Kay Brothers

5 Star Winery - Halliday Wine Companion

"Established in 1890, Kay Brothers is the oldest winery in McLaren Vale still in founding family hands. Kay's are specialist traditional red wine makers utilising grapes from our own 22-hectare Amery Vineyard. The grape varieties grown are Shiraz (including the 1892 Block 6 planting), Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Nero d' Avola, Grenache, Mataro and Muscat Blanc. The Kay's winemaking philosophy is to make rich full-bodied fruit-driven wines (using the original Open Fermenters and Basket Press) with a mix of small and medium oak cask maturation." - Kay Brothers

"A traditional winery with a rich history and just over 20ha of priceless old vines; while the white wines have been variable, the red and fortified wines can be very good. Of particular interest is Block 6 Shiraz, made from 120+-year-old vines; both vines and wines are going from strength to strength" - James Halliday

  • [SOLD-OUT] Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 2016

    [SOLD-OUT] Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 2016

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale
    Farming Vegan-friendly Organic Sustainably-made

    Wine Business Magazine 96 Points! "The front label boldly declares, "Handpicked from 124 year old vines", a teaser to the seamless complexity and effortless confidence of this lauded label. 2016...

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    $99.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 2015

    [SOLD-OUT] Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 2015

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale
    Farming Vegan-friendly Organic Sustainably-made

    Wine Front 95+ points!“What can you say about Block 6? I trod through it in April, and it’s quite a site/sight, planted in 1892, rugged old vines, cracking red clay in parts, gravel on the lower...

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    $105.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 2012

    [SOLD-OUT] Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 2012

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale
    Farming Vegan-friendly Organic Sustainably-made

    Gary Walsh 95+It's silky smooth, rolling with boysenberry, hazelnut and chocolate, nutty spices, coconut, coffee and smoked meat. Full bodied, but not heavy, with a glycerol feel, cool acidity and...

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    $95.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 2010

    [SOLD-OUT] Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 2010

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale
    Farming Vegan-friendly Organic Sustainably-made

    Wine Front 96 points! "Tasted non-blind over two days against 2010 Wirra Wirra RSW Shiraz. Same, same, but very different wines. Black fruit, raspberry, pepper, licorice and spice " savoury toasted...

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  • [SOLD-OUT] Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 2008

    [SOLD-OUT] Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 2008

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale

    Tyson Stelzer 94 points! There's a core of energy in Block 6 that permeates every crevice of this wine, toned down a notch in ripeness this year, highlighting the complexity of its Christmas cake...

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    $95.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 2006

    [SOLD-OUT] Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 2006

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale

    Tyson Stelzer 96 points!"Legendary four acre vineyard, 114 year old vines, hand picked, with every nuance of character painstakingly preserved by Colin Kay; it is a true privlege to taste this wine,...

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  • [SOLD-OUT] Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 2005

    [SOLD-OUT] Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 2005

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale

    Wine Advocate 97 points!"There are 1,400 cases of the flagship cuvee, the Block 6 Shiraz, which is aged 28 months in 60% new American oak and 40% new Hungarian oak. Typically, it possesses between...

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  • Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 2004

    [SOLD-OUT] Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 2004

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale

    "Robert Parker has been a huge fan of Kay Bros and regularly scoring Block 6 in the mid-high 90's for over a decade. Whilst Parker may have recently 'discovered' the wine for many wine enthusiasts,...

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    $115.00
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  • Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 2003

    [SOLD-OUT] Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 2003

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale

    "On the 26th of May 1891 Herbert and Frederick Kay ordered 30,000 Shiraz vine cuttings from Thomas Hardy. The cuttings were collected from Hardy's McLaren Vale 'Tintara Vineyard' on 23rd July 1891...

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    $95.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 2002

    [SOLD-OUT] Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 2002

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale

    Robert Parker 95 points! The 2002 Shiraz Block 6 (made from 112-year-old vines cropped at a mere 1-2 tons of fruit per acre) is the antithesis of the Hillside cuvee. Backward and nearly impenetrable,...

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    $105.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 2001

    [SOLD-OUT] Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 2001

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale

    Robert Parker 96-98 points!The 2001 Shiraz Block 6 Amery Vineyard is built along the lines of the 1998. With 14.8% alcohol, and huge levels of tannin balanced by a wealth of blackberry and cherry...

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    $95.00
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  • Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 2000

    [SOLD-OUT] Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 2000

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale

    Wine Advocate 94 points! "Medium-deep garnet-brick in color, the 2000 Block 6 Shiraz is loaded with dried berries, spice cake and incense notes accented by dried roses, powdered cinnamon and...

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  • [SOLD-OUT] Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 1999

    [SOLD-OUT] Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 1999

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale

    Robert Parker 95 points!"The 1999 Block 6 boasts layers of concentration, huge body, and massively extracted blackberry and cassis fruit intermixed with leather, animal fur, and licorice. There is a...

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    $99.00
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  • Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 1998

    [SOLD-OUT] Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 1998

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale

    Robert Parker 98 points! I have to wonder if this wine would not be even more extraordinary and close to perfection if it were aged in French oak. American oak is still the big deal in Australia,...

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    $115.00
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  • Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 1997

    [SOLD-OUT] Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 1997

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale

    Robert Parker 93 points! The 1997 has a saturated plum/purple color and a sweet nose of blackberry fruit intermixed with American oak, tar, and saddle leather. The wine possesses wonderful sweetness,...

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    $85.00
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  • Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 1995

    [SOLD-OUT] Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 1995

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale

    Robert Parker 96 points!"This sensational wine is on a faster evolutionary track than the 1996. However, it is nearly the same weight and richness, and certainly also powerful (14.9% alcohol). The...

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    $90.00
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