2010 Yalumba Paradox Shiraz

This is the first release of Yalumba’s Paradox Shiraz sourced from the Northern Barossa. Matured for 12 months in new French oak Puncheons (3%) with balance in 1 year and older French oak puncheons and barriques.

Impenetrable inky black colour with a very deep dark crimson black hue. The nose offers up ripe blackberry and liquorice scents intermixed with a hint of black cherry over a background of lightly smoked cedar, dried meats and pepper. The palate possesses superb richness and concentration delivering mouthfilling flavours of black cherries, blackberries and liquorice followed by some smoky cedar and peppered meats all encased by a robust firmly built tannin structure that still remains very fine grained in nature. Outstanding depth and power with a very long ripe blackberry, black cherry, liquorice, smoked meats and pepper aftertaste.
Cellar 8-10 years.
Alc 13.5%

Other Reviews….
Strong red-purple; from the Kalimna district, open-fermented in old 2250-litre oak vats and matured in one- and two-year-old French barriques. This is a very good shiraz, one (unintended) paradox a heavyweight bottle and a very ordinary short cork; the more important paradox is the delightful intensity of the savoury black fruits achieved with sub-13% alcohol, the length of the palate also excellent. Drink by 2025.
95 points
James Halliday – Australian Wine Companion