Significant anniversaries only come about in rare years and Yalumba’s The Menzies comes with the appropriate gravitas for any important occasion. For loved ones who are celebrating a significant birthday – be it an 18th, 21st or one ending in ‘0’ – the best possible gifts are obligated. Those who gift The Menzies can be assured that it can be approached in the full flight of its youth, as much as it can be laid down for subsequent years and decades. This is a wine born from some of Australia’s most hallowed cabernet sauvignon turf, and is nicely potent in its classic Coonawarra scents of mixed forest berry, saltbush and black olive. Added to this are subtle suggestions of mahogany and cedar, a seasoning from the fine oak the deep garnet drop rests in from harvest time. The palate is appropriately supple, almost plush, yet is drawn long on a fine web of firm tannins that stretch luxuriously through the gently puckering finish. It’s a seriously delicious, fine-feeling wine that is definitively elegant, suited to the most auspicious of occasions. Yalumba The Menzies Cabernet Sauvignon

For a gesture that truly means something for your family, fine wine is one of the greatest gifts. Yalumba’s The Signature’s legacy stretches back to 1962. It’s part of the fabric of Australian fine wine culture, readily recognised as one of the greatest wines emerging from one of the nation’s most respected winemaking families. Cabernet sauvignon lends blue fruits, cassis, black olive and herb characters, while shiraz offers red fruits, spice and further depth of flavour. With great structure and fine balance, it has a gentle kiss of oak with succulent tannin. To receive Yalumba The Signature is to receive something empirically fine. While approachable early in its life, this is a wine that matures with grace, to become a treasure to be dug out of one’s cellar. Yalumba The Signature Cabernet Sauvignon & Shiraz

Those rambunctious, fun-filled, raucous family lunches beat just about any midday gathering for good spirit and enjoyment. Wine, on these occasions, needs to combine ease of drinking with an elevated sense of occasion. Yalumba has one of the finest track records with the grape variety grenache. Yalumba’s Vine Vale grenache is exquisite – medium-bodied, silky and gloriously perfumed. You have the sense that you’re drinking something seriously special. Here, Yalumba has crafted a wine that will work with an abundance of dishes and cuisines, filling drinkers with mirth and good cheer. Just perfect for those long family lunches. Yalumba Vine Vale Grenache

A momentous family occasion is aptly celebrated with a wine of exceptional provenance. Be it a career promotion, moving into a new house, or a university graduation, commemorating the juncture in time is seasoned with something serious, red and from a high-quality producer like Yalumba. The Steeple Vineyard is from the lauded Light Pass area in Barossa Valley. This area is renowned for high-quality shiraz, but this particular vineyard, regal with its old, gnarled vines, was singled out by Yalumba’s winemakers for a single vineyard wine. Supple in texture with a beautiful perfume, it is full of dark fruit and earthy spice. It’s a wine that can be immediately enjoyed to mark the moment in time, or set aside in a cellar. Yalumba Steeple Vineyard Shiraz

While known for its remarkable suite of red wines, many forget that Yalumba is a significant producer of viognier. The white grape, best known for being grown in France’s Rhone Valley, is grown by Yalumba in Barossa’s Eden Valley. Viognier is one of the white wine world’s most complex, compelling grape varieties. The Virgilius is distinct and brilliant in perfume, showing ripe stone fruits and subtle honey. It offers slippery richness in texture, long and layered flavours and is intense but gloriously drinkable. Marking mother’s or father’s day with Yalumba’s flagship white wine is a fitting tribute to those who have shaped our lives. It’s a wine for opening, pouring, sharing and thrilling in as we share childhood memories. The wine will mature, soften and develop a more honeyed character as it gracefully ages. Yalumba The Virgilius Viognier

When a child is born, it is a lovely gift to cellar a wine for them to drink when they turn 18. You want a wine of the highest pedigree, combining an extraordinary vineyard with the finest in winemakers. Yalumba The Octavius is legendary for its status in fine wine circles, commanding attention for its astonishing ability to mature with grace and interest over decades. It is a potent, deeply-flavoured, incredibly intense shiraz. Premier oak barrels lend to the complex flavour, aiding the wine’s longevity. It opens with decadent aromas of finest nougat, dark berries, mocha and sweet spice, with flavours echoing the same characters in a seamless flow of molten, brooding flavours. It’s one of those red wines that sits drinkers back in their seats and gives them pause, but the real reward would be revealing the wine after 18, 21 or 30 years in cellar, with the coming of age of a beloved child. Yalumba The Octavius Shiraz