Cabernet Sauvignon

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a wine that offers so much at a reasonable price. It comes off seven blocks within the region from a number of sub-regions, and this northern part of Margaret River towards Yallingup really delivers on that blackcurrant, black olive combination with a little savoury oyster shell minerality. This is a stylish wine of good structure and bright fruit,...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This was a sometimes underrated Margaret River vintage, yet every time I taste wines from this year, I’m impressed with the seamless elegance and graceful lines. It lacks the opulence of ’18 or ’20, offering instead notes of bay leaf, tobacco leaf and a mix of dried herbs. The palate reveals more red fruit succulence, with a juicy raspberry–cherry character....

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A short, sharp vintage at the start of COVID turned out to be one of the best, especially for red wines in Margaret River. This is a beauty. It's mostly cabernet, with smaller components of merlot and malbec. Highly fragrant aromas of perfumed violet and charry glazed fruits, with the savoury new French oak fitting in neatly. The palate is...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A medium-bodied cabernet from this slightly cooler vintage. It’s a most elegant and almost statuesque wine with its body of blackcurrant and bay leaf, with a little oyster shell minerally graphite evident. Supremely balanced and poised palate is held tight and controlled, but there is ample flesh and fruit concentration.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is sourced from three different vineyards, each of which is more than 20 years old. A superb vintage has perfectly set up this fabulous example of Margaret River cabernet. It has it all, the power, blackcurrant, bay leaf, seamless integration and concentration. The aromas of floral over blackcurrant and red fruits are immediately compelling. Into the palate and the...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The season started late, but oh my, it produced some exceptional wines. This powerful and structured cabernet from this vineyard just south of Margaret River town is a masterful wine. The colour is so brilliant and bright and then the aromas reveal a marvellous combination of red and black fruits with typical bay leaf and minerally graphite. A wave of...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This was a very good vintage in Margaret River after the slightly more challenging ’21. This has the refined elegance and prettiness that is the Moss Wood DNA. The colour is quite pale compared to some previous vintages, but don’t be fooled into thinking this is some shrinking violet. Violets, yes, but plenty more in an engine room that is...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Consistently one of the best cabernets from WA. It’s designed to express its best qualities as a young wine, with its brightness and energy immediately apparent. It’s a blend of cabernet with a small amount of malbec, an important variety at Vasse Felix. Smooth and seamlessly structured with a sublimely elegant expressive palate. It’s medium-bodied with a fine boned structure....

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

An impressive wine that captures much of what this early generous vintage was all about. Released after a little extra time in the cellar, which has allowed everything to knit together beautifully to reveal its best characters., It’s classically cabernet with that combination of chocolaty blackcurrant, bay leaf and black olive cut with a fine thread of oyster shell minerality....

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Concentrated, juicy and delicious Margaret River cabernet from this great season. Masses of blackcurrant and dark chocolate with a lift of African violet on the nose. On the palate subtle notes of bay leaf and subtle sage bush add complex notes. It’s firm through the core as cabernet should be but there is a decent wrapping of warm red flesh.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A wine that makes a statement about Margaret River Cabernet. This was an early and very good vintage for red wines in Margaret River and it’s been captured perfectly here. The distinctive aroma of blackcurrant, bay leaf and black olive was augmented with a thread of oyster shell minerality. The 20 months in oak has been easily absorbed into the...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The varietal notes of cabernet are immediately evident on the nose. Blackcurrant and black olive with traces of bay leaf and oyster shell minerality. The palate pulls together the fine supporting tannins and neatly layered oak to add structural support for some high-class fruit. The minerally acidity gives it a real kick through to a long finish.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Such a balanced and precisely poised cabernet from this very good red wine vintage. Comes off 35-year-old vines. It’s deeply intense, carrying all the blackcurrant, dark chocolate, and ripe plummy characters you expect. But then dig deeper and there’s the black olive, bay leaf, and minerally cracked seashell complexity. Lovely mouthfeel and a very long finish. Class wine.

Great Southern

Cabernet Sauvignon

A most refined and stylish cabernet from this very good vintage. There is a purity of expression here that partly conceals the deep and intense palate concentration. Leafy aromas with a trace of minerally oyster shell and ironstone. The palate is more in the medium bodied area with fine chalky tannins and fine-grained oak lacing it together into a distinctly...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A classically elegant and exquisitely presented cabernet from a vintage that combined fruit intensity and stylishness. The aroma has a distinctive lift of blackcurrant and slightly savoury olive tapenade with a deep dark chocolate character. Hint of bay leaf and oyster shell minerality. It’s finely balanced with fine-grained oak and firm fine tannins.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The fruit was sourced from Wilyabrup and the final wine was made from a selection of the best fruit from the best barrels. It was a cooler vintage, but, hey, this is Margaret River, and even in cooler years there is power. It got 24 months in French oak with about 42% new. Supremely balanced and elegantly structured wine with...

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

An elegant and slightly angular wine that strongly reflects this vintage in Frankland River. The cascade of black currant washes through the palate as the fine tread of tannin and fine-grained oak works through. A slightly savoury, minerally bay leaf and black olive nuance add further layers.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is one of the best cabernets yet released from this vineyard. It’s a gracefully presented wine of elegance and poise from the fine chalky tannins through to the energised finish. Blackcurrant and savoury plum notes with a light bay leaf and black olive nuance. The palate is so tightly knit with the fine tannins and fine-grained oak harmonised and...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A wine that twists and turns with new nuances and riches at every turn, before it comes together and straightens to its long finish. This is the pure essence of Margaret River Cabernet with loads of dense concentrated black fruits coated with subtle blue fruit fragrances. The palate reveals layers of chocolate and blackcurrant with nuanced black olive and graphite...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

So you want to know how good 2023 was for red wines in Margaret River? Well, check this thoroughly engaging pure vibrant fruit-dominant Cabernet. Bursting with punchy red fruits with overtones of violet and cherry. The palate is medium-bodied with a seamless oak and fruit integration. Just a beautiful wine for drinking in the short term.

Mount Barker

Cabernet Sauvignon

What a sensational wine. Perfumed and powerful with tremendous concentration and power. Used some concrete fermentation and stainless steel. Has beautiful elegance and weight through the palate with fine chalky tannins and fine-grained oak influence. Has such an ethereal aroma of violet and red berry. Tremendous power here yet it’s elegant and pretty. This is 100% cabernet.

Mount Barker

Cabernet Sauvignon

Highly fragrant and perfumed, Coes from Blocks 5, 6 and 7 and has a little bit of malbec. There’s a mix of old vine cabernet. The long season was perfect for cabernet contributing to a long hang time on the vine. It’s got structure and poise with firm chalk tannin and a very long palate profile. Has a lot of...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet is the grape of choice for this outstanding vintage fortified. The colour is deep but with bright crimson hues. It’s medium-bodied and elegantly structured with aromas of cherry and mulberry supplemented with dark chocolate. The palate is so seamless and elegant with a lovely lifted spirit. It’s a thoroughly engaging example of this style with plenty of time to...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

It’s hard to imagine a more classically defined cabernet than this outstanding medium bodied elegant wine. Aromas of blackcurrant infiltrated by bright red raspberry and cherry with an exotic African violet lift. Add a little graphite and bay leaf with a trace of black olive, and you have classic cabernet. Totally seamless palate structure with fine tannins and oak influence...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

One of the most refined and stylish cabernets yet from Credaro. Yes, the vintage suited these reds, but it’s been well managed to gently coax the best from it. Bright red and blue fruits on the nose with a slightly bay leaf and sea shell minerality. The palate is more medium bodied with fine chalky tannins and fine-grained oak building...

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Concentrated and expressive cabernet from a small block in Frankland River. The aromas burst open with blackcurrant and plummy liqueur cherry dominant, against a muted backdrop of lightly toasty oak. It’s more medium bodied but lacks nothing in power and firm cabernet structure. Firm grainy tannins and well managed oak shape and focus the finish.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A complex and compelling cabernet from this very good red wine vintage. Has the power and intensity but there is elegance and poise here. The dark fruits of blackcurrant and ripe black cherry merge with a graphite oyster shell minerality and just a little black olive tapenade. The firm tannins are fine and chalky with the vibrant acidity lifting the...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A generous, yet still structurally defined cabernet sourced from low yielding established vines. Dark chocolate, plush mulberry and bright red slightly jubey cherry. It’s an engaging aroma to open. The palate is intricately woven with fine tannins and fine-grained oak lacing the deep and concentrated fruit into a seamless expression through to a long finish. A racy vibrant acidity really...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Quite beautiful cabernet from this excellent year. IT’s generous and opulent with a tremendous intensity of dark fruits, led with blackcurrant black olive dominance, and then yielding to blue and red fruit characters. Has a slightly bay leaf nuance with a cracked sea shell minerality. It’s firm and bold with the structure and power to handle extended cellaring.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The perfumed intensity of this very good red wine vintage in Margaret River is impressive. Opens with a strong minerally blackcurrant and black olive combo. A little oyster shell adds a fine lift. The palate is super intense and concentrated albeit of medium to full body, but firm and slightly assertive tannins. A muscular wine of a style and structure...

Geographe

Cabernet Sauvignon

A soft and ready to drink cabernet loaded with plush fruits exhibiting ripe plum and dark blackcurrant characters. It’s seamless and dominated by the warm fleshy fruit of this vintage. A value for money wine made for current drinking.

Geographe

Cabernet Sauvignon

This has developed over the years into one of the best roses from WA. It’s made from cabernet sauvignon, which in this year especially, seems to have worked really well. It’s pale pink and then an aroma of savoury red berry emerges. The palate has a slightly textural feel which comes from some time on yeast lees. Excellent.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Like so many of the Margaret River cabernets from ’19, this one is just starting to wake up and reveal its qualities. It is pure cabernet with those classic notes of blackcurrant and bay leaf with a little black olive tapenade. The palate is so neatly integrated with fine-grained oak and a fine acidity in support. Classic and poised with...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A rich and textured cabernet from this marvellous vintage. It captures that pure essence character of the season with deep concentrated fruit flavours a feature. Blackcurrant offset by a minerally ironstone bay leaf thing happening. Dark chocolate and dry sinewy tannins. An excellent wine from this great year.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Another super exciting step forward from Driftwood. A most polished and expressive cabernet of medium to full body and crafted along classic cabernet lines. The colour is bright and radiates from the glass. The nose is a beautiful combination of cranberry and cassis with a chalky oyster shell minerality. The palate is exquisitely seamless and integrated. A wine of real...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

An elegantly crafted medium bodied cabernet with a strong contribution from red fruits to the varietal blackcurrant. Aromas of graphite and sea shell work in to the nose, while the palate delivers with control and effortless ease. Fine tannins and neatly applied oak add subtle support. Has a bright lift on the finish.

Manjimup

Cabernet Sauvignon

The elegance and stylish poise of this cooler vintage is captured in this smooth and refined cabernet. Loaded with succulent blackcurrant fruits released initially on the nose and then powered through on the palate. There’s a little dried herb and bay leaf characters emerging with richer dark chocolate. A neatly presented cabernet.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A firmish medium bodied cabernet from this excellent red vintage, showing the deep of fruit intensity and rich flavours you expect. Leafy blackcurrant and light cedar with a trace of graphite and bay leaf on the nose. The palate is tightly wound but with good fruit intensity focussed to the finish.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Fair amount of hands-on winemaking here with handpicking, hand plunging and extended skin contact before basket pressing to oak of which 35% was new. The 18 months in oak has contributed to a structure that will suit cellaring. Has a distinct graphite character on the nose with a dried herb and blackcurrant combination. The palate is still tightly held but...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The first encounter on the nose suggested this might be special. Further investigation revealed it is. Cracking vintage produced intense and vibrant fruit to underpin a wine that has been expertly handled to capture all that was good in this vintage. It’s got power, yet delivers with medium body. Blackcurrant, dried herbs and bay leaf aromas with a trace of...