Cabernet Sauvignon

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is an exquisite and poised example of Frankland River cabernet sauvignon. It comes off the specific Block 6 on the Riversdale property, which consistently produces outstanding fruit. The nose displays a lovely red and black fruit combination, while the palate presents with a slightly lighter body, although still concentrated and immensely powerful, delivering an effortless, elegant, and refined finish....

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The fruit for this excellent wine comes from the heart of Margaret River in the sub-region of Wilyabrup. It captures what was a very good vintage for red wine in the region. That compelling opening of blackcurrant, black olive tapenade and a bay leaf lift speaks of place. The palate delivers with strength and purpose, the firm tannins and well-judged...

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

An excellent vintage has pumped some mighty good fruit into this classically elegant and refined cabernet from this great vineyard in Frankland River. Red and black fruits on the nose with a slightly floral perfumed lift. The flavours are held with control thanks to the fine, firm tannin influence and fine-grained integrated oak. Has a beautiful chalky minerally palate feel.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The varietal characters of black fruits and subtle bay leaf, with a little minerally oyster shell nuance, provide the ideal opening into this delicious contemporary cabernet. The palate is juicy and more in the medium-bodied zone, but there is good intensity and concentration as it extends effortlessly through to a long finish. A wine of great energy and vibrancy —...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The power, richness, and concentrated intensity come from the source of the fruit, which is old vines in the northern Yallingup region. The nose is a powerhouse of blackcurrant and black olive, with a lift of floral red fruits. The palate is where things get interesting, with luscious, opulent dark fruit concentrated into a tight core of fine chalky tannins...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is the partner to the outstanding Reserve Shiraz, and it's captured all that you would expect from these old vines in a marvellous season. The aromas of violets, red currant, and even a little cranberry work within the darker blackcurrant and slightly cedary characters. The palate is still tightly wound with a fine core of oak and fruit held...

Mount Barker

Cabernet Sauvignon

This comes from vines planted in 1972. There is a marvellous vital purity here displaying all the varietal virtues of this variety. It was given 40% new oak, and all were barriques. There is structure with distinctive blackcurrant and leafy black olive characters. There’s a bit of rusty, gravelly loam character here, adding some textural complexity. It’s a perfectly poised...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

I couldn't wait to get my hands on this wine. I knew it would be good, and guess what it is. Okay, the season was excellent, but this has that typical northern Margaret River firmness and deep intensity. So, this is structured and powerful and concentrated, yet there is the elegance and poise that comes with this wonderful vintage. Loads...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is the most impressive cabernet that shows wonderful varietal integrity from the start. The aromas are quite floral and perfumed, but with an underlay of black olive and slight leafy bay leaf, and dark chocolate. The palate certainly has a firmness about it, but that's cabernet with chalky tannins and nice oak treatment supporting the intense fruit mix of...

Blackwood Valley

Cabernet Sauvignon

One of the best cabernets yet from Nannup Ridge. Perfumed high-toned aromatics of cedar and violets with a little blackcurrant. There’s a slightly bay leaf character with traces of black olive, but the fruit is fully ripe. Medium-weight and supremely elegant, it strikes the perfect balance moving forward. Tremendous use of oak features prominently here.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Highly expressive statement of Margaret River cabernet. Firm structure with deep fruit and firm tannins supported by a decent cloak of oak. Graphite and bay leaf aromas merge neatly with the blackcurrant plummy dark fruit characters. It is balanced and well-integrated.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This has to be the finest cabernet yet under this label. There’s power, structure, and poise - a compelling combination. On the nose, lovely floral perfumes, with bright red and black fruit and a little bay leaf lift. There’s vibrancy, and it’s alive with energy on the palate. Finely integrated and poised, with concentration and an effortless ease that extends...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Like so many cabernets from this vintage, it displays elegance and style, but at the same time, there is structure and poise. A little petit verdot and malbec have been introduced, making an important contribution, but in the main it’s all about the blackcurrant and blackberry notes, even with a touch of dark chocolate. There’s brightness and energy, with deep,...

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The varietal purity of this Frankland River cabernet is immediately evident on the nose, displaying blackcurrant and lifted blackberry notes over a red fruit underlay. The palate offers a mix of red and black fruits, with hints of chocolate and dark plum. Seamlessly integrated with fine, slightly chalky tannins and neatly applied oak, it’s elegant and poised—but deceptively powerful as...

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A juicy and supple expression of cabernet from Frankland River, showing aromatic red and blue fruits on the nose with a trace of perfumed African violet. The palate leans toward medium-bodied but retains the variety’s structure with a firm thread of chalky tannin and some well-played oak. It’s bright and energetic, finishing with good length and definition.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The good vintage in 2022 is reflected beautifully with this outstanding cabernet from Margaret River. Opens with rich dark chocolate, blackcurrant, and deep plummy aromas. On the palate, the tannins are integrated and fine, and there's French oak here playing a key role in its structural complexity. Flavours build with dark chocolate and black fruits, and a subtle, fine, minerally...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

My guess was that this would probably be the best cabernet yet released from Driftwood. It didn't take long to confirm that. It's a marvellous wine from a marvellous vintage. It's medium to full-bodied, but it's deeply concentrated with powerful blackcurrant, bay leaf, and a little olive tapenade complexity. The aroma lifts from the glass with beautiful floral aromatics. The...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

I don’t think I’ve seen a better Leston cabernet over the years, and that’s not surprising given the maturity of the vineyards now and the excellence of the vintage. It’s been crafted to produce a wine that is both elegant and poised, with concentrated deep fruit characters presented with control and focus. Aromas of intense blackcurrant and plum, with slightly...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A picture-perfect vintage has produced one of the best cabernets under this label yet. Bold statement of blackcurrant and lifted blackberry on the nose with a trace of bay leaf and dried herb character. Beautifully seductive and smoothly textured palate with the structure and definition that is cabernet, giving it purpose. A wine like this selling for just $30 is...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Right off the bat that this is the finest Abercrombie cabernet yet released. A few things have contributed to it. The great vintage for a start, the maturing vines on the Leston property at Margaret River, the continued refinement with oak use, including reduction in new oak and a real focus on achieving structure through the fermentation. It is a...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is yet another release that shows the continual transformation of Leeuwin cabernets into now some of the very best in the region. It was a terrific year for producing fruit of exceptional varietal expression and intensity, and real balance. This is largely cabernet but again, a tiny percentage of malbec plays an important role. It's had about 50% new...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A wine that shows the continuing evolution of Margaret River cabernets, and this one, which is sort of the entry-level for Leeuwin as far as cabernet goes, is a cracking good example of the variety and how far it's come in recent years. It was a good season and it's captured here. It's largely cabernet, but a small percentage of...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Okay. I’ve tasted every one of the Diana Madeline vintages, and I can say absolutely that I have never had a better one than this. Opens with a highly scented perfume that lifts exotically from the glass. Then notes of bay leaf and black olive fill out a little before more ethereal notes of violet and glazed cherry emerge. The...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Consistently one of the best cabernets released in Margaret River, and this one from the great '23 vintage is certainly one of the best I have seen. The smooth, seamless balanced integration does feature so prominently. Aromas of blackcurrant, slight bay leaf, and a little chocolatey black olive. And then a palate that picks up all the dark fruits but...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is such an exceptional wine, but then I suspected it was going to be. Here is elegance and style, with a touch of panache that provides an exemplary example of this vineyard, this region, and this vintage. Aromas of blackcurrant, leafy cedar, oyster shell, and subtle bay leaf nuances. The palate hauls it all in tight and close, and...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a most stylish and refined expression of Margaret River cabernet. It has the intensity and concentrated power, yet what it's done has been delivered with such elegance and precision that it captures much of what this cooler, outstanding season delivered in the region. Red fruits with a leafy, black currant, and bay leaf character, and just that trace...

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is the pinnacle of Singlefile's red wine portfolio, and it comes from the famous Riversdale Vineyard in Frankland River. Okay, this was a cooler year, and yet the vineyard has certainly pumped out some classy fruit that has been captured in this quite tightly refined expression of cabernet. First things first—give it a decent splash and decant to open...

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is another of the wines Singlefile sources from Frankland, and this one speaks so much of region and variety—and, for that matter, vintage. It's medium- to full-bodied, but it has a subtlety and an understatement. Blackcurrant, dark plum, and slightly minerally ironstone nuances provide an engaging opening on the nose. The palate is smoothly integrated and presents with a...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The source of the fruit for this excellent cabernet is the vineyards in Wilyabrup in this very good cabernet year. An opening salvo of blackcurrant and dark chocolate, and plummy nuances announces this as Margaret River cabernet. It’s generous and intense, but more towards elegance and medium-bodied. Seamlessly integrated, with the use of 30% French oak adding a little palate...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a most impressive cabernet from this outstanding season. All the fruit comes from a mix of young and old vines from the Fishbone vineyard in Wilyabrup. The season allowed for an extended, almost lazy ripening period that allowed so much flavour to build, but with impeccable balance. Aromas of tobacco leaf, bay leaf, blackcurrant and even a little...

Mount Barker

Cabernet Sauvignon

I’ve been waiting for this wine to emerge from the shadows of the cellar. This is a great vintage, and the result is one of the best wines, if not the best, yet from Forest Hill. This is a single dry-grown bock planted in 1975. This is cabernet in its most beautiful, structured and dominant form. Light leaf over blackcurrant...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

So this is predominantly cabernet, but then there's a small component of merlot and cabernet franc - small but important. There's an impressive purity and refinement about this cabernet that says much about the season, which was particularly kind and the vineyards, which are now quite mature. It's refined and elegant, and it's had 18 months in French oak, but...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

In many ways, it was cabernet sauvignon from Cape Mentelle that put this pioneering producer on the map and indeed Margaret River. This is certainly one of the better recent vintages and one of the better examples of Cape Mentelle cabernet. It's an elegant, stylish and almost medium to full-bodied wine that reveals so much to like about Margaret River...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

You're getting a decent bang for your buck with this value-for-money cabernet. Displays bright red fruits on the nose with some scented violet notes. The dark berry characters of the palate express perfectly what is cabernet sauvignon in Margaret River, with a little subtle bay leaf and graphite. Colour is quite brilliant and bright, and the whole package expresses with...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

No question, for me, this is the best Hazels Vineyard cabernet sauvignon produced to date. The 2020 vintage was short and sharp, delivering fruit of great intensity and power. This wine captures all of that but, with the southern regional influence, presents it with elegance and refined charm. It has all the typical blackcurrant, slightly oyster shell southern Margs character,...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The 2022 vintage in Margaret River was initially underrated to some extent, but increasingly the quality of wines being produced and released shows just what a good season it was. This is another excellent wine that's made in a largely traditional way. The nose delivers typical, right-on-the-money Margaret River, blackcurrant, black olive and a little bay leaf. There's just a...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This was a season that was as near as dammit to perfect as you can imagine, resulting in some marvellous wines throughout the state and this one is a wonderful example. It's a generous and full-bodied cabernet, but there is a typical vineyard and seasonal elegance that is captured here. On the nose, you get a light influence of black...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

These cabernets from Grace Farm all show wonderful refinement and polish, with the fruit deeply intense but generally presented with a medium to full body and creating an elegant expression of cabernet. This one's now had 6 years in bottle, and it's come together as you would expect quite beautifully. The nose shows those primary blackcurrant characters, some nice florals,...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a powerhouse Cabernet, sourced from Margaret River. It opens immediately with an intense and driving aroma of blackcurrant, black olive, and a little bay leaf. The palate is still quite tightly held, with the deep black fruits releasing with drive through to a long finish. It has a chalky, slightly minerally oyster shell thread, and the fine knit...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This has been part of the Snake + Herring portfolio since 2011 and has evolved from its original Bordeaux blend into a predominantly Cabernet wine with very small contributions from Malbec and Merlot. The aroma is immediately vibrant and alive with bright red fruit notes and a backdrop of blackcurrant and black olive. The palate has generosity but is more...