Yalumba Rare & Fine The Signature

Yalumba The Signature Cabernet Sauvignon & Shiraz bottle image

Wine Description

Launched in 1962, The Signature is a rich, complex and generous 100% Barossa Cabernet & Shiraz blend that is uniquely Australian – a contract between the world’s wine lovers and Yalumba’s winemakers, signed with the name of a true believer. The Signature is a celebration of wine and people – more than 50 vintages, 50 names and 50 stories – encapsulated in one historic Cabernet & Shiraz. It is with great pleasure we release our 55th iteration of Yalumba The Signature Cabernet Sauvignon & Shiraz – a superb 2012 vintage that honours Andrew Murphy.

Yalumba Clocktower
Yalumba Cooperage
Yalumba Vineyard
Yalumba Barrel Room
Yalumba Museum
Robert and Jess Hill-Smith
Winemaker, Louisa Rose
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Acclaim
“The 2012 The Signature Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz hails from a lovely season that was blessed with even ripening, good yields and high quality. This is the Robert Hill-Smith vintage. The nose is pronounced, powerful and intense, with pomegranate molasses, black peppercorns, star anise and nori. In the mouth, the wine is concentrated and silky, with density of saturated fruit. It's a big wine, but all things are in balance. It was made with 52% Cabernet Sauvignon and 48% Shiraz, and 17% of the fruit was sourced from the Eden Valley, the balance Barossa Valley. It's a bigger wine than the 2009 tasted beside it, but it's impressively balance nonetheless.” — Wine Advocate, Sep 2024
“Excellent purity and detail in this finely tuned 2012 The Signature. Initially quite a leafy expression lifted by red currants, freshly sawn cedar with a backbone of fruit pastille before aromas of wood smoke start to build. Classical palate with vibrant flavors tightly wound in a sea of fine yet firm tannins. A sleeper just starting to come of age with exceptional length to finish.” — Vinous, Aug 2024
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Vineyard & Production Info
Vineyard name
Multiple Vineyards
Soil composition
Barossa Vineyards
Elevation:
300-1,500 feet
Average Vine Age:
35 years
Certifying Organizations:
ISO14001; Entwine Australia
Sustainability Certification:
EPA Acredited Sustainability Licence
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Winemaking & Aging
Prefermentation Technique:
1-3 days on skins pre fermentation before wild yeast start to ferment
Varietal composition:
54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 46% Shiraz
Fermentation container:
Stainless steel tanks
Malolactic fermentation:
Yes
Fining agent:
Vegan
Type of aging container:
Barriques and Hogsheads
Type of oak:
French, Hungarian and American
Length of aging before bottling:
23 months
Age of Aging Container:
20 months
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Analytical Data
No relevant data were found.
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Wine Production

All parcels of fruit were fermented separately in either eight-ton open fermenters or six-ton static potter fermenters using wild yeasts. These wild yeasts have helped contribute individual complexities to the wine, creating richness and fine textures. Matured for 20 months in 37% new French barriques, Hungarian, French and American hogsheads with the balance in older French, Hungarian and American barriques and hogsheads.

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About the Vineyard

The Cabernet Sauvignon components were sourced entirely from the Barossa Valley, with five main vineyards selected. The vineyards of Trevor Fromm, near Williamstown, the Brooks vineyard at Gomersal, the Cowham Light Pass vineyard and the Crown Village vineyard, in the Krondorf foothills. These components all provide the rich lifted Cabernet Sauvignon aromatics and palate structure that The Signature is known for.