Yalumba The Virgilius @ Corkscore

2022 Yalumba The Virgilius

2025-05-10T12:30:58Z

95 points - Medium pale green. Nutty nose of almonds and apricots. Creamy palate with lots of stonefruit and nutty undertone. Well balanced and excellent partner either way the Ottolenghi mandarin and fennel chicken.

Tasted on Sat, May 10, 2025.

2022 Yalumba The Virgilius

2025-05-10T11:26:12Z

94 points - Light gold. Refined aromas of herb and spices, touches of chicken stock. Rich, beautiful density, flavoursome, the acidity is tightly wound and fine. A focused and powerful wine.

Tasted on Sat, May 10, 2025.

2018 Yalumba The Virgilius

2021-11-20T10:45:01Z

95 points - Oak barrel tinged on the nose. Rich and powerful and complex. Worked and engaging in the palate; hay and straw character.

Tasted on Sat, Nov 20, 2021.

2009 Yalumba The Virgilius

2021-03-07T01:24:39Z

93 points - Fully developed, viscous palate mouthfeel with faint aromatics left. Excellent structure, but maybe this was more interesting 4-5 years ago? Drink up. Confirms my personal view that some good amount of aromatics should be left in a white wine, particularly for a viognier with expressive apricot aromas.

Tasted on Sat, Mar 6, 2021.

2009 Yalumba The Virgilius

2021-03-06T09:07:12Z

92 points - Light gold. Slightly reductive aromas, delicate and restrained. Nicely concentrated with a phenolic grip. Needs food.

Tasted on Sat, Mar 6, 2021.

2014 Yalumba The Virgilius

2015-05-21T13:04:52Z

94 points - Pale gold. Fusty, smokey, ginger, spiced and complex aromas. Unctuous and piercingly concentrated on the palate, a very winemakerly style, very rich, powerful, rounded and seamless, yet clean with a razor sharp acid backbone. Almost difficult to swallow, with the incredible intensity. Lychee tones, gewürztraminer like notes. Reverberating with a gingery, floral finish. An over the top wine. Not quite my style but clearly very good.

Tasted on Thu, May 21, 2015.

2014 Yalumba The Virgilius

2015-05-21T11:37:31Z

90 points - Young, pale palate. Nose of apricots with hints of ginger and wax. Palate has quite a bit of bitterness, which is good as it provides structure and keeps the unctuous fruitiness in check. Lacks the elegance of top condrieu. But a very good wine. "Ponderous" as Huon said for the previous vintage hits the nail on the head. Not a wine I can drink a lot of. Came down from 91.

Tasted on Thu, May 21, 2015.

2010 Yalumba The Virgilius

2013-07-30T11:12:00Z

94 points - Yellow grapefruit aromas, mandarin peel, Turkish delights, some almond in the nose. It has definitely a good intensity and weight. It is slightly viscous. Straw, hay complexities, lemon sherbet with a light tingling of acidity providing a fresh backdrop. Quite nice for a Viognier! Quite delicious.

Tasted on Tue, Jul 30, 2013.

2010 Yalumba The Virgilius

2013-07-24T10:27:43Z

90 points - Fairly light colour. Floral bouquet. Oily, rich palate. Good balance. Whilst showing a bit of apricot, it's missing a bit of the punchy viognier notes. Good wine, but doesn't seduce as other viogniers.

Tasted on Wed, Jul 24, 2013.