RKS 2024 Wine: A Yalumba GSM

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Can I go so far as to say I have never met a Yalumba I didn’t enjoy?

We try a Yalumba 2019 Barossa Grenache Shiraz Mataro blend.

Aroma: Big fat almost overripe local strawberries, black cherry, blueberry and plum.

Palate: Creeping tannins with very fine acids. Cactus pear, pomegranate with some preserved sour cherry. Short finish with a nip of white pepper and some clinging clay.

Food Match: Shrimp and Okra Gumbo.

Personality: I will admit I am a bit of a tight ass not completely strutting my stuff unlike many Barossa reds. Not everyone takes to flashers!

Cellarbility: As the ferment has been wild I sometimes take this as a situation to pay particular attention to the acidity plaguing some wild ferment wines. Some thin acidity here with a wild ferment has me on edge so drink by 2024-year end.

Price: $26.75 CDN (Ontario). The 2018 was $24.95.

RKS 2024 Wine Rating: 88/100. Cam Douglas 92.

(Yalumba 2019 Barossa Grenache Shiraz Mataro, Yalumba, Angaston, Australia, 750 mL, 14%).

Published by Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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