Yalumba The Virgilius 2023

Yalumba The Virgilius 2023

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  • Robert Parker rating 94
  • Vinous rating 91
  • Jancis Robinson rating 16
Yalumba The Virgilius 2023
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HED29608

75 cl

12.5%
£50.00
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Yalumba The Virgilius 2023 is a 100% Viognier white wine from the Eden Valley in South Australia. This wine is sourced exclusively from the The Virgilius Project’s single vineyard. It is fermented and matured in a blend of stainless steel and concrete eggs to maintain the wine`s clarity and freshness. The profile includes notes of apricot and peach, complemented by hints of ginger. This vintage showcases a creamy mouthfeel alongside a saline finish, illustrating the distinct terroir of the Eden Valley region.
94 Robert Parker
"2023 was a cooler year, and the season presented good opportunity for aromatic whites," says winemaker Louisa Rose. "The Virgilius that was produced this season is a classic iteration. The wine is not from one single vineyard, although it does predominantly come from one vineyard planted in 1980 in Angaston, which is around 380 meters in elevation. The Viognier loves the extra fertility in the soils here. The part of Angaston—Eden Valley—that the vineyard is in is old orchard country." The fruit is picked and pressed directly to mature oak puncheons. The wine sits on its full lees for around nine or 10 months, unless a barrel selection reveals the more tightly wound and focused examples. This is refined and driven by fine phenolics, with emerging width through the finish that is most attractive and very smart. Although I first tasted and reviewed this wine only a month ago, I subsequently had the opportunity to taste the Yalumba wines with winemaker Louisa Rose in Perth, so I decided to write a new review for this wine based on that tasting. 12.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap. - Erin Larkin
91 Vinous
The 2023 Viognier The Virgilius is a more understated vintage with its controlled musky peach, apricot and blossom aromas and French oak sitting comfortably behind. This is linear in texture with vibrant yet balanced acidity, while elegant flavors are more in pithy/peach stone territory, punctuated by subtle nutty oak tones. The 2023 is attractive but early drinking. Angus Hughson12th August 2025
16 Jancis Robinson
Substantial, truly varietal, but is it better than the Samuel`s Collection 2022. I tasted recently? It may eventually become so but isn’t at the moment. (JR)

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