1999 Yalumba The Signature Cabernet Shiraz (1500ml)

Beginning with the 1962 vintage, 'The Signature' wines of Yalumba have saluted the very best of the vintage. They have also acknowledged the skills and dedication of people who have enhanced the traditions and culture of Yalumba. This year’s Signature pays tribute to former Yalumba Chairman and Director, John Edward Heine.

The fruit for this wine was sourced from some of oldest Barossa Cabernet and Shiraz resources, producing small volumes of intensely powerful fruit. The wine has been matured in French and American oak for 22 months. Very deep crimson colour. Aroma of cedar, vanilla, toasted oak, dark chocolate, plum and spice. Mouthfilling palate with flavours of spice, blackpepper and cedar overlaid with vanilla and liquorice. Fine grained tannins, perfectly balanced, followed by an exceptionally long aftertaste of spice, liquorice and mocca.
Alc/Vol: 14.0%

Other Reviews....
A compelling offering, the 1999 Shiraz/Cabernet The Signature (56% Cabernet Sauvignon and 44% Shiraz) possesses a dense purple color along with a sweet, multilayered personality revealing aromas and flavors of earth, blackberries, cassis, and vanilla. This offering spent 22 months in a combination of both new and used French and American oak. With considerable authority and power, it requires 2-3 more years of bottle age, and should last for 12-15 years.
95 points
Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate