2014 Yalumba The Caley Cabernet Shiraz, Coonawarra & Barossa Valley
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A beautiful wine in all respects, its heart soft and generous, its head stern and serious, the combination as complete as it is complex. It tastes of an assortment of red and black berries, tobacco and cloves, with tremendously well integrated smoky oak and plenty of tang, tannin, flavour and run through the finish. An exhibition in both power and elegance
97 points Campbell Mattinson winecompanion.com.au
Very deep red colour with a purple tinge, the bouquet savoury with earthy and oak-matured characters rather than primary fruit. There are floral and mulberry like cabernet notes, and a hint of pepper, but no regional Coonawarra mint. Walnuts and clean leather, too. It's full-bodied and very supple, smooth-textured and savoury, with lashings of drying tannins. Tasted with the 2015 Signature, this is bigger, shows more oak and staying power but less detail. Time will tell. (82% Coonawarra cabernet; 18% Barossa shiraz. 40% new, Yalumba coopered, French oak) 22 MAY 2019 Drink 2021–2039
A blend of 82% Coonawarra cabernet sauvignon and 18% Barossa shiraz. Tasted alongside the 2013 and 2015 vintages, this wine was the lightest. Quite ethereal with with noticeably more floral and violet influence. More vinous than fruity and quite oaky with some chocolate-mocha character. A firmly-structured wine that is perhaps a little closed right now but with masses of cellaring potential. 24 AUG 2020 Drink 2020–2039
A blend of 55% Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon and 45% Barossa Shiraz, this is a classic Australian marriage of two noble varieties and two great wine regions. It brings together the linear elegance, firm tannins and persistent structure of Cabernet Sauvignon with the voluptuous, textural richness of Shiraz. The Caley is a wine that is made for longevity, and while its richness will be enjoyed in its youth, its elegance and structure will last for more than a decade and a half.
Sourced from three outstanding vineyards of the Coonawarra and Barossa regions, the Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz parcels were fermented separately in open fermenters. Indigenous or ‘wild’ yeasts, naturally present on the grape skins, initiated the fermentation to contribute complexity, richness and fine texture.Gentle plunging and pulsing of the skins was undertaken to achieve the right balance of colour, tannin and phenolic extraction.
| Product/Service Sold Out | No |
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| En Primeur | No |
| New Arrivals | No |
| Wine Type | Red Wine |
| Wine Style | Traditional |
| Country | Australia |
| Region | Barossa Valley, Coonawarra |
| Varietals | Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Vintage | 2014 |
| Bottle Size | 750ml |
| Wine Points | 97 |
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