticky plum jams and spicy clove on the nose. The palate is velvety and sumptuous, packed with flavours of violets, sweet prunes and gamey-earthy characters. A rich and concentrated wine, supported with fine tannins that finish with hints

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