"With six vintages on the ground, this wine has comprehensively shown that it is a new Australian icon. All are wonderful wines, and we can argue about their relative strengths and which are the best vintages, but there’s no doubt the 2018 is among the best, arguably THE best...The wine is normally about 70/30 cabernet to shiraz, the 2013 being an outlier with 55/45. It is always matured in Yalumba-coopered barrels of French oak, mostly 225-litre barriques. Yalumba is the only Australian winery still making barrels.Yes, it’s expensive, but it’s a great wine and in comparison to other Australian icons, it isn’t over-priced. I have a suspicion we will look back from the future and remark what a great buy The Caley 2018 was!"
Huon Hooke, The Real Review.
80% Coonawarra Cabernet and 20% Barossa Shiraz.
"Good depth and hue of colour it’s still purple-tinted at this age. The bouquet is fresh and bold, replete with forest-floor/mint and dried-herb nuances, while the palate is very powerful, concentrated, full-bodied and firmly constructed. Deep-set cassis fruit as well, still partially in hiding. This is a dense, power-packed cabernet-driven red with abundant tannins. Tremendously long finish. A magnificent wine, which has what it takes to age and reward cellaring for the long term."
99 Points, Huon Hooke, The Real Review.
"Medium deep crimson. Very attractive cassis, dark plum, with marzipan, roasted chestnut notes, hints of aniseed. Generous pure blackcurrant, dark plum flavours, fine slinky textures, beautiful mid palate viscosity and integrated roasted chestnut. Tannins flow into a lacy plume at the finish. Beautifully balanced wine with all of the elements tucked in perfect symmetry. A classic modern South Australian Cabernet Shiraz with very good volume, density, complexity and torque. Should last a good 50 years, especially with its long high quality cork."
98+ Points, Andrew Caillard MW, The Vintage Journal.
And... comes in a snazzy gift box.
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