'04 Yalumba Shiraz Viognier

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I believe the wine is from the "Y" series. I like the use of viogner w/ shiraz but after about 5% it gets a bit much. The floral component (from the viogner) on the nose and a smaller affect on the palate is great and really freshens up the wine...... until a certain point. At least I thought this until I tasted this one. Good job blending this wine. Interesting part is I believe they co-fermented this wine which means, I think anyway, they had to blend by using the taste of the initial grape juice alone. THAT, if that's what happened, is impressive.

I tasted all the current vintages of most of Yalumba's wines this year. I was also able to taste a broken verticle of the "Signature" series. I believe they were the '86, '92 '94 '98, '01, '02, '03, but could be off on the '94 by a year either way. The favorite, by myself and the general concensus, was the '98. Great wines aging beautifully. If any have a chance to aquire some of these, do so. You'll be pleased.

This winery makes too many wines, but hell, they make them well so what do I know?

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