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Yalumba The Caley Cabernet - Shiraz 2018

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Scores

Two measures, kept apart on purpose. One is about the bottle, the other about the year.

Wine Score

95 / 100

Critic evidence
Critic 98 from 6 critics
Community evidence
Community 93 from 61 notes

40% critic · 60% drinkers

how we score

Region Vintage

83 / 100

South Australia · 2018

Not part of the Wine Score.

Method region_vintage_v1

Drinking window

2023now 20262049
Good to open now. The window runs 2023 to 2049. Published by 4 critics.

Price

Merchant price range, per 750ml

£179

Median £179 · 2026-09

Our own summary of 1 tracked offer in bottle, divided down to a 750ml comparable. It is not a merchant listing, and nobody will sell you a bottle at the median. The individual listings are below.

Duty paid: UK duty and VAT are included.

Prices read 2026-10-04. We hold one dated snapshot of merchant prices rather than a series, so there is no retail price chart on this page. The one price history we do own is trade based: the market index.

By format

Normalised to a per-750ml comparable: large formats run 696% above bottles here, on 1 observations.
FormatLowHighPer 750mlObs.Source
1x75cl£179£215£1792not tracked
3x75cl × 3not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
6x75cl × 6not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
1x150cl£2,852£2,852£1,4261not tracked
1x300clnot trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked

Critic scores

  • 19.5/20Published Retrieved · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).
  • 99/100Published Retrieved · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).
  • 98+/100Published Retrieved · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).

Each score is shown as it was published, on its own scale: a 95/100 and an 18/20 are not the same claim.

We hold 4 further critic scores for this vintage and show the 3 above.

Where to buy

Retail route

3 observations from 2 venues, £179–£1,426 per 750ml. A shelf price is what a merchant listed on the date shown; no bidding, no premium.

Retail asks, cheapest first, with the venue and the source behind each one.
VenuePrice
brunswickfinewines.com · £179per 750ml
worldwine.com.au · £1,426per 750ml · from 1500 ml
brunswickfinewines.com · £215per 750ml

Auction route

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Work out the true landed cost →

What it has fetched at auction, year by year: Yalumba The Caley Cabernet - Shiraz 2018 price history.

LWIN 146633720180100750, the identifier for this bottling and format.