• Dry style
• French oak
• Fresh apricot
• White florals

"Aromatic and restrained (rather than lush) viognier with apricot, peach blossom and root ginger flavours. Typically rich, mouth-feel with appealing purity. Appealing and overtly floral wine. Good value at this price" Bob Campbell, Master of Wine, Real Review, Jun 2021

Pure aromas reminiscent of fresh apricots, ginger, saffron and fresh white flowers. The palate is long and silky with stone fruit flavours, finishing with an alluring freshness. This wine will continue to grow and develop in the bottle, firstly showing enhanced apricots and spice, then honey flavours and toast complexity.

A beautifully wet winter in Eden Valley set the vines up well for a healthy start to the growing season. A drier than average spring meant the vines responded quickly; growing and flowering well and setting a good number of bunches. Summer saw warm and dry days with the important cool Eden Valley nights. These conditions ripen the grapes and maintain freshness and natural acidity. The balmy Indian summer of early March helped finish the ripening of these perfectly balanced and flavoured grapes.

After harvest, 60% of the fruit was gently pressed directly into old French oak barriques and puncheons and the remainder into stainless steel tanks for fermentation by wild yeast from the vineyard. The wine was left on lees, where regular bâtonnage for ten months increased the complexity and creaminess of the wine and further heightened the palate weight.

With 170 years of unbroken independence, Yalumba continues to make wine at its founder’s home estate under direction of the same family today. Samuel’s Collection honours Yalumba’s founder Samuel Smith, his spirit of independence and conviction to invest in the land and make great wine.

Food Pairing: Enjoy with a Moroccan tagine and spiced cous cous, or falafel and baba ganoush wraps.