Yalumba Rare & Fine The Virgilius

Yalumba The Virgilius Viognier bottle image

Wine Description

The Virgilius is Yalumba’s most distinguished Viognier - a wine that shows power with restraint. As Yalumba’s most premium and enchanting white wine, it is loved by wine lovers looking for something beyond the more conventional offering.

Yalumba Clocktower
Yalumba Cooperage
Yalumba Vineyard
Yalumba Barrel Room
Yalumba Museum
Robert and Jess Hill-Smith
Winemaker, Louisa Rose
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Acclaim
"Elegance is as much in favour as flavour, though so too is complexity. This is a fine wine, slender, flinty, spicy, kissed with wood smoke, carried by stone fruit. It darts in many different directions but ultimately it zeroes long through the finish."
— James Halliday, Aug 2018
"Increasingly floral over the past few vintages, the 2016 Viognier The Virgilius features almost rose-like aromas, plus hints of peppery-gingery spice. It's less opulent and full-bodied than in the past as well, instead showing less weight and more poise, with apricot and pear fruit that's been dialed back but at the same time been given more focus and length."
— Wine Advocate, Mar 2018
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Vineyard & Production Info
Vineyard name
Multiple Vineyards
Soil composition
Eden Valley Vineyards
Elevation:
750-1,500 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:
1-4 days on solids before wild yeast start to ferment
Varietal composition:
100% Viognier
Fermentation container:
mature old French oak puncheons and barriques
Malolactic fermentation:
Partial
Fining agent:
Vegan
Type of aging container:
Barriques and Puncheons
Type of oak:
French
Length of aging before bottling:
12 months
Age of Aging Container:
10 months
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Analytical Data
pH level:
3.4
Acidity:
5.4 g/L
Alcohol:
12.5 %
Residual sugar:
0.4 g/L
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Wine Production

Handpicked grapes were whole-bunch pressed directly to mature French oak barriques for 10 months, where they were fermented by ‘wild’ or indigenous yeasts occurring naturally in the vineyard. These wild yeasts play a small and subtly different part in the development of the wine, creating layers of richness, complexity, fine textures and flavours. After fermentation the wine was aged on lees with regular batonnage for ten months to further heighten the palate weight and increase the complexity and flavour generosity

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About the Vineyard

After 35 years we believe that the Eden Valley has proved its place as one of the great homes of Viognier.