This is the first vintage of Yalumba s new Cabernet/Shiraz-based flagship wine

the middle weight and tautly muscular flavors exhibit a distinctly different texture while delivering the same excellent depth and persistence on the youthfully austere and equally structured finale

with sweet apricot fruit nicely balanced by ripe but understated acidity

560 bottles and 300 magnums

spice and herbed

Jean Michel Guillon, Clos Vougeot Vintage:2014 This is the first vintage(from . 17 ha parcel of 40+ year old vines; fermented in a small 100% new wood tank). A brooding and inexpressive nose only grudgingly gives up notes of red currant, dark pinot and ample warm earth nuances, all of which is trimmed in moderate wood toast. The sleekly muscular big bodied flavors possess very fine mid palate concentration while delivering outstanding power and punch on the youthfully austere finale. This highly persistent effort will