Tuesday Blind Tastings
Yalumba The Signature Cabernet Shiraz 1999
Barossa Valley, Australia
Price: $40
Rating: 95
Source: Cellar
Description: Medium bodied. Mint, capsicum, blackcurrant, black olives on the nose. The palate was lively, acidic and tannic with wonderful blackcurrant fruit that caressed the palate. A wine that belied its age. Drinking perfectly now and showing no signs of tiredness.
Tasting date: 03 January 2017
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