‘The Scribbler’ pays homage to one of Yalumba’s most renowned wines ‘The Signature’ Cabernet Sauvignon & Shiraz, made continuously since 1962. ‘The Scribbler’ re-enforces our dedication to this wine style and celebrates its heritage. This wine is full depth red in colour with purple hues, displaying an aroma of brooding Barossa Cabernet with dark berried fruits, hints of mint and leafiness. The palate is full and stylish showing Shiraz sweetness and plumminess, but finishing with long fine tannins. Perfect now, but will certainly cellar over the next 5-10 years. A perfect food match with a roasted rack of lamb.

A compellingly luscious wine which offers an array of blackcurrant, blackberry and plum fruit on both bouquet and palate, with enough savoury tannins on the finish to tighten the structure to the degree needed; balanced oak. Rating: 94 Points; Drink: 2023; James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion, 2011 Edition

Give straight shiraz the swerve for once and try on Australia's most under-rated blend! Scribbler is so precise, it tastes like cabernet and shiraz at the same time. Well, duh... but no one else can pull this off for $20! The best bargain red in the country? Too right it is! Vintage: 2008 Score: 93 points; Tyson Stelzer

Last year’s release was a huge hit in this book’s ‘best reds under $20 category’ (top place). It’s a newish wine to the Yalumba range, but it’s worth keeping an eye on. As a young wine it opens up quite charry and toasty so splash it round and give it some air if you’re going in early. It has lots of dusty, minty, aniseed fragrance over dark chocolate and mixed berries, and when it hits your mouth you’ll be greeted by a rugged and sandy, yet handsome, set of tannins. We’d call them rustic, hot vintage tannins, but they’re enjoyable nonetheless. It’s a bit of a rough diamond, but it is still a diamond. Rating: 91 Points; Drink: 2011 - 2018; Campbell Mattinson & Gary Walsh, The Big Red Wine Book 2010/2011

The Scribbler takes a more savoury and herbal look at this iconic blend and fashions its flavour in a more upright manner than that of the Willunga 100, Hellbent, or The Musician. With a fair degree of tannin, and therefore age-ability, this is a wine which is only starting to show its class now, but it will evolve in time more than the aforementioned trio. There is a good argument for having them all in your cellar though, such is the diversity of black fruit flavours and the detail of oak involved. The Scribbler is a wine which Yalumba has focused on heavily of late and this is fantastically encouraging for us all. Matthew Jukes, 100 Best Australian Wines

The Scribbler is a younger sibling to the iconic The Signature which each year is made in honour of a Yalumba employee, not necessarily well known, who has given exemplary service to the company. Quality blend of Barossa cabernet sauvignon and shiraz that could be best described as a little brother (or sister) to Yalumba's The Signature. Sweet plum, red and black berry fruit on the nose and palate, spicy characters, nicely balanced oak and juicy tannins. Kerry Skinner, The Illawarra Mercury Weekender