Deep crimson. Intense black cherry, cassis, dark chocolate, roasted chestnut aromas. Inky deep, voluminous and chocolaty with abundant dark cherry, cassis flavours, fine dense velvety tannins and well-integrated roasted chestnut, marzipan notes. Builds chocolaty firm at the finish with ample dark berry fruits. Elemental and powerfully structured wine with the density, volume and torque for long term aging. Keep for a while to allow the elements to fold. A high quality vintage destined for a great cellaring future. 75% Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 25% Barossa Shiraz. 19 months maturation in 24% new and seasoned French Barriques.

The Caley from Yalumba has quickly established itself as one of the benchmark wines in the 'Great Australian Blend' category. An elegant representation of how well Coonawarra cabernet sauvignon and Barossa shiraz (at 77/33 per cent split) can work together in the right hands. There is a black-fruited intensity to its form, fine spice and cedar tones suffusing slowly through the wine with tobacco, dried herbs, pressed flowers, pencil shavings, cinnamon and roast beef. Texturally, it's a stunning wine: super pure black fruits, a silken flow, fine, powdery tannin, lacy acidity and a graceful, extended retreat from the mouth with lingering black fruit flavours, cedar and spice.

Offers a stunning, deep, polished mix of strawberry, raspberry and chocolate liqueur notes, with accents of dark chocolate–covered espresso bean, sage, rosemary, cedar and palo santo. The tannins are fine-grained and velvety, with a long, expressive and lush finish. Cabernet and Shiraz. Drink now through 2038.

A warm dry year, which was particularly highly regarded in Coonawarra. Frost, hail, and wind around flowering slashed yields in the Barossa, producing intensely concentrated Shiraz, with structured tannins. The grapes were harvested between February 22 and April9, 2019. 77% Ming D Block Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon, with 23% Barossa Shiraz from The Crown Village Schrapel Old Shiraz Block, Barossa Valley (19%), and Horseshoe Vineyard in Eden Valley (4%). 19 months in 24% new French barriques, balance in one-year and older French barriques. ABV 14%, TA 6.54g/l, pH 3.55, SO2 114mg/l. The Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon sings out joyously on both the nose and the perfumed palate, with soaring blackcurrant and mulberry, dried herbs, and a hint of classic Coonawarra mint, notes of which follow through in the mouth, together with blueberry and subtle iodine and kelp undertones. The Shiraz, relatively restrained, adds a twist of Eden Valley pepper mill, complementing the judicious oak spices(cedar, sandalwood, and nutmeg). Lithe and glossy in the mouth, it flows beautifully yet has the firm backbone of tannin to go the distance. 2024-40.

To be released on the first day of June. This is about 75% Coonawarra cabernet, a great backbone for this premium release. Louisa Rose offers, ‘the block is distinctive, the block has clay underpinning it, maybe keeping things fresher too. Just special, always’. Beautiful, gliding, compact, complex red wine. Savoury, fresh, brooding, mellow, guttural, minerally. Scents of aniseed, dark cherry, blackcurrants, green olive, mint, sandalwood, gingery spice, turned earth and salt bush. Wonderful perfume. Tannins are flexible, rivulets bolting through the plushness of medium to full fruit and spice flavour, glorious in extension and tightening with each sip. Feels youthful and huge in its potential. Magnificent.

Trophy - Class 18 Red Blends - VG colour for 2019. Attractive mulberry, cassis, vanilla and chocolate aromas, complex and goes very deep on the palate. Superb nose and great flavour that lasts and lasts and is beautifully smooth, supple and harmonious. Great wine. 97 Points. - Huon Hooke