(2025) So many different labels from South Australia's family-owned Yalumba, this stocked by Waitrose. From Barossa fruit, it was matured in a selection of French, Hungarian and American oak for 10
months. There's something quite meaty here, a sizzle of bacon rind perhaps, pepper and dark but not fantastically expressive fruit. In the mouth the sweetness is noticeable, very ripe fruit, plummy and with plenty of spice too. Big and chewy with its 14.5% alcohol, the finish a little angular for me.