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The Society's 150th Anniversary Barossa Valley Shiraz 2018

The Society's 150th Anniversary Barossa Valley Shiraz 2018

Red Wine from Australia - South Australia

6 Reviews

For our 150th anniversary we have worked with one of the great names of Australian wine, Yalumba, to treat members to an outstanding example of how good mature Barossa shiraz can be. Full, rounded and silky, it comes from one of the best vintages for the region in half a century. Yalumba have produced a balanced, dark-fruit laden wine which has started to mature wonderfully, showing earthy notes and a hint of eucalypt freshness. Full-bodied, authentic and bursting with personality, this is a testament to the quality of what is Australia`s oldest family winery and the relationship we share with them. Decant before serving to remove the wine from its sediment. For more on the story of this wine, please scroll down.

£25.00 Bottle

£300.00 Case of 12

In Stock

Code: AU24221

Wine characteristics

Red Wine
Full-bodied
Syrah/Shiraz
75cl
Now to 2029
14% Alcohol
oak used but not v. noticeable
Cork, natural

Vegetarian
Vegan

More on the wine

Few parts of the world are so synonymous with a single grape variety as the Barossa Valley is with shiraz. These wines so often scream out for bottle age yet so seldom receive it, so we're delighted to have added this unique bottling to our 150th Anniversary range.

Robert Hill-Smith, the fifth generation, has led Yalumba forward, innovating and inventing into the 21st century without compromise, cementing Yalumba’s reputation for high-quality wines, authenticity, and integrity.

South Australia

South Australia (SA) is Australia's wine heartland, producing most of the country's wine and boasting some of its oldest vines. The dry, hot climate ripens grapes fully, making bold, dense and concentrated wines.

The Barossa Valley has a rich viticultural history with patches of bush-trained vines, many more than 100 years old. It is first and foremost a red wine region. Shiraz is king but cabernet sauvignon, grenache and mourvèdre play an important part, too.

Close to the Barossa is the Eden Valley, a windswept series of elevated hills producing exceptional shiraz and floral riesling. Just north of the Barossa is the Clare Valley, which represents Australia's pinnacle for riesling, where elevated vineyards temper the intense heat, producing dry whites of immense class and purity. The region's powerful and muscular reds can be outstanding too.

On the coast south of Adelaide is McLaren Vale, which vies with Barossa to be SA's best red-wine region. The climate is warm enough to...

South Australia (SA) is Australia's wine heartland, producing most of the country's wine and boasting some of its oldest vines. The dry, hot climate ripens grapes fully, making bold, dense and concentrated wines.

The Barossa Valley has a rich viticultural history with patches of bush-trained vines, many more than 100 years old. It is first and foremost a red wine region. Shiraz is king but cabernet sauvignon, grenache and mourvèdre play an important part, too.

Close to the Barossa is the Eden Valley, a windswept series of elevated hills producing exceptional shiraz and floral riesling. Just north of the Barossa is the Clare Valley, which represents Australia's pinnacle for riesling, where elevated vineyards temper the intense heat, producing dry whites of immense class and purity. The region's powerful and muscular reds can be outstanding too.

On the coast south of Adelaide is McLaren Vale, which vies with Barossa to be SA's best red-wine region. The climate is warm enough to guarantee lush, chocolatey reds from shiraz, grenache and cabernet, while its strong maritime influence invests elegance in chardonnay, viognier and marsanne. Nearby Langhorne is cooled by the lake and nearby sea, and grows grapes of very good quality at a low cost. These excellent-value wines are marked by a softness and fullness of flavour. The Adelaide Hills area east of the city are cool and provide the perfect ingredients for lemony sauvignon blanc and chardonnay. Coonawarra, further south-east behind the Limestone Coast, is South Australia's leading cabernet region, the unique terra rossa soil and maritime influence producing grapes with intense flavours and fabulous structure.

The Yalumba Wine Company, Australia’s oldest family-owned winery, is owned and operated by the Hill-Smith family in the Barossa Valley, home to some of the world’s oldest vines. Founded in 1849 by British brewer Samuel Smith, who named it ‘Yalumba’ meaning ‘all the land around,’ the winery now owns over 1000 acres of vineyards across the Barossa, Clare, and Eden valleys, as well as Coonawarra, and sources grapes from long-term growers.

Yalumba practices hands-on winemaking, with on-site master coopers crafting oak barrels and a vine nursery propagating varieties. They produce wines at all price levels, from entry-level to premium labels like Signature and The Menzies along with everyday classics like our Society’s own label Australian chardonnay and cabernet sauvignon.

Under fifth-generation Robert Hill-Smith, Yalumba has innovated into the 21st century, maintaining its reputation for quality, authenticity, and integrity. Robert pioneered Viognier in Australia, establishing Yalumba as a distinguished producer of this grape globally.

Club Oenologique

Crafted specially for the Wine Society’s 150th birthday by Yalumba, Australia’s oldest family winery, this offers a great opportunity to tap into the 2018 vintage, regarded as one of the best of the last...

Crafted specially for the Wine Society’s 150th birthday by Yalumba, Australia’s oldest family winery, this offers a great opportunity to tap into the 2018 vintage, regarded as one of the best of the last 50 years. Dark berries and cherries, an earthy character and a hint of eucalyptus providing freshness, this is great value and would offer an adventurous match for dark chocolate.

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David Kermode

Wednesday 20th Mar 2024