It will delight Cabernet fans immensely. This is one of the best Menzies I have seen,

KEN GARGETT
WINE PILOT, 5 MAY 2025.

Coonawarra

The Menzies

Name: The Menzies
Brand: Yalumba
SKU: YALMEN206-BT
Price: 70.00 AUD
Availability: InStock

Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

$70

750mL Bottle

A classic full-bodied expression of Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon, The Menzies has all the hallmarks of a great Cabernet wine: intense varietal expression of berries and sea spray, held together by taut grape and oak tannin.

Tasting Note Deep in colour with a red crimson hue. Aromas of bright berry and plum fruits with the typical seaspray character of The Menzies. The palate is full-bodied and rich, opening with plush red fruits to a textured mid-palate and long tannin finish.

Terroir Situated in the heart of Coonawarra’s terra rossa strip, The Menzies Estate vineyard lies on a flat plain, approximately 70km from the coast. Given the terrain and influence of the cooling Bonney upwelling, Coonawarra is an ideal location to grow premium Cabernet Sauvignon.

Treatment Matured for 18 months in 6% new French oak hogsheads and barriques, balance in 1 year and older French hogsheads and barriques.

1987

2019

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Decanting The Menzies

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When to drink

The Menzies delights on release and will mature for at least 20 years in the cellar. Learn more about cellaring wine.

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Glassware

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A note on cork

With respect to a 300 year old tradition, we use high-grade cork closures on our premium wines, including The Menzies. Learn more about caring for this natural product.

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The wine with a Prime Minister's seal of approval

The Menzies Cabernet Sauvignon was named after Sir Robert Menzies, former Australian Prime Minister and well-known red wine enthusiast. In 1965, during a lunch at the Stock Exchange Club in Adelaide, Sir Robert Menzies declared the 1961 Yalumba Galway Vintage Special Reserve Claret to be "...the finest Australian red I have ever tasted." This comment did not go unnoticed, and in 1987 when we produced our first wine from the Menzies Estate Vineyard in Coonawarra, the recognition was rewarded on the label of this outstanding wine.

The Menzies

The Menzies