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Community Tasting Notes 7
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tenor12bucks Likes this wine: 91 points
March 1, 2024 - Bern’s Steak House, Tampa. Softened considerably after less than an hour in decanter with periodic aggressive swirling. Fruit and oak, little minerality, and a nice finish. Not transcendent or intellectual, but hit the spot with wanting a masculine wine with a hunk of medium rare aged porterhouse.
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Anthony Matson Likes this wine: 92 points
September 9, 2023 - I’d certainly ‘cellar’ another - this would continue to improve with time! Great 10yr old Shiraz
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Francois Le Mouel Likes this wine: 94 points
November 24, 2018 - This was a great pleasure to drink. The wine is made from 84-yr old vines on average and it shows on the colour, the complexity and the refinement. This is a big wine, but the tannins are polished and there's a good dose of acidity that doesn't make the wine feel heavy. Aromas of Cherry Blossom (chocolate and candied cherry), eucalyptus and spices. This is lovely and almost perfectly balanced (you can feel/taste the alcohol, but it's no big deal - that's the only reason why I didn't score it higher. Enjoy now or over the next 20 years.
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AviaManTH wrote: flawed
September 19, 2018 - Still required a little more time for aging. Hopefully, it will mature smoothly.
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JerM wrote:
November 29, 2017 - Tasting at Yalumba (Angaston): (eden+barossa) Juicy black fruit, blue fruits, clean, ash, plum, licorice. Spices, chocolate, mocha, blueberries. White floral, peach(?!), sweet loam, blackberries. Sweet wood spice, dark florals, leather, pepper. Structured and quite serious, needs >20 years.
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By Josh Raynolds
The Barossa: An Ascent to Higher Quality (Dec 2021), 12/1/2021 (link)(Yalumba Shiraz The Octavius Old Vine Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Panel Tasting
Australian Shiraz Panel Tasting June 2018, 2/27/2018 (link)(Yalumba, The Octavius Old Vine Shiraz, Barossa, South Australia, Australia, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By James Button
Inaugural Release of Yalumba Caley, 8/1/2017 (link)(Yalumba, The Octavius, Barossa Valley, South Australia, Australia, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By James Suckling
6/6/2017 (link)(Yalumba Shiraz Barossa The Octavius, Red, Australia) Subscribe to see review text.
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By James Halliday
2/28/2017 (link)(Yalumba The Octavius Old Vine Barossa Shiraz) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2013
- Type Red
- Producer Yalumba
- Varietal Shiraz
- Designation The Octavius
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Australia
- Region South Australia
- SubRegion Barossa
- Appellation Barossa Valley
- UPC Codes 055159857500, 311789000848
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 157 (84%)
- Consumed 30 (16%)
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- CountryAustralia
- RegionSouth Australia
- SubRegionBarossa
- AppellationBarossa Valley
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