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Yalumba Eden Valley Viognier

Rarely I wax lyrical, but this wine is worth a mention in dispatches.

Seeking a little variety from NZ whites (Sauvignon, Pinot Gris, Riesling) I spied this wine from the 2004 vintage for less than $US12.

I am a great fan of Australian Semillon, but put Viognier on the list of other whites which Australia does very well.

Pale gold colour; very floral nose; nuances of apricot and white peach with the varietal lanolin and a hint of lees.

I don't know to what extent this wine has been exported - but it is worth the effort to hunt down a bottle or three.

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st.helier
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Hi Saint H. Wax away... I gave that wine my wine of the year award in 2004:

"My wine of the year is the Yalumba 'Y' Viognier 2004, of which I bought a number of bottles for $AUD6.90 - and there was plenty of it around for under $9.00. Why wine of the year? Not just because it is inexpensive but because it epitomises what Australian winemakers do so well. That is, faultless winemaking combined with generosity of fruit - at a price that offers splendid value for money."

Cheers!

Martin

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Martin Field

This is going to require some convincing, my antipodean friend.

"Australian" and "white wine" is close to oxymoronic. Hate to say it, but almost like "New Zealand" and "big red wines".

However, because you insist, I will agree to be the recipient of a case - please send it via urgent shipment and, once sobered up, I will report on the findings. ;-)

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Ric

Hunter Semillon. Riesling from the Clare/Eden Valleys, Tasmania, and occasionally the Barossa (Peter Lehmann's are magnificent). Margaret River Chardonnay (not a Chardonnay person at all, but have been very impressed by the ones that came out of Leeuwin Estate, particularly the Art Series), etc, etc.

There's plenty of fine white wine Down Under, you just need to search in the right places.

As for St. H's recommendation, I shall keep that in mind. Am quite fond of Viognier (despite having had very little), so will seek out a bottle when back in Singapore (no hopes of finding one while in Chicago).

Salil

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Salil

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Pete Papadopoulos

"Pete Papadopoulos" wrote ......

Just by way of expansion (and clarification) the wine I purchased and consumed was the Yalumba Eden Valley Viognier - from the Yalumba Barossa collection as distinct from the Yalumba "Y Series" Viognier.

The "Y Series" of wines is a more *commercial* range: greater volumes costing less.

I am saying that the Eden Valley Viognier was truly an excellent wine - my Aussie mate, Martin chimed in saying that the "Y Series" Viognier was his wine of the year - so the combined antipodean wisdom say that they are both excellent value for money wines.

My point is - we are talking about different wines; I believe that the "Y Series" will be more widely available.

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st.helier

Hi All,

Y series

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I am a fan of Yalumba~~

Edmund

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Edmund Wong

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