Samuel's Collection Barossa Grenache Shiraz Mataro

Yalumba Barossa Grenache Shiraz Mataro

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.

Wine Making

The three varieties were harvested separately as they all ripen at different times during the growing season. The wine was fermented using the wild yeast indigenous to the vineyard. The Grenache was treated very gently, using small amounts of whole bunch ferment and the rest whole berry ferments at cooler temperatures to encourage a pretty bouquet. The Shiraz and Mataro were fermented warmer and the skins worked harder than the Grenache to assist with mid-palate weight, colour and tannin. The wine was matured for 11 months in new French oak hogsheads and puncheons (10%), balance in one year and older French, American and Hungarian oak hogsheads.