Yalumba Patchwork Shiraz

Yalumba’s samuel’s garden collection celebrates our 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 barossa patchwork shiraz 2014 as distinct as the region that created it patchwork is the point where all of the barossa’s unique characteristics converge. History craft geography and climate come together to produce a shiraz that perfectly articulates what this remarkable region truly represents. Vintage conditions a good winter and early spring rains throughout the barossa filled the soil. A windy spring led to uneven fruit set. During late spring and summer conditions remained dry and warm. In mid february the season changed and approximately 100 mm of rain fell in just over 24 hours the following cool weather caused ripening to slow down and the rest of vintage progressed at an almost leisurely pace. A moderate cropping vintage has