Winery Yalumba - The Octavius Old Vine Shiraz

Winery YalumbaThe Octavius Old Vine Shiraz

4.4
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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 The Octavius Old Vine Shiraz of Winery Yalumba is a red wine from the region of Barossa Valley of Australie du Sud.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
The The Octavius Old Vine Shiraz of the Winery Yalumba is in the top 40 of wines of Australia and in the top 30 of wines of Barossa Valley.

Taste structure of the The Octavius Old Vine Shiraz from the Winery Yalumba

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the The Octavius Old Vine Shiraz of Winery Yalumba in the region of Australie du Sud is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

oak, chocolate

Wine with spices taste

pepper, licorice

Wine with earth taste

leather, earthy

Wine with microbio taste

cream, cheese

Wine with floral taste

violet, perfume

Wine with vegetal taste

grass

On the nose the The Octavius Old Vine Shiraz of Winery Yalumba in the region of Australie du Sud often reveals types of flavors of cream, vegetal or toasty and sometimes also flavors of mint, prune or game.

Details and technical informations about Winery Yalumba's The Octavius Old Vine Shiraz.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
14.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Galotta

Intraspecific cross between ancellotta and gamay à jus blanc obtained in 1981 at the Agroscope Research Station in Pully (Switzerland).

Last vintages of this wine

The Octavius Old Vine Shiraz - 2015
In the top 30 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 4.411110
The Octavius Old Vine Shiraz - 2014
In the top 30 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 411110
The Octavius Old Vine Shiraz - 2013
In the top 30 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 4.211110
The Octavius Old Vine Shiraz - 2012
In the top 30 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 4.411110
The Octavius Old Vine Shiraz - 2010
In the top 30 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
The Octavius Old Vine Shiraz - 2009
In the top 30 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
The Octavius Old Vine Shiraz - 2008
In the top 30 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 4.411110

The best vintages of The Octavius Old Vine Shiraz from Winery Yalumba are 2005, 1996, 2004, 2010 and 2009.

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 3 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 greatest 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 45 of of Australia wines
In the top 40 of of Barossa Valley wines
In the top 2000 of red wines
In the top 2000 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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