Tasting Notes CABERNET AND BLENDS
Yalumba The Caley Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2014
Medium-deep colour. Very expressive with roasted coffee, black cherry pastille, cassis, mocha aromas with tobacco/hint sage notes. Beautifully balanced wine with black cherry pastille cassis fruits, loose-knit chalky/ grainy tannins, superb mid-palate volume and viscosity and underlying espresso/mocha oak complexity. Finishes leafy firm with seductive dark berry fruits and a lovely tannin plume. A beautiful wine that has developed into something special and lasting. Evoking the very best of the Australian Cabernet Shiraz tradition, it’s destined to become a classic vintage of the decade. 82% Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Barossa Shiraz. 20 months’ maturation in 41% new and 59% seasoned French oak barriques. Drink 2023–2038 14% alc Kaesler Wines Age of Light Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 Deep crimson. Intense cassis, black cherry, elderberry aromas with ginger, vanilla, touch leafy notes. Beautifully balanced cabernet with pure blackcurrant pastille, black cherry fruits, plentiful fine-grained/al dente/ cedary tannins and well-balanced vanilla. mocha, notes. Finishes firm and tight, yet long, buoyant and pure. An exceptional Barossa Cabernet. Drink 2025–2042 13.5% alc Yalumba The Signature Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2014 Medium-deep crimson. Beautiful cassis, dark plum, vanilla aromas with hints of tobacco leaf. Well-developed blackcurrant, dark plum fruits, a touch of liquorice, chalky firm but sinuous textures, lovely mid-palate volume and well-integrated vanilla, marzipan, roasted hazelnut notes. Finishes chalky firm and long with tobacco/espresso notes. Very well- balanced wine with lovely density, richness and volume. At a very good stage of development, but should continue to mature evenly for years to come. 21 months’ maturation in 32% new and seasoned Yalumba- coopered French barriques and Hungarian hogsheads. Some seasoned American oak as well. Drink now–2032 14% alc
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