1842 Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon 2011

As wine writer Max Allen notes, “Cabernet Sauvignon has been grown in the Barossa for well over a century and, from older low yielding vineyards, can make some fabulously concentrated chocolaty wines” (Crush). Even better, because Shiraz from the Barossa is currently much more fashionable, Cabernets tend to be outstanding value. That's certainly true of the 1842 Cabernet Sauvignon, the name of which celebrates the year that settlers first arrived in South Australia’s Barossa (and coincidentally the year that Sydney officially became a city). Made from the fruit of one of the northern Barossa’s finest vineyards, this bestselling red will go down a treat with roast lamb or beef. It’s guaranteed to impress your friends at a barbecue, too.