Cabernet Sauvignon

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The fruit comes from Rob Mann’s Calgardup vineyard, with about 6% cabernet franc. Classically cabernet in character, it has a leafy blackcurrant lift on the nose, with redcurrant, oyster shell and cracked seashell characters. Medium-bodied and wonderfully expressive, it has a vibrant tannin line that reflects the vineyard’s proximity to the ocean. There is a crunchy, energetic quality throughout, with...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The pure varietal character of cabernet sauvignon is immediately apparent. Powerful blackcurrant, black olive and bay leaf notes classically define Margaret River, with ripe plum adding further complexity. The palate displays remarkable elegance for this warm year, with fine balance, blackcurrant and blackberry flavours and a subtle oyster-shell-like minerality. The oak and tannin are well balanced and seamlessly integrated. An...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

An elegant and silky cabernet sauvignon from the season, with considerable power and fruit concentration driving the palate. Lifted leafy notes of bay leaf are complemented by a graphite-like character and black olive tapenade. The palate is powerful, with firm yet fine tannins and well-integrated oak supporting impressive depth of cabernet fruit. A wine that should benefit from extended cellaring.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

You're getting tremendous bang for your buck with this classy cabernet from the '24 vintage. The nose is unmistakably Margaret River. Lashings of blackcurrant, black olive, a little bay leaf, dark chocolate — it's all in there. But then the palate delivers with perhaps the most structured and classically defined expression of Margaret River cabernet yet under this label. It's...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Each year this wine is named in honour of a family member or friend. The Maestro in this case is David Gregg, the charismatic, legendary winemaker of Vasse Felix. I think he would appreciate the elegance and understated refinement of the wine. It is one of the very best years in this distinguished line. Rich dark fruits burst from the...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is such a beautifully expressive cabernet. Blackcurrant and leafy notes on the nose, touches of bay leaf and black olive. And then a palate that is so elegant and refined, reflecting the cooler climes of Frankland, but still with excellent structure, with fine, slightly sinewy tannins and some excellent oak integration. It all supports some vibrant red fruits on...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Powerful but, at the same time, refined and elegant. The colour is bright and bursting with energy. Bright red fruits punch out some wonderful, complex nuances of red berry and leafy floral notes. The palate is tidy and controlled, with a lovely graphite, oyster-shell minerality balancing the richly layered fruit flavours. The energy is extraordinary.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The remarkable thing is that Travis Wray has produced a very pretty, stylish wine in such a warm year. It must say something about the vineyard management. Lovely dark fruit on the nose, with a lift of black olive and bay leaf, with an edgy graphite touch. The palate is bright, with lively red fruits lifted by fine, chalky tannins...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Stylish and quite elegant, this is a medium- to full-bodied cabernet from an excellent season. There’s a mix of blackcurrant and blackberry on the nose, with a little minerally oyster shell and a lift of bay leaf. The palate has generous fruit intensity, supported by fine, chalky tannins and well-integrated oak. A polished and expressive Margaret River cabernet.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Its pale onion-skin, copper hue signals the style. Made from cabernet, it has a subtle leafy note, but savoury, textured fruit defines the palate. A classic Provence-style rosé, it offers surprising depth and flavour, with texture carrying through to a long finish. Terrific drinking while young.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A most elegant and stylish cabernet sourced from down at Karridale. Lovely red-fruited aromatics with some fragrant violet perfumes. The palate is medium-weight and totally seamless, but there’s intensity here and good fruit concentration, supported by a nice tannin and oak combination. Stacks of red berry character, a dollop of chocolate and just a fine minerality. A most complete wine.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Structured and poised cabernet that incorporates about 4% malbec, adding some plush red fruit characters. It’s a generous, full-bodied wine, and on the nose there’s that hit of blackcurrant and black olive, with some deeper, darker chocolatey overtones. It’s seamless and elegantly structured, with the rich fruit flavours precisely supported by fine tannins and some nice, almost understated oak. High-class...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A brilliant and bright cabernet with deep colour. The remarkable thing is that a wine of such elegance and poise has come out of this very warm season. And yet it is a most charming wine. Aromas of blackcurrant with some nice perfumed African violet notes, a little dark chocolate and bay leaf. The palate is rich and generous, with...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A wine that simply oozes cabernet. So much work has gone into this vineyard over the years and it is now reaping the rewards. Bright, leafy red berry notes on the nose, with a palate that is seamlessly medium-bodied yet with a succulent core of concentrated dark fruits. It’s brilliant and so bright, with a palate supported by chalky tannins...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Maroon with a dark cherry rim, this is superbly balanced, sleek and supple. High-quality oak is finely integrated with notes of cassis, plums, aniseed, blackberries, cigar boxes, dark chocolate, charcuterie, tobacco leaves, beefstock and graphite. Intensity is maintained throughout and this is a cabernet of extraordinary length going through to the silkiest of tannins. The wine gives the impression of...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The elegance and stylishness of the ’23 vintage in Margaret River for cabernet is brilliantly expressed in this classy cabernet. The deep concentration is evident, with the perfume notes of blackcurrant, black olive, a little liqueur cherry, and a touch of oyster shell minerality. The palate has power and a little panache as it drives effortlessly through to a long...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This comes off the original vines that were planted on the Deep Woods and Abbey Vale properties. So it sits within the Yallingup sub-region. Aromas of intense blackcurrant, bay leaf, black olive, and a lashing of dark chocolate impose themselves on the senses immediately. The palate is exceptional. It’s a deeply concentrated and intensely presented wine, and yet it’s an...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The 2020 vintage produced some excellent cabernets in what was an early season. This has now evolved rather nicely with time in bottle. It's an immediately complex and compelling opening of blackcurrant, dark cherry, and chocolate on the nose, with a very subtle minerally oyster shell character providing further definition. The palate is elegantly woven with very fine chalky tannins...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

An elegantly crafted medium-bodied cabernet, putting this wonderful vintage on display. On the nose, the blackberry and blackcurrant combination strikes immediately, but then there’s a lift of bay leaf and muted black olive. There’s energy and drive through the palate, with a slight minerality supported by some grainy tannins and neatly applied oak. Everything fits together so neatly.

Western Australia

Cabernet Sauvignon

Beautiful contemporary style of modern cabernet. It's medium-bodied, but there are oodles of black fruits, with a cherry, plummy, blackberry combination well to the fore. The palate is medium weight but with generous flavours, as dark fruits with a little bay leaf lift and subtle creamy vanillin characters provide a compelling combination. Retains its bright red fruits through to the...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This was a cooler year in Margaret River, and like so many of the cabernet sauvignons from this vintage, it's taken a while for this to come together. But it's now drinking in its ideal zone, but of course with cellaring potential. Blackcurrant, graphite and dark chocolate nuances dominate the nose. The palate is seamlessly integrated, with fine-grained tannins, and...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Quite simply one of the finest cabernet sauvignons yet released from Cape Grace in its long history. It was a very early season in Margaret River, but the wine shows remarkable elegance and stylishness normally associated with cooler years. There's a black-fruit, leathery combination on the nose with a leafy lift. It's generously proportioned but delivers with elegance and medium...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

From the very early, ripe 2020 vintage is this exceptional cabernet that's emerged from Willy Abrah. The aroma's classically Margaret River, with blackcurrant, dark chocolate and black olive tapenade, all swirling through an immensely complex aromatic mix. Has a smooth, supple, although well-structured palate, supported with fine, firmish tannins and some really well-laid oak. Has that slightly dried, savoury, oyster-shell-like...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A wine rich in concentrated and powerful fruit flavours. Evident immediately on the nose, with a lovely mix of black and red fruits, bay leaf and black olive. A fine graphite-like character adds further intrigue. The palate is still quite firm, as you might expect, as this is a young cabernet, but there is warm, rich flesh wrapped around the...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Here's a wine that shows how good the warm '24 vintage could be in the right hands. It's been masterfully crafted, displaying quite beautiful, vibrant black and red fruits on the nose, with even a hint of blue-fruit complexity. The palate is deeply concentrated and intense, harnessed with chalky tannins and the right touch of oak to produce a seamless,...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A firm and structured cabernet from Margaret River. The aromas have an engaging plummy cherry nuance, with more typical varietal blackcurrant and dark chocolate notes. The palate is deep, dark and structured, with firm tannins ensuring it has the capacity for further cellaring. The oak is neatly applied, and as the wine opens up, its elegance becomes more evident. Neatly...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The 2025 vintage in Margaret River has proved to be a very good one. It was certainly warmer, but the resulting wines have a lovely elegance and refinement, and this wine certainly captures that. Loads of dark fruits on the nose with a little liqueur cherry complexity, and then a palate that is fine, integrated and effortlessly long, with a...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a multi-regional blend made from fruit from Margaret River, the Swan Valley and Frankland River. It's an elegant medium-to full-bodied wine with great fruit generosity, loads of dark fruit characters initially on the nose with a lifted bay leaf edge. The palate is seamless and supple with a slightly grainy tannin influence.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

An impressive wine from this warm vintage in Margaret River. Comes off vines that are among the oldest in the region, and it is remarkably stylish and elegant given that this was a very warm vintage. But these old vines have clearly worked their magic. Lovely aromas of blackcurrant and dark chocolate with a little black olive tapenade. The palate...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Yet another example of how, despite the very warm conditions in '24, wines have emerged with some class. Blackcurrant, bay leaf and chocolate notes on the nose. Harold, this is Margaret River cabernet. It's a bright wine of energy and purpose, with slightly chalky tannins and a liberal supply of oak feeding into the core to drive a very long...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A wine of purpose and power from this very early, quite warm vintage. The extra time in the bottle is bringing it together quite beautifully. Masses of dark fruit on the nose with blackcurrant, a swirl of dark chocolate and plum, and that slight bay leaf, black olive nuance that adds an intriguing complexity. The palate is concentrated and intense,...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This comes off the original plantings of 1985 at Fermoy. And those old vines are really pumping out some high-class, powerfully balanced fruit. Aromas that are a mix of blackcurrant with some almost juby red berry influences, providing a nice contrasting balance. A little bay leaf and black olive nuance adds further complexity. The palate has brightness and purity, but...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A wine with quite pretty aromatic nuances, showing delightful floral perfumes and more in that red currant, cherry zone. It's a bright and most elegant expression of Margaret River cabernet from a vintage which was actually very good. Fine-grained tannins, gentle oak infusion, and that seamless yet powerful fruit. Has lovely weight on the palate, and that highlights the long,...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Wonderful example of the quality of Margaret River Cabernet in 2023, and this one is right up there with anything that winemaker Jeremy Gordon has produced over the years. It's such an elegant and stylish cabernet, yet there is real power and poise here. Lots of black currant, black olive characters, a little dark plum, and even mulberry. And then...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A wonderfully expressive and quite pretty cabernet from this outstanding Margaret River vintage. The nose releases seductive aromas of black currant, violet and bay leaf, and a little oyster shell minerality. The palate is intense but delivered with an elegant medium weight that captures the vintage so beautifully. Loads of red berries, some lightly cedary oak, chalky tannins. All combining...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

When these cabernets can be released with a little bit of extra time in bottle, they really do start to show their stuff. This one was from the very early COVID vintage of 2020. It's a powerful wine, but it's also a most elegant and refined cabernet. Aromas of black currant, oyster shell, a little bay leaf, and dark plum....

Pemberton

Cabernet Sauvignon

Comes from Kosovich's Pemberton Vineyard, which he planted quite a few years ago now. The season was nigh on perfect. The aromas are lifted florals of red berry, blackcurrant, a little liqueur cherry. And then the palate is generous, medium-bodied, with succulent, juicy fruit characters. Buoyant with succulent red berries. Tannins show a fine chalky thread, and the oak is...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A supreme and stunning wine under this Legacy Series from Cullen. After crushing to clay amphora, the fruit was left on skins for 13 days before pressing to biodynamic barrels for four months. There were no additions, so this is a pure and expressive example of vineyard and region. Exquisite perfume combinations of violets and red fruits. And then a...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is classically defined southern Margaret River cabernet. It’s linear and slightly angular, with structure and poise. It’s mostly cabernet, with tiny contributions from merlot and petit verdot. There’s a leafy aromatic with bay leaf and oyster-shell characters. The colour is quite brilliant and bright. The palate has a chalky oyster-shell combination contributing to its structure and poise. Has the...

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This sits at the pinnacle of the Singlefile suite of red wines. This is certainly one of the best, and it is classically defined cabernet. It comes off the Riversdale Vineyard in Frankland River in a season that produced exceptional wines. Blackcurrant, a little ferrous oxide, some leafy notes with an edge of olive tapenade and a dollop of chocolate....