Yalumba Antique Tawny Museum NV

Yalumba first began making wines at its angaston winery more than 165 years ago and the production of fortified wines has long been part of that history. Today yalumba maintains its reputation for premium quality fortified wines by occasionally releasing very small parcels of show reserve stocks. Yalumba museum reserve antique tawny nv winemaking/viticulture the original wines made over five decades ago were blended from old-vine varieties such as shiraz grenache mourvedre and muscadelle. Since 1985 the use of portuguese fortified varieties touriga tinta cao and tinta molle have contributed added complexity to the blend bringing finesse and elegance to this wine. The grapes are crushed and fermented on skins for several days to extract the fruit flavours and to build palate texture. After draining and pressing of skins the fermentation is arrested by fortification with brandy spirit which also adds complexity and enhances the depth of flavour. The vintage wines are then p