Cabernet Sauvignon

Great Southern

Cabernet Sauvignon

A delicious, engaging Frankland River cabernet that combines power with restraint. Blackcurrant, plum and blackberry fruit are joined by a faint minerally ironstone note. The palate is elegant and poised, with fine tannin and neatly integrated oak. Best enjoyed in the medium term, though already showing impressive drinkability.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

From the great '23 vintage, this is another exceptional Margaret River cabernet. Generous and full-bodied with an intense opening of blackcurrant, olive tapenade, dark chocolate, with a lift of graphite, all providing a compelling aromatic intensity. The palate is elegant and stylish, and the cooler season certainly helped it build the flavours slowly and in a way that kept it...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Great to see a seven-year-old wine just starting to hit the market. This cabernet from Margaret River comes from a season that produced some very smart wines. The nose of blackcurrant, bay leaf, oyster shell and a faint hint of graphite is immediately evident. The palate delivers Margaret River DNA, deeply embedded in a powerful and generous cabernet, tightly structured...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

An exceptional wine from a great season in Margaret River. It was a slightly cooler year, which allowed the slow build-up of flavours that are captured perfectly in this wine. Aromas of blackcurrant and dark plum, with a little meaty complexity. The palate is pure and super-concentrated, with rich dark fruits, chocolatey notes and a cracked-shell minerality that adds that...

Great Southern

Cabernet Sauvignon

A super wine from these old cabernet vines planted more than 50 years ago. It was a warm season, but it certainly appears these old vines have worked their magic, creating fruit that’s balanced and intensely flavoured, and in no way overripe or jammy. In fact, it’s a wine of remarkable elegance and refinement, with those blackcurrant and dark fruit...

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Here's a cabernet that typifies a style from Frankland River. It's a blend of the best barrels of cabernet from the season. The aroma has an interesting combination of blackcurrant with some slight blue fruit notes. The palate is medium to full-bodied, but with real varietal intensity. There's a touch of dried herbs and bay leaf. An oyster shell, graphite...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Here's a wine that shows the power, the elegance, and the character of the Horton clone cabernet. The season was outstanding, and it's allowed the aromas and flavours to build into a most polished wine. Nice notes of violet and blackcurrant and other lifted florals, with a little understated black olive tapenade. The palate is so beautifully bright and energetic,...

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet, cabernet, cabernet. That’s what you get with this terrific example of both the vintage and the vineyard. There’s a pure varietal expression here, with strong blackcurrant and subtle black olive notes on the nose. And then a palate that is so seamlessly structured and integrated, capturing the beauty and almost prettiness of this slightly cooler but outstanding vintage in...

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Cherubino has produced this wine from two clones, 377 and 191, which are grown on the Riversdale Vineyard. There’s a lot of cabernet in this wine, initially evident on the nose with its blackcurrant, slightly dark plum and subtle leaf characters. The palate is tremendously intense and beautifully structured, with only one- and two-year-old oak used, resulting in a wine...

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a top-drawer cabernet from Cherubino. It comes from a specific block in the Riversdale Vineyard in Frankland River. After handpicking, it was left on skins for two months before maturation in new and one-year-old French oak. So it’s had plenty of time to pick up the colour, concentration and structure that you want with high-class cabernets. Despite all...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The richness and power of Margaret River in this vintage are well to the fore. The fruit comes from the Wilyabrup sub-region of Margaret River, and it’s just loaded with all that you expect from the blackcurrant, dark olive, subtle bay leaf and plum notes on the nose. And then the palate is so rich, with a degree of opulence,...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A bold and opulent statement of cabernet from Margaret River in this warmer season. A burst of black fruits with dark plum, some dark chocolate and a subtle, cutting oyster-shell minerality combine on the nose. The palate is plush but firmly structured, as you would expect with cabernet, with those firmish tannins and well-managed oak playing pivotal roles. Lots of...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Firm, structured and typically cabernet. This is from a warm year and typically shows deep concentration, with dark colour, powerful aromas and an intense palate. Has a leafy blackcurrant, lightly plummy combination on the nose. Then a palate that is firmly structured, with more of that blackcurrant-cherry combination working, supported by a firm thread of tannin and some lightly toasty...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Delightfully fragrant and perfumed cabernet sauvignon from Margaret River, with a lovely medium-bodied, supple, generous and smooth palate. This is a great-value red wine from a season that produced fruit of good intensity and balance. Bright red fruits, a little blue-fruit nuance and some light florals. There’s a deep intensity on the palate, which is medium weight and bright as...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Some very good cabernets emerged from the 2022 season in Margaret River, and this is certainly one of them. It's a most stylish and refined wine of great poise and elegance. The nose reveals a mix of blackcurrant, oyster shell, graphite and a subtle olive tapenade combination. The palate is still quite tightly wound, with fine, integrated chalky tannins and...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Here's a cabernet malbec blend that wedges neatly between the Filius and the Tom Cullity, and once again illustrates how good this blend really is in Margaret River and off this estate. Beautiful aromas of leafy blackcurrant, dark plum, spice, a little black olive tapenade and some nice mineral, oyster-shell characters. The palate is so seamlessly integrated and tightly wound,...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Consistently among the best-value cabernets released each year in Western Australia. This is largely cabernet with some malbec, which of course is the classic combination of the Tom Cullity blend. It's a wine that's evolved in recent years and now presents with less overt oak and more subtle integration. Blackcurrant and bright red fruits on the nose. And a thoroughly...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The first cabernet release from Richard Rowe’s new venture, and it impresses. The fruit is sourced from Wilyabrup. Vibrant crimson colour with a nose of pure blackcurrant lifted by florals and violet. The palate is refined, elegant, and ethereal, yet carries the power of Margaret River cabernet. Already showing excellent fruit intensity and complexity, with a long future ahead. Love...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Such a beautiful example of the quality of cabernet from the long, cool 2023 vintage in Margaret River. This is elegant, refined and stylish, with blackcurrant, dark cherry and slightly blue fruit notes on the nose. Seamless integration is a feature of the palate, with fine tannins and fine-grained oak cradling the beautiful fruit. Elegant yet structured, with the potential...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is really such a lovely expression of cabernet sourced from Margaret River. It's a blend of largely cabernet with other Bordeaux varieties. On the nose, you're struck with an immediate hit of blackcurrant and plum, just a little liqueur cherry nuanced into it. The palate is bright and vibrant with more of that blackcurrant with a little red berry...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a first-rate wine from this terrific vintage and probably the best I've seen under this label. It's medium-bodied but with good flavour intensity. A nice mix of blackcurrant and florals on the nose. The palate is elegant, balanced and poised, striking a perfect balance between oak, fruit and tannins. It's deceptively long as it builds through to its...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

An elegant and most stylish cabernet reflecting this beautiful vintage in Margaret River. On the nose, there are layers of blackcurrant, cedar, and subtle tobacco leaf, complemented by hints of dark chocolate and dried herbs. The palate is rich and structured, showcasing ripe black fruits, fine-grained tannins, and a long, savoury finish. A wine of great balance and finesse.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The '23 Abercrombie was a hard act to follow and yet this one runs it mighty close. Comes off the less than vineyard in Margaret River now a mature site producing high-quality fruit. The aromas of blackcurrant a little bay leaf and black olive with lightly liqueur chocolate overtones captivate immediately. But it's a palate where this really excels. It's...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A solid wine of purpose and power, presented with restraint and refinement. After 18 months in French oak, all components have integrated seamlessly, with oak tannins providing strong structural support. Classic cabernet characters of blackcurrant, leaf and black olive are all present. Dry, savoury tannins carry through to a balanced finish. Excellent value.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is Dukes' flagship cabernet, and in this case, it's from the exceptional '23 vintage. That slightly longer, cooler season has allowed tremendous flavour build-up. Initially on the nose, with a compelling and intense combination of blackcurrant and mulberry, with a dark plum nuance and that distinctive bay-leaf edge. The palate is almost velvety smooth, but there is a deeper...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

There's flavour in abundance in this excellent cabernet, which begins your journey into the full Domain Naturaliste range. Lashings of blackcurrant and dark plum, with a liberal dollop of chocolate and some further black olive nuances. And then the palate delivers with its rich coating of dark fruits, chalky tannins and well-managed oak. It all sits comfortably together in a...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The '21 vintage was quite cool, but the interesting thing is, the longer these wines have been held back in bottle, the better they present. And here is a classic case. It's really starting to tick into the ideal drinking phase, and yet it's hardly showing the development you might expect. Dominant cabernet, with petit verdot, cabernet franc and merlot...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

It's 88% cabernet, but smaller contributions come from petit verdot, cabernet franc and merlot, each of which plays an important part in the overall textural and aromatic completeness of the wine. Perfumed notes of leafy blackcurrant, a little red berry and just a trace of black olive. The palate is elegantly poised and defined, with nice red-fruit characters supported by...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is an 85% cabernet-dominant wine but with contributions from petit verdot, merlot malbec and cab franc, so it's a complete Bordeaux combo. This is a most stylish and expressive cabernet from this outstanding year. Has an almost regal poise about it with intense black fruits, a little oyster shell minerality for complexity, and a little oak. It's tightly wound...

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 wine that simply never disappoints. In fact, that's understating it. This wine was hand-harvested across six pickings following flower days and, of course, with biodynamically grown fruit. It was an early vintage yet these vines are in perfect balance, and they can certainly handle extremes like this. It's a blend of 90 per cent cabernet, five per cent cabernet...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

McHenry Hohnen Hazel’s Vineyard cabernet sauvignon 2022 — $105 The 2022 vintage produced some quite outstanding wines out of Margaret River, and this one captures that vintage quite beautifully. It’s a wine of tremendous power, and yet it’s got a high degree of refinement and restraint. Loads of black currant, black olive notes on the nose, a little oyster shell...

Manjimup

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a worthy partner to the exceptional Four Aces shiraz from this vintage. It opens with such a perfectly typical varietal cabernet nose of ripe and intense blackcurrant, dark plum, some spices, and a little leafy lift. Oh, and a dollop of dark chocolate. Then the palate is really seamlessly woven together with all those dark fruits managed with...

Manjimup

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a super value current drinking cabernet. Abundance of black currant, little black olive on the nose, and a lift of bay leaf, and then a palate that is powerfully concentrated but delivered with a degree of finesse, thanks to those fine tannins and just a gentle hint of oak in support. It’s bright with energy and an ideal...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Colour is a reddy crimson and quite brilliant. A burst of blackcurrant and cherry on the nose greets the senses. There’s a subtle liqueur cherry leafiness there too, adding further complexity. The palate is generous, soft and supple. The 15 months in oak sitting harmoniously as part of its complete mix. Bright, generous flavours with delicious red and black fruits.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This comes from a block on the original planting on the Yallingup Hills. It's a remarkably elegant and stylish cabernet from this region. Aromas of bay leaf and blackberry with a little red currant nuanced. The palate has an effortless feel about it, with its medium weight packing good structural intensity with those fine though firm tannins fundamentally in support,...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Pretty happy when you can still find a 10-year-old Margaret River cabernet at an affordable price. This one’s terrific. It’s a rounded, full-bodied and generous style of cabernet, exhibiting the firmish tannins which earmark the vintage, but supported with great depth of fruit, displaying the blackcurrant, dark chocolate and slightly minerally oyster shell characters that you might expect. It’s now...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Seamless, elegant, refined. This is high class Margaret River cabernet. The intensity of the fruit has clearly handled the 45% new oak where it spent 15 months. Loads of blackcurrant fruits with a subtle cedary, slightly gamey character adding complexity. The palate has real power, yet it's presented with a degree of elegance. There's richness here as it extends through...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This comes off the original 1976 plantings at Clairault planted by Ian and Ani Lewis. This is so classically Margaret River, with its combination of blackcurrant, bay leaf, oyster shell, and dark chocolate on the nose. And then a palate which is so fine and seamlessly structured, with loads of dark fruits, controlled with fine, slightly chalky tannins and supported...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A stylish and expressive cabernet from this excellent year. On the nose, a leafy blackcurrant, dark cherry, and dark chocolate combination strut their stuff. The palate, which is more medium bodied, displays lovely red fruits and is supported by fine grainy tannins and well managed oak. It's bright as a button, balanced, and long.