Kay Brothers Amery
5 Stars - James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2011-2012
McLaren Vale, South Australia
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Bordering St. Vincent’s Gulf, 40kms south of Adelaide, the Kay Brothers McLaren Vale Amery Vineyards grace the rolling foothills of the Southern Mt. Lofty Ranges. Established in 1890 by Australian born brothers, Herbert and Frederick Kay, the Heritage listed Kays Amery Winery celebrated its first grape crush in 1895 and is the oldest McLaren Vale winery still in founding family hands with third generation Colin Kay continuing the family winemaking tradition.
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Kay Brothers Amery
5/5 Star Winery
James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2011-2012
“My Top 20 Producers”
“Kay Brothers Amery makes some of the world’s most impactful, authentic Shiraz; Block 6 (planted in 1892) is Australia’s most amazing single-vineyard. The winery, headed by Colin Kay, is ancient and wine styles haven’t changed in more than a century – this is one property in perfect harmony with its site and soil.”
Matthew Jukes, Decanter Magazine, April 2010
Kay Brothers Amery ‘Block 6’ Shiraz
One of the ‘Best of the Best’ by variety: ‘Best of Shiraz’, 96/100 points (2008 vintage)
James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2012
“(…) Loved it.” 94/100 points (2008 vintage)
“(…) Plenty of complex oak – savoury and pencilly along with sweeter vanilla milkshake flavours. Ferrous and dark with blackcurrant, blackberry and aniseed, round thick tannin and abundant power.The earth/ironstone/savoury oak flavours temper the fruit beautifully. It’s tightly controlled and charismatic with a long finish. Great character and individuality. Loved it.”
Gary Walsh, The Wine Front, Oct 2010
Langton’s Classification: Outstanding
“This is a very powerful, concentrated cellaring style with plenty of fruit richness.”
Andrew Caillard MW, Langton’s
Kay Brothers Amery ‘Hillside’ Shiraz
92/100 points (2008 vintage)
“(…) Black fruit, vanilla, wood, ironstone and malty/nutty flavours. It’s large in scale with good round ripe tannins and plenty of savoury pleasures to go along with the dark fruit and bitter chocolate. There’s some warmth and it’s perhaps a little ‘blunt’, but all up an authentic and rewarding McLaren Vale Shiraz. (…).”
Gary Walsh, The Wine Front, www.winefront.com.au, Dec 2010
94/100 points (2007 vintage)
Gary Walsh, The Wine Front, www.winefront.com.au, Feb 2010
Kay Brothers Amery ‘Basket Pressed’ Mataro
91/100 points (2008 vintage)
“(…) Rich cherry and red fruits, honeycomb and nutty oak. It’s a big plump wine with a pleasant warmth, ripe tannins and good length. Tasted over a few days and it showed no signs of tiring with sweetness toning down and the savoury elements coming up…”
Gary Walsh, The Wine Front, June 2010
Kay Brothers Amery ‘Basket Pressed’ Grenache
91/100 points (2009 vintage)
“(…) Nutty, raspberries and cherries with milk chocolate and liquorice. It’s soft and juicy with fine slightly sandy tannins and satisfying length. Some warmth, but no heat and it’s not sweet or confectioned either – you might even call it ‘elegant’. An all round pleasant wine to drink.”
Gary Walsh, The Wine Front, Oct 2010
Kay Brothers Amery ‘Cuthbert’ Cabernet Sauvignon
Colin Kay, continuing the family winemaking tradition, has produced this in honour of his father Cuthbert. A rich, dark, brooding Cabernet of awesome length, depth and weight. The combination of eucalypt and blackberry/mulberry fruits are in complete harmony with the sweet cigar-box characters and ripe, juicy tannins.
94/100 points (2008 vintage)
“Despite being picked in the heatwave, has very good colour and shows no sign of dead fruit; open-fermented and basket-pressed, the wine spent two years in new Hungarian and Bulgarian oak barrels. All in all, a remarkable achievement and major surprise. Screwcap. (…).”
James Halliday, www.winecompanion.com.au, Dec 2010
94/100 points (2008 vintage)
“(…) Nuts, liquorice, black fruit and mulberry (which is fairly dark, admittedly), cedar oak and a touch of herb. It’s full bodied, supple and savoury with some coffee flavours and a pleasing sense of dryness, even though it’s strongly fruited. Length is excellent. Turned out a beautiful wine from this vintage, not least a Cabernet. Not quite sure how, but there you have it. It’s of a specific style, but a lovely wine.”
Gary Walsh, The Wine Front, Oct 2010
92/100 points (2008 vintage)
“There’s no lack of signature Kays density and power here, complete with exotic oak that pokes out a little, but amid all the theatrics this remains Cabernet foremost, with its blackcurrant, cigar box, tobacco and eucalypt fruit profile and its fine, structured but rounded and textured tannins.”
Tyson Stelzer, WBM Wine100 Magazine, Jan/Feb 2011
