Winery Yalumba - Carriage Block Grenache

Winery YalumbaCarriage Block Grenache

4.1
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Carriage Block Grenache of Winery Yalumba is a red wine from the region of Barossa Valley of Australie du Sud.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Carriage Block Grenache of Winery Yalumba in the region of Australie du Sud often reveals types of flavors of cherry, red fruit or strawberries and sometimes also flavors of raspberry, red cherry or non oak.

Food and wine pairings with Carriage Block Grenache

Pairings that work perfectly with Carriage Block Grenache

Original food and wine pairings with Carriage Block Grenache

The Carriage Block Grenache of Winery Yalumba matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of roast beef in a crust or gluten-free ham and olive cake.

Details and technical informations about Winery Yalumba's Carriage Block Grenache.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
13°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Touriga nacional

Most certainly Portuguese, not to be confused with the Touriga Franca also of the same origin. In Portugal, where it is widely cultivated, it is used to produce, among other things, the famous red Porto. It is also found in Uzbekistan, Australia, South Africa, Cyprus, Spain, etc... very little known in France, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of A1 vines.

Last vintages of this wine

Carriage Block Grenache - 2016
In the top 100 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Carriage Block Grenache - 2015
In the top 100 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 3.911110

The best vintages of Carriage Block Grenache from Winery Yalumba are 2016, 2015

Informations about the Winery Yalumba

The winery offers 178 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This winery is part of the Hill-Smith Family Vineyards.
It is in the top 50 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Barossa Valley in the region of Australie du Sud

The Winery Yalumba is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 169 wines for sale in the of Barossa Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Australie du Sud
In the top 6000 of of Australia wines
In the top 3500 of of Barossa Valley wines
In the top 95000 of red wines
In the top 200000 wines of the world

The wine region of Barossa Valley

The wine region of Barossa Valley is located in the region of Barossa of Australie du Sud of Australia. We currently count 613 estates and châteaux in the of Barossa Valley, producing 2290 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Barossa Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of Australie du Sud

SouthAustralia is one of Australia's six states, located (as the name suggests) in the south of the vast island continent. It's the engine room of the Australian wine industry, responsible for about half of the country's total production each year. But there's more to the region than quantity - countless high-quality wines are produced here, most from the region's signature Grape, Shiraz. These include such fine, collectible wines as Penfolds Grange, Henschke Hill of Grace, Torbreck The Laird and d'Arenberg The Dead Arm.

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The word of the wine: Local wine

Table wine, but with the origin indicated. It corresponds to a particular legislation: the freedom to use grape varieties is greater than for the AOC, but the quality criteria such as the approval tastings can sometimes be more demanding. The legislation is still evolving, but for the moment there are three levels: regional (e.g. Vin de Pays d'Oc), departmental and local (e.g. Côtes de Thongue).

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