Yalumba – the making of a super-blend

As Max reported recently in Rebirth of the Australian super-blend, some of the giants of the Australian wine business are showing an inclination to revisit and celebrate the blends represented by some of the country’s most legendary historic wines. Penfolds, for instance, launched their new g3 with commercial acuity and many an embargo in Hong Kong recently.

But first out of the blocks was Yalumba, whose head honcho Robert Hill-Smith came all the way to London last May to launch The Caley in the UK with a bevy of great wines from Australia and beyond. You knew it was...