Winery: Yalumba
Region: Coonawarra
Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz
Vintage: 2007
Your Wine Guy says:
At a recent tasting with Peter Gambetta, I was lucky enough to be taken through a vertical of Menzies including the 2005, 2007, the yet to be released 2008 and a sample from the barrel of the yet to be finished 2010 vintage. This label has a fantastic lineage and all of the wines are outstanding, my favourites were the 2005 and 2010.
The 2007 is deep dark purple colour with purple crimson rim. The nose shows some classic Menzies aromas of cigar box, blackcurrant, mulberry, cedar and spice. The palate is refined and medium bodied with moderately intense flavours of blackcurrant, spice, and notes of cedar with great depth of flavour backed up with fine grained but balanced tannins.
94 Points YWG Drink to 2022+
Critics say:
Deep, dark and compelling with an array of black fruits and lightly toasted oak providing spice; this wine is all about depth of fruit and character, and the fine-grained tannins provide a silky framework, in which the fruit can express itself; surprisingly approachable, but the journey should be a long one.
92 Points Drink to 2025 James Halliday Wine Companion
The winemaker says:
“The wine is bright crimson red with a bouquet typical of fine Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon showing blackcurrant, violets and cedar notes. This combines with the tang of oyster shell and seaspray often seen in The Menzies. On the palate the wine has a lifted red fruit and briar “attack” leading to a savoury pimento and oak middle palate. The finish is long and full with the fruit and oak tannins enhancing persistent fruit.
The Menzies is made as a “keeper” and can be cellared for 12 to 15 years. It drinks well now but will take on further complexity as it ages. Savour the wine with a mature cloth aged cheddar or gouda.” – Peter Gambetta Yalumba Senior Winemaker
Winery Information:
Australia’s oldest family owned winery.
Yalumba has a wealth of exceptional vineyards at their disposal including vines that exceed 100 years of age.
The following information was sourced from www.yalumba.com
Since its inaugural vintage in 1987, The Menzies, named after Sir Robert Menzies, politician and red wine enthusiast, has continued to grow in stature and quality. Cabernet Sauvignon grapes used for The Menzies are estate grown at Yalumba's Coonawarra vineyard, an exceptional site in the heart of Coonawarra's legendary terra rossa strip.
Today, this premium Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon represents elegance of structure, finesse and longevity.
Yalumba was founded in 1849 by Samuel Smith, British migrant and English brewer, who had brought his family to Angaston seeking a new life. After purchasing a 30-acre parcel of land just beyond the southern-eastern boundary of Angaston, Smith and his son began planting the first vines by moonlight. Samuel named his patch "Yalumba" – aboriginal for "all the land around". Five generations and 160 years later Yalumba, Australia's oldest family owned winery, has grown in size and stature, embodying all that has made the Australian wine success story the envy of winemakers the world over.
Yalumba wines have a style all of their own and each have been influenced by a diverse range of elements. Elements Yalumba likes to call 'the controllables', such as the Yalumba Vine Nursery and on-site cooperage – as well as other factors that cannot be emulated by any other winery. Yalumba’s history and tradition combined with a reputation for innovation.
Available wines from their range include:
The Octavius Shiraz
The Menzies Cabernet Sauvignon
The Signature Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz
The Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
The Virgilius Viognier
The Cigar Cabernet Sauvignon |