Cabernet Sauvignon

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a vintage that I have increasingly come to appreciate even more than. And this stylish medium bodied cabernet is a perfect reason why. It’s an effortless wine the delivers with such poise. The nose has a slightly meaty blackcurrant character with traces of oyster shell minerality and black olive. The palate is seamlessly integrated with a deft touch...

Great Southern

Cabernet Sauvignon

A mighty impressive example of why the 2018 vintage in WA has been so revered. One take of the aromas and you are immediately engaged with the dried herbs, cedar and bright blue and red fruits. Then the palate captures those characters and more with faint hints of graphite and light bay leaf. Will cellar for many years.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A vintage that produced red wines of excellent intensity and fruit definition. A delightfully fragrant and pretty wine displaying strong scents of violets and black fruits. The palate is seamlessly woven with fine powdery tannins linking with a light touch of oak to harness and complement the fruit perfectly. Medium bodied and keenly balanced.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The cooler vintage has contributed to a wine of style and elegance, yet still displaying the essential varietal blackcurrant and light bay leaf characters. A little graphite minerality emerges on the nose. The palate is so well balanced with chalky tannins complementing the mix of black olive and blackcurrant fruit flavours. Nice subtle use of oak.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

An impressive cabernet sauvignon from a season which produced wines of power and volume with a firm structure. This is all of that. The typical blackcurrant aromas are augmented with sweet plummy nuances. The palate is tightly framed with firm tannins and a decent oak influence from the 40% new French oak contribution. The colour is bright and almost luminous....

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This comes from the outstanding 2020 vintage. It was small but super concentrated with powerful fruit intensity. Brilliant light red and crimson colour shimmers in the glass. The nose in in that red fruit zone with a redcurrant and understated blackcurrant with a little glazed cherry The palate is more in the medium bodied zone, but the power of the...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The best wine from these guys yet. This is pure class. The nose is captivating and immediately alluring with its perfumed blackcurrant and dark plum notes with a little liqueur cherry curling in. The palate combines the power and structure of cabernet with a focussed elegance. Slightly mineral and chalky tannins add a final balancing act on the finish.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

One of the best of these I have tasted. It’s a beauty. The intensity of the opening salvo of blackcurrant, dark cherry and light graphite on the nose points to what might lay ahead. Yet when you get to the palate it is so elegantly structured and almost supple as it extends to an effortlessly long finish, A thread of...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A cabernet out of Wilyabrup in the heart of the Margaret River dress circle. Intense aromas reveal a wave of blackcurrant and dark plum with a black olive and bay leaf nuance adding another complexity. The palate is so seamlessly crafted with the tannin and oak combination working beautifully with the concentrated fruit. An effortless and elegant style with power.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A wine that has garnered quite a following. Like the postman: it always delivers. Blackcurrant with a significant plummy fruit character. This is a firm style, consistent with this vintage in Margaret River. A firm thread of chalky tannin and a decent hit of oak work through the primary blackcurrant and black olive characters of the palate.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A beautiful cabernet displaying all the wonderful perfumes and palate structure and fruit intensity you want with this variety. Captures the blackcurrant dominance of cabernet with a little black olive and light graphite. The statuesque palate is beautifully and seamlessly woven into a refined and quite elegant statement of this variety. A very long focused palate completes an excellent wine.

Swan Valley

Cabernet Sauvignon

I have to say this is one of the best Jarrah Ridge wines yet. It’s from the excellent ’23 vintage so that helps, and is reflected in the effortlessly stylish structure and palate presentation. Perfumed red berries with blackcurrant and dark chocolate swirling through the subtle tobacco leaf charaters. Bright and alive palate extends to a focussed long finish.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Most attractive perfumes of violets and seductive red fruits with a lift of light cedar from the oak. It’s immediately captivating. Then the palate does its thing with an exquisite balance holding vibrant bright fruits held with tight cedary oak and silky fine tannins. It’s an elegant and stylish wine of great poise that extends effortlessly to a sustained finish.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Perfumed and highly scented cabernet from what turned out to be a pretty good year after the early heat. Blackcurrant and leafy dark plum with a little oyster shell minerality on the nose. The palate is still tightly held with an angular thread of tannins and tight fine-grained oak. Structured and regal.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

There is a subregional characters about this cabernet from the northern end of Margaret River. Aromas of blackcurrant with an olive tapenade, bay leaf and oyster shell minerality on the nose. The palate is medium bodied with bright red fruits augmented with a juicy blackberry and light cedary influence. A very tidy cabernet.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The colour is so bright and brilliant. Thoroughly beautiful fragrances of plum and violet with a cherry, black olive and leafy nuance that is tremendously intriguing. The palate is quite firm with a thread of chalky tannins and balanced oak working with the fruit, which at the moment is quite shy. Has the structure and deep intensity to handle cellaring.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The rich mix of dark plum and blackcurrant is immediately evident on the nose. The palate delivers on that early promise with deep dark flavours, a little graphite edginess and a little oyster shell minerality. It’s a vibrant and slightly spicy wine with energy driving through to the long finish.

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The elegance and sublime structural beauty of Frankland River is vividly on display in this super classy cabernet. Strikes that perfect balance of power and refinement that delivers through a long and focussed palate. On the nose the blackcurrant of cabernet emerges, but then there is a little minerally graphite. The palate is still holding its tight line through to...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a most impressive cabernet which comes from Wilyabrup in the heart of Margaret River. An opening blast of leafy blackcurrant, black olive and light bay leaf greet initially on the nose. The palate is elegantly structured with a tight weave of fine-grained oak and fine chalky tannins. Retains an elegant medium body but there is serious cellaring potential...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Opens with such a beautiful exotic perfume. Violets and red berry with a background of blackcurrant and cherry. A Margaret River wine displaying elegance and refinement through a seamless yet structured palate. Gentle tannins and a light touch of oak harmonise bringing energy and life into a vibrant medium bodied palate.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

An elegant and polished medium bodied cabernet from this cooler Margaret River vintage. The aromas are leafy blackcurrant with black olive and oyster shell nuances. The palate is smoothly integrated with fine chalky tannins threading through the fruit. Dark plum and blackberry with the sweet berry fruit offset by the minerality and chalky tannins.

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

An interesting diversion from the usual WA cabernet clones in that it is from clones 377 and 191. On the nose there is a captivating mix of black fruits with a minerally ferruginous character merging into other nuances of tobacco leaf, red berry and oyster shell. The palate is very firm with substantial tannins holding it close through to the...

Mount Barker

Cabernet Sauvignon

A really impressive cool climate cabernet from what was an early but intense vintage, especially for red varieties. The nose exudes all the blackcurrant varietal character you could want with deeper dark plum and a little mulberry. A subtle leaf and a trace of black olive add further notes of complexity. Structured with fine tannins and infused oak. It’s still...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A wine which consistently delivers. It’s based on original vines planted more than 40 years ago. It’s an elegant and most stylish expression of the variety making excellent use of this good red wine vintage. Intense aroma of blackberry and blackcurrant with a leafy oyster shell overlay. The palate is still quite firm with distinctly chalky tannins in support. A...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A smooth and generously dimensioned cabernet from this cooler season. On the nose you get a mix of plum and mulberry with the more typical cassis lurking behind. The palate then adds a rich chocolate character with a subtle edgier black olive tapenade. It’s balanced and ideal for current drinking.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Pure and powerful Margaret River cabernet from right in the Wilyabrup dress circle. Opens with a salvo of fruit nuances on the nose. Blackcurrant and blackberry with some interesting blue fruit touches. Then there is the lifted bay leaf and minerally oyster shell. It is so classically cabernet. The palate is elegantly presented but deeply intense with dark fruits lifted...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

From the wonderful 2018 vintage comes this excellent reflection of the season. The opulence and power is evident immediate, yet it delivers with a refined medium body. The aromas show those blackcurrant, bay leaf and slightly minerally brick dusty characters with a lifted bay leaf and black olive combination. The palate delivers a rich and textured mouth feel with firmish...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The cabernets from Windance are always consistent and here is another beauty. Once again its medium bodied but the smooth elegance and refinement belies the power and intensity within. Powerful blackcurrant and dark plum with a little mulberry and dark chocolate. The palate is so well balanced with fine chalky tannins and subtle gentle oak infusion supporting the sweet fruit....

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Fruit selection and barrel selection are designed to get the best into the bottle. This is a firmer and more angular style than some previous vintages and a reflection of this vintage. Distinctive aromas of black fruits with a little red fruit lift and a trace of oyster shell minerality. The palate shows a savoury character which complements the deeper...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This turned out to be a good season in Margaret River, producing elegantly defined red wines of some refinement. Blackcurrant with a leafy overtone and a little graphite influence. The palate is deeply concentrated but more medium weight with fine tannins in support. A nice juicy cabernet that hits the mark now.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A most stylish and elegant cabernet from Margaret River is a year that panned out rather well after a searing start with heat. The aromas are more in the black cherry and blackberry zone while the palate has chalky tannins and fine-grained oak in control. Its medium weight but with good intensity and effortless drive to the long finish.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

No mistaking that this is cabernet, Margaret River cabernet. The nose displays that compelling merging of blackcurrant and dark chocolate a little black olive and a ripe plummy richness. The palate is medium weight and seamlessly laced together with fine tannins and oak. A balanced, elegant wine.

Blackwood Valley

Cabernet Sauvignon

A cabernet from the Blackwood Valey displaying masses of dark berry, with blackberry and plummy notes dominant. The palate is plush and smooth, striking a good oak and tannin integration. Ideal drinking in the shorter term.

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Another thoroughly beautiful exquisitely presented cabernet from Alkoomi. It’s medium bodied but the power and intensity of the cabernet fruit has been captured. This is cool climate cabernet at it’s best with blackcurrant displaying savoury and meaty cedary influences. The tannins are firm and controlling allowing the fruit to extend effortlessly to a very long finish.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A more elegant, finer version, certainly compared to the previous year. This is a cabernet sauvignon dominant blend with about 4% malbec and a smidgeon of cabernet franc. The key in this cooler year was to strike the balance of oak and fruit with those supporting tannins sitting there. It’s been achieved with ease and the result is wine of...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This outstanding cabernet comes from some of the oldest vines in Margaret River. It was an excellent vintage, and this is a classy example of it. The nose is invading. Notes of deep blackcurrant and black olive with nuances of spicy plum and dark chocolate. The palate is an awesome display of Margaret River firepower. Intense and concentrated yet with...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A vintage that produced wines of elegance and style, and this generously texture full bodied wine is a classic example. Leafy blackcurrant and black olive aromas with a little bay leaf and light graphite. The palate is beautifully poised and controlled with fine-grained oak and fine chalky tannins working harmoniously. Black fruits emerge throughout. That graphite edge follows the palate...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The potential here is almost unlimited. In fact, it may well become the best Leeuwin cabernet yet. It's a stylish and brilliant expression of variety, location and vintage. Perfumed red and black fruits with a violet lift. Just a trace of bay leaf and a little seashell minerality. The palate is elegantly structured but there are firm fine bony tannins...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Captures the cooler vintage and the southern vineyard impact, presenting an elegant and most stylish cabernet expression. Leafy blackcurrant aromas with plummy blackberry influences. The palate is smooth and seamlessly structured with fine tannins and fine-grained oak in support. So well balanced with a very long palate.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A consistently strong performer, especially with their reds. This is a terrific wine from the exceptional 23 vintage. Shows the rich opulence of the vintage with the firm thread of dark fruits and firm minerally tannins of the region. Cleverly managed oak and fine firmish tannins hold the core together to a long finish. Perfectly balanced.