Yalumba The Caley Cabernet & Shiraz 2021
- 97
- $395
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Elegant and restrained, showing class from the outset. Dusty cedar, cassis and blood plum open before unfurling into tilled earth, graphite and gravel. Further air adds bay leaf, mulch, black pepper, cocoa powder, dark cherry and blackberry. It’s brimming with precise, layered complexity. The palate is suave and assured, gliding through with elegance, restraint and brilliant intensity. Never weighty, with black fruits intermingling with earth and spice complexity once more. Cocoa powder–coated, tight-grained tannins put up a lovely, elegant frame. The acidity is like lightning, shooting through the finish with vim and vigour to great length. Balance and complexity here will see this wine age beautifully. A powerful, serious release.
Tom Kline is a wine writer, reviewer, presenter, and educator based in Victoria, Australia. He is the Australian correspondent for the internationally respected publications Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy and Jane Anson Inside Bordeaux, where he highlights the top tier of Australian wine for a global audience. Tom also writes for leading outlets including Decanter (UK), Wine Spectator (US), and Halliday Magazine, among others. An experienced wine show judge and WSET educator, he has authored several consumer-focused wine courses aimed at making wine more accessible and engaging. In 2023, Tom was awarded Best Published Feature Article or Wine Column at the prestigious Wine Communicator Awards, presented by Wine Communicators of Australia.
