Red

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A more lightly framed wine than previous vintages but one that is so refined and elegantly poised. Blackcurrant and bay leaf with a little oyster shell minerality on the nose. The palate reveals other nuances of black fruits, with a chalky limestone and a slightly wet cement character. It's still very tight and will need some time to break free....

Margaret River

Shiraz

This comes from a single block in Wilyabrup planted back in '72, so it's one of the oldest in the region. Excellent season has produced fruit of fine balance and poise. It's been captured in this super wine. The nose is fragrant with a spicy, licorice and plummy, blackberry thing happening. The palate has a grainy texture which is simply...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This exceptional blend of shiraz, malbec and tempranillo has been a winner for Deep Woods from the outset, consistently delivering a wine that punches so far above its weight. I've always thought the perfumed lift and sweet fruit of the palate from the tempranillo is the key to it. Another cracker demanding to be drunk. Combines power and elegance.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The impact of the malbec on the nose is immediate with its rhubarb-like juby red notes. This is an elegantly crafted wine of medium body displaying attractive red fruit flavours. Freshy fruit within complemented by a chalky sinewy tannin edge. Oak has been well-managed to achieve an ideal balance.

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

This is quite a fabulous wine, with the blend coming from the original Deep Woods Estate vineyard, which was planted many years ago. Intensely powerful bouquet of red fruits and that slightly liqueur cherry, bay leaf nuance. The palate is super intense and bursting with plush red fruits, supported by chalky, almost limestone-like tannins. This is a classically structured cabernet...

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...

Geographe

Shiraz

The fruit for this excellent shiraz comes from the Barreca family’s excellent vineyard near Donnybrook. This is a brilliant vibrant shiraz with a generosity and intensity that is well managed with oak and tannin control. Has a spicy plummy dark chocolate aroma with a supple palate of depth and poise.

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

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. And it's started to show its best now with time in the bottle.

Margaret River

Nebbiolo

Nebbiolo can be a mighty tricky variety to get right with its assertive tannins. Here is an example where the tannins have been controlled allowing all those savoury dark chocolate characters of this Piedmonte native to reveal themselves. Not often you can get a wine that is 11 years old but it’s worth checking out. Dark tarry fruit characters with...

Great Southern

Shiraz

Now, why wouldn't you go to Frankland River if you wanted to source fruit for a syrah-style. It's not made that often and in fact this is first I have tasted. It's mighty good. Perfumed aromas of red fruit, mocha and spicy plum engage immediately on the nose. The palate is plush and plump with dense fruit flavours. It's polished...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is an impressive cabernet from the '21 vintage. It's achieved excellent ripeness and fruit concentration, while retaining the elegance and poise that characterises this vintage. It's brilliant and bright with a stunning luminosity in the glass. Fine chalky tannins and neat support from the oak complete a polished expression of Margaret River in a cool year.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A quite stunning expression of the '23 vintage. The elegance, the purity, the power, and the finesse are all on vivid display with this super cabernet. Blackcurrant dominant with black olive, a little bay leaf and graphite. And then a palate that positively dances through to a sustained, precise, and quite effortless finish. Terrific wine.

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

Juicy, plush, structured, and thoroughly delicious. What more could you want in a wine that sells for $20 and, quite frankly, should be selling for a whole lot more? Plenty of plump blackberry and plummy fruits on the nose, and then a palate that has a silky texture with ripe fruit, displaying great vibrancy and energy. This is a must-drink...

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

Malbec

Yet another first-rate malbec released in its own right. An increasingly common occurrence. Vibrant red and blue fruits emerge with an underlay of ripe blackcurrant. The medium bodied palate is warm and soft with generous fruit flavours. Has a nice spicy lift with a minerally thread providing definition.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a bold and distinctive take on this largely Left Bank variety. The perfumed aromas with their lift of violets and other florals are the stamp of cabernet franc. The palate is powerful and highly linear with chalky ironstone tannins taking it to a very long and defined finish. The firm tannins and oak should support this for extended...

Margaret River

Cabernet Franc

Domaine Naturaliste Le Naturaliste Cabernet Franc 2021 ($92) Dukes introduced this substantial statement of Cabernet Franc a few years ago. This is a Cab Franc with power and concentrated intensity. It starts with an aromatic combination of red fruits and liqueur chocolate and cherry. The palate is firmly structured with firm tannins and a liberal amount of oak supporting an...

Margaret River

Cabernet Franc

Dukes started dabbling with this variety a few years ago, and he makes it in an almost no-holds-barred manner, creating a cabernet franc with structure, purpose, and tremendous power. So if you're used to your cabernet francs that are a little bit wimpish, this ain't one of 'em. Deep blackberry, dark plum, and dark chocolate notes on the nose. A...

Margaret River

Cabernet Franc

The '23 vintage and longer season seem to have suited this beautiful, aromatic, perfumed variety really well. It's allowed the lovely floral violet and mulberry notes to accumulate on the nose, with just a trace of graphite. The palate is concentrated, with a firmish graphite tannin contribution, a little oyster-shell minerality and plush red fruits that roll and cascade across...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

I'm increasingly thinking that 2019 is one of the great sleeper vintages for red wine in Margaret River. Case in point; this beauty which bridges the divide between power and elegance. It's cabernet through and through with a graphite over blackcurrant aroma and a trace of black olive. The palate is firmly defined and structured with tannins and fine-grained oak...

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

This was a good year in Margaret River, delivering fruit of tremendous intensity and good structure. In this case, it's been captured in this superb cabernet sauvignon that demonstrates the awesome power of the region, but with finesse, refinement, and a real polish on the finish. Black fruits, bay leaf, and graphite on the nose. A palate that shows almost...

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

Syrah

Here is the partner to the Rebus Cabernet Sauvignon. Vibrant fruit on the nose sprinkled with spices and carrying a lovely savoury element. The medium-bodied palate has plenty with its supple structure and fine oak and tannin combination supporting a healthy layer of generous fruit. Elegant and stylish.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Cooler season, but Dukes has been able to coax plenty from this excellent cabernet. Aromas of blackcurrant and black olive with an overlay of bay leaf. The palate is generous and held with a fine minerally acidity and well managed fine-grained oak. Structured and firm with deep flavour intensity.

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.

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...

Peel

Shiraz

Not often you see a wine with nine years age on it at release. Yet, here we are, and it shows why cellaring really is a great way to get the best from your wine investment. This is starting to develop the faintest leathery spice character of a secondary stage. But the fruit is still plush and smooth with plenty...

Peel

Malbec

I saw tis a few years ago and in the ensuing years it has developed rather well to be drinking right in its sweet spot now. Blackberry fruit, chocolate and ripe plums all feature in a deep palate intensity. Delivers with medium weight striking a neat oak and tannin balance.

Geographe

Grenache

This has been made in the carbonic maceration style with that wonderfully perfumed lifted fruit a feature. It’s medium bodied with a juicy delicious slightly confectionary palate. Spicy bright red raspberry fruit characters with a nice tannin influence. Serve it ever so slightly chilled in summer.

Geographe

Shiraz

It only has 2% viognier, but you know this vinous perfume concentrate is there playing a perfect supporting role. The shiraz is from Donnybrook and the viognier from Margaret River. About 25% was new oak and remainder seasoned puncheons. It’s lively with a bright appeal. Plummy dark chocolate with a spicy ginger floral lift. Has a wonderfully poised mouth feel....

Pemberton

Pinot Noir

A thoroughly beautiful, fresh and vibrant expression of pinot noir designed for drinking in the short term, but with some medium-term options. Comes from the Bellarmine Vineyard at Pemberton, and after 30% whole bunch in the fermentation, it was only lightly touched by oak. Fragrant strawberry and confectionary raspberry notes. The palate is light-bodied, but there is structure with a...

Blackwood Valley

Tempranillo

Fits snugly into the classic mould for this Spanish variety. It comes from the Blackwood Valley and displays smooth and flavoursome fruit exhibiting a mix of raspberry, vanilla essence and mulberry. The palate is soft with slightly chalky tannins adding structure. The oak is lightly applied, allowing the soft and supple fruit to express itself.

Geographe

Malbec

Here is a malbec with plenty of character. It comes from a high part of the Ferguson Valley in Geographe. A gentle approach to the fermentation, including extended skin contact, has built texture and richness while capturing the smooth succulence of this variety. Bright red juicy fruits with a subtle spicy lift.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The '23 vintage was another excellent year for cabernet sauvignon in Margaret River, producing wines of great depth and structure. This wine shows classic varietal characters of blackcurrant, cassis and a touch of mint, with a subtle influence of French oak adding complexity and finesse. The palate is full-bodied, with fine, integrated tannins and a long, elegant finish. A wine...

Margaret River

Malbec

There are some really impressive malbecs being produced these days and this one is right on the money. Captures that soft, delicious suppleness with loads of bright red fruits. It's medium-bodied, but it has structure and poise. Juicy red fruits with darker plum notes provide a compelling combination. Very easy to drink.

Margaret River

Petit Verdot

The long, cool, and sustained ripening period of this vintage seemed to suit petit verdot, which requires the fruit to get fully ripe. In this case, it has, but there's also that wonderful degree of elegance and refinement that comes with this vintage. Loaded with deep, dark fruits after a floral aromatic opening. Well-worked oak and a fine thread of...

Margaret River

Shiraz

No surprise that in this very warm year the shiraz was picked quite early. About 30% of the wine was whole bunch for carbonic maceration, to give a vibrant, bright lift to the palate and the nose. Typical varietal pepper and spice combine with some toasty oak emerging. It has good structure and is seamlessly woven with fine tannins and...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Although from this slightly cooler vintage all the character you seek in cabernet is there. The blackcurrant, minty cedary notes and a little black olive. Overriding is a trace of bay leaf and oyster shell minerality. The palate is medium bodied with good intensity and length. Excellent fruit and oak integration.