We last made Goat Square Cabernets in 2004, 2005, and 2006 then backed off as they did not fit the style we wanted for Goat Square. The Cabernet we harvested from a new source in 2021 was of another standard so we returned with the Goat Square 2021. We continue with the 2022. The Barossa Valley has a long history with Cabernet and plantings dating to the 1890s exist in the north next to Old Moppa road. With the expansion of vineyard locations across Australia from the 1980s such as Margaret River and the replanting of historic regions like the Yarra Valley interest in Barossa Valley Cabernet declined.
Consumers may also have decided that the cooler version from these regions tasted better or believed the experts views that wines which resembled those of Bordeaux were the correct styles. There are no correct styles of wine and over time customers returned to the fuller, riper Cabernets of the Barossa Valley. The great Sydney connoisseur of wine Max Lake planted the Lakes Folly vineyard in the Hunter Valley with Cabernet a place which is at times is sub-tropical. He also wrote a book on Cabernet. So you are quite safe with Barossa Valley Cabernet.
