Winery Yalumba - FSW 8B Botrytis Viognier

Winery YalumbaFSW 8B Botrytis Viognier

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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 FSW 8B Botrytis Viognier of Winery Yalumba is a sweet wine from the region of Wrattonbully of Australie du Sud.
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Viognier.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with earth taste

honey, stone

Wine with spices taste

musk

Wine with oak taste

vanilla, caramel

Wine with microbio taste

cheese, cream

Wine with vegetal taste

straw, grass

Wine with floral taste

honeysuckle, jasmine

On the nose the FSW 8B Botrytis Viognier of Winery Yalumba in the region of Australie du Sud often reveals types of flavors of cream, melon or marmalade and sometimes also flavors of nectarine, dried fruit or floral.

Details and technical informations about Winery Yalumba's FSW 8B Botrytis Viognier.

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

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.

Last vintages of this wine

FSW 8B Botrytis Viognier - 2019
In the top 100 of of Wrattonbully wines
Average rating: 4.111110
FSW 8B Botrytis Viognier - 2017
In the top 100 of of Wrattonbully wines
Average rating: 4.111110
FSW 8B Botrytis Viognier - 2015
In the top 100 of of Wrattonbully wines
Average rating: 4.111110
FSW 8B Botrytis Viognier - 2014
In the top 100 of of Wrattonbully wines
Average rating: 4.311110
FSW 8B Botrytis Viognier - 2012
In the top 100 of of Wrattonbully wines
Average rating: 4.111110
FSW 8B Botrytis Viognier - 2011
In the top 100 of of Wrattonbully wines
Average rating: 4.111110
FSW 8B Botrytis Viognier - 2009
In the top 100 of of Wrattonbully wines
Average rating: 4.211110

The best vintages of FSW 8B Botrytis Viognier from Winery Yalumba are 2014, 2009, 2019, 2017 and 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 5 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Wrattonbully in the region of Australie du Sud

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

Top wine Australie du Sud
In the top 500 of of Australia wines
In the top 350 of of Wrattonbully wines
In the top 500 of sweet wines
In the top 20000 wines of the world

The wine region of Wrattonbully

The wine region of Wrattonbully is located in the region of Limestone Coast of Australie du Sud of Australia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Yalumba or the Domaine Tapanappa produce mainly wines red, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Wrattonbully are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Pinot gris, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Wrattonbully often reveals types of flavors of oaky, grass or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, floral or dried fruit.


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: Tannic

Said of an astringent wine rich in tannins.

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