Yalumba Galway Vintage Traditional Shiraz 2011

The 2011 wines from the Barossa taste, mainly nothing like you would expect. The wine below was light bodied with red fruit flavours and a hint of tannin.


Yalumba Galway Vintage Traditional Shiraz 2011

The wine started with a touch of spice and some dark and morello cherries so I thought we were off to a good start.  While the length of the palate was average to begin with I thought, as with most other wines, that as the bottle was open the length and breadth of the wine would improve but alas something else occurred. From about the one hour open mark the mid-palate started to flatten out and the nice light flavours started to transform into a heap of ugliness.  In fact the palate ended up tasting of horse hair and wet peat from the Scottish highlands.  I would be drinking this one soon as the initial flavours are attractive, whilst the flavours that follow are not so nice.

Alcohol: 13.5%
Price: $16
Rated: 80
Drink: by the end of 2012