Yalumba The Caley 2016

Yalumba

James Suckling 98/100 "This has a very impressive sense of composure, offering a very attractive, cedary and floral nose with deep violets and a wealth of forest wood, bracken and blueberries, as well as plums. The palate has intensely ripe, assertive fruit flavors with a succulent, dense and rich delivery of black-cherry, cassis and blackberry flavors. Density with focus and a strong drive at the finish. Long and juicy with real freshness."

"71% Coonawarra Cabernet, 29% Barossa old-vine Shiraz. Aged for 21 months in new 25%) and seasoned Yalumba-coopered French oak of various sizes. Bottled 2 May 2018. Mid crimson with a pale rim. The two elements are really beautifully integrated now. Lovely appetising South Australian red with no very obvious tannin and a good mix of sweetness and saltiness on the palate. Really very lovely already, seems much more approachable than the 2015 at the same age. Briary but fruity too with real leathery lift and an interesting note of sage I don't remember picking up on a wine before. That massive Australian fruit really has been tamed in this vintage! I must confess that I was not always convinced by earlier vintages of this wine, launched in 2017, but I am really convinced by this blend. Long and reverberant. But then it should be good at this price! Evolved and broachable but still with lots to give." Jancis Robinson July 2021 18/20