| Region of production: | South Australia |
| Winery Location: | Eden Valley |
| Year Established: | 1849 |
Vineyard Holdings
150 ha
- additional sourcing from various Barossa and Coonawarra vineyards
Top Wines Produced & Inaugural Vintages
- The Octavius Old Vine Shiraz (1990)
- The Signature Cabernet Sauvignon Blend (1962)
- The Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
Average Total Production
- 11,160,000 bottles
Summary
Yalumba hails as Australia’s oldest family-owned winery, founded by Samuel Smith, who first vines planted in 1849. Fifth generation Robert-Hill Smith runs the winery currently, and chief winemaker Louisa Rose leads the five-member winemaking team. Yalumba is unique to Australian wineries, having established their own on-site nursery in the 1970’s that supplies vines and rootstock to much of Australia. The winery also has an on-site cooperage. Yalumba imports seasoned staves from France, Hungary, and the US and makes the barrels in their cooperage. This allows the winery to make their unique 100-litre “octaves,” made especially for their benchmark old-vine Shiraz, The Octavius. The winery sources the majority of its fruit from Barossa and Coonawarra, and fruit for The Octavius is sourced from multiple old-vine Barossa vineyards. The winery’s large production includes an extensive range that includes less common wines such as Tempranillo, Pinot Grigio, and botrysized Viognier.
Style & Vinification Techniques
Both cultivated and indigenous yeasts strains are used for fermentation, depending on the wine. Red wines are fermented in open-top fermenters and aged in a combination of new and used French and American oak barrels made on-site.
Producer Website: Yalumba