2016 Gaelic Cemetery Premium Cabernet Malbec | Clare Valley Aged Premium Red

🔥 95 Point Clare Valley Cabernet Malbec | Museum Release

A fully mature and contemplatively complex Clare Valley Cabernet Malbec 

95 points – Wine Orbit

Clare Valley, SA

$25 a bottle
Premium • Decade-Aged Cabernet Malbec • Gaelic Cemetery • Clare Valley

"Fully mature and contemplatively complex Clare Valley Cabernet Malbec — a full decade of careful cellaring delivering extraordinary cedar, leather and tertiary complexity. The pinnacle of the Gaelic Cemetery Cabernet Malbec range at $25"

Tasting Notes

Appearance:
Deep ruby with pronounced garnet, brick and amber highlights — the unmistakable hallmarks of a wine at full maturity and a full decade of age.

Aroma:
Profoundly complex and fully developed with:

• dried blackcurrant and dark plum — deeply concentrated and tertiary
• cedar, leather and cigar box — the hallmarks of a full decade of careful cellaring
• tobacco, dried herbs, earth and savoury complexity
• fine spice and the cool-climate mineral depth of the Clare Valley

A fully mature Clare Valley Cabernet Malbec of extraordinary aromatic complexity — the primary fruit long transformed into profound tertiary character, with the cedar, leather and tobacco complexity that defines great aged Clare Valley red wine at its absolute pinnacle.

Palate:
Full-bodied with fully integrated, silky tannins of exceptional quality and fresh acidity.
Expect layers of:

• dried blackcurrant, dark plum and cassis — deeply concentrated and tertiary
• cedar, leather and tobacco complexity
• dried herbs, earth and savoury depth
• fully integrated, silky tannins of the highest quality
• fresh acidity delivering extraordinary tension, balance and contemplative length

The wine delivers profound tertiary complexity with extraordinary depth, combining Gaelic Cemetery's celebrated winemaking with the Clare Valley's extraordinary cool-climate terroir and a full decade of careful cellaring — a wine at the absolute pinnacle of its development.

Finish:
Extraordinarily long and persistent with lingering dried blackcurrant, cedar, leather, tobacco, earth and fully integrated, silky tannins of exceptional quality.

Critical Acclaim

95pts – Wine Orbit

About Gaelic Cemetery

Gaelic Cemetery is one of the Clare Valley's most evocatively named and celebrated producers — the name a tribute to the historic Gaelic Cemetery in the Clare Valley, a nod to the region's deep Irish heritage and the generations of Irish settlers who shaped this extraordinary wine region. The 2016 Premium Cabernet Malbec is the oldest and most developed of the four Gaelic Cemetery Cabernet Malbec vintages available — ten years old and at the absolute pinnacle of its development, with the profound tertiary complexity, cedar, leather and tobacco character that defines great mature Clare Valley red wine. At $25, it represents one of the most extraordinary value propositions in Australian aged red wine.

The four Gaelic Cemetery Cabernet Malbec vintages tell a remarkable story of age and development:

• 2021 — entering drinking window, vibrant and fresh
• 2018 — beautiful drinking window, cedar and tobacco developing
• 2017 — at peak, fully mature, profound complexity
• 2016 — the pinnacle, a full decade of age, contemplative and extraordinary

Wine Details

• Vintage: 2016
• Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec
• Region: Clare Valley, SA
• Producer: Gaelic Cemetery
• Serving Temperature: 16–18°C
• Cellaring: Drink now – 2030 (at pinnacle now)

Food Pairings

• Dry-aged ribeye with herb butter
• Slow-braised lamb shoulder with rosemary
• Roast beef with jus
• Aged cheddar or Manchego
• Game — venison or duck
• Rich stews and braises

Why We Love It

This is fully mature, contemplatively complex Clare Valley Cabernet Malbec from one of the region's most celebrated and evocatively named producers — ten years old and at the absolute pinnacle of its development.
At $25, it delivers 95 point quality and a full decade of careful cellaring at a price that is simply extraordinary — the most developed and complex of the four Gaelic Cemetery Cabernet Malbec vintages.

An essential acquisition for collectors and lovers of mature, contemplative Clare Valley red wine. Drink now — this is as good as it gets.

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