Description Fans of fine Cabernet, don’t miss this premium selection of exceptional Cabernet from top regions around Australia. These are wines you can confidently share with Cabernet connoisseurs. Start in South Australia’s beautiful Clare Valley with Kilikanoon’s layered and textured, minerally and rich Settlement Block – get out your biggest glasses for this one! Then, swoop down 200 clicks or so past Adelaide to McLaren Vale for Hither & Yon’s beautifully complex, chocolate-rich star. About 40km south east of McLaren Vale is the Fleurieu district, where the “gifted” (Halliday) Elena Brooks sourced the fruit for her Dandelion Vineyards Pride of the Fleurieu. Its SIX Gold, Platinum and loads of high points show that Elena (and the Fleurieu) are forces to be reckoned with. Then, head north east for the wonderful Ponting Close of Play Langhorne Creek Cabernet, made by the great Ben Riggs – a prime catch! Leaving South Australia, you can go south east to Victoria (for the lavish Blue Pyrenees Estate Red Blend – a classy cool climate Cabernet Merlot Malbec Cabernet Franc blend with 94pts from Halliday) or go way, way west (for the lovely 91pt Byron & Harold Rags to Riches Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon – “the more I go back to this, the more I like it…. Nice one” says Jane Faulkner from Halliday Wine Companion.) A superb collection.
High altitude Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Malbec & Cabernet Franc combine for “aromas of herbs, eucalypt, mint and dark berries. There's also a rich thread of dark chocolate that tracks through the palate. 91pts.” (Ralph Kyte-Powell The Real Review).
Delicious and seriously good NEW exclusive Cabernet from Kilikanoon from carefully selected vineyard plots in the Clare Valley, heartland for the great winery.
Enjoy this "Generous fruit" (Halliday) Cabernet from Trophy-winning Dandelion, with Platinum, Multiple Golds and high scores!
Great fruit purity and varietal expression with lower alcohol which helps the aromatics pop. On the palate, concentrated mulberry and blackberry are balanced by cool-climate acidity, savoury forest floor notes and lingering tannins.
"Mouth-filling, generously flavoured and with plenty of structure and poise" says Aaron Brasher in The Real Review of this Gold-winning 90pt Langhorne Creek Cabernet from cricket legend Ricky Ponting & award-winning winemaker Ben Riggs.
A delicious well-balanced Cabernet with scores of 90pts and 92pts, from McLaren Vale's Hither & Yon, perhaps better known for rarer grapes and grape combinations.
