Yalumba Single Site Habermann Vineyard Grenache 2005
Kevin Glastonbury oversees the production of some of my favourite wines out of Yalumba's rather significant portfolio, including this cracker from the Single Vineyard series. He seems a cracking bloke too - kindly guiding this individual at the Brisbane RNA earlier this year when I was a tad lost.
Hand picked and then crushed to 8 tonne open fermenters. Initially wild yeast fermented before some cultured yeasts applied to sustain fermentation. Fruit off of a single site, planted in 1972, in the Bethany sub-region, grown on deep dark clay.
At 6 years of age the wine is still showing some significant fruit presence: raspberries and redcurrants, intermingling with some chocolate and sweet perfumed oak.
Lovely texture in the middle, creamy oak feel - and it is this that really the wine's lasting memory: a loving, voluptuous embrace. A wee spike of heat before earthen spice shows itself providing a finish of moderate length, integrated tannin.
Source: Retail, The Wine Emporium
Price: $55
Alcohol: 14.5%
Closure: Cork
Website: www.yalumba.com
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