Yalumba Gsm “the Strapper”

Yalumba’s samuel’s garden collection celebrates yalumba’s direct lineage to australia’s first vine plantings some of which could be found in samuel smith’s garden 166 years ago. These wines demonstrate the diversity and quality of the barossa. Yalumba the strapper grenache shiraz mataro 2014 the gsm blend is a stalwart of the barossa. The three red varieties have been planted in the region for nearly 170 years and in the past were commonly blended to make fortified tawny port style wines. After world war ii the same blend started to become popular in table wines. ‘grenache shiraz mataro’ is a bit of a mouthful – hence the birth of the colloquial ‘gsm’. Vintage conditions the season began with above average temperatures coupled with a very windy spring during flowering which led to lower crop loads. The warm dry january and february was suddenly halted by 100mm of rain in 24 hours. The rain was followed by moderate temperatures that caused ripening to slow down resulting in