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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...

Margaret River

Merlot

This one comes from Geographe in what was an excellent season. It's loaded with spicy red fruits and delivers with a palate that is medium weight but with excellent fruit intensity. The feature is its suppleness on the palate, with the support of very fine tannins and just gentle oak treatment. A lot to like about this, and you'll get...

Geographe

Shiraz

A bouncy, buoyant blend of Geographe and Margaret River fruit, delivering a supple, generous, full-bodied style of shiraz. The striking feature is its smooth, seamless integration of oak and fruit, with the tannins sitting subtly within. It's a neat little wine of poise and elegance, and is drinking just so well now. But given a little time and other exciting...

Margaret River

Shiraz Blend

A Geographe and Margaret River blend that harnesses the plummy richness of the shiraz with the firmer structural integrity of the cabernet. It's smoothly integrated, with lots of primary red fruit with a little blackberry and a slightly spicy, peppery note. It spent about 12 months in French and American oak, adding a touch of sweetness to the palate richness....

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A thoroughly beautiful expression of Margaret River cabernet. Perfumed with seductive notes of violet floating above blackberry and a decent dollop of dark chocolate. The palate reveals a rich texture with a firmish core of fine tannin and well-managed oak sliding through it. A subtle minerally character slices to the long finish. A powerful wine of poise and polish.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This also gets a little contribution from malbec and petit verdot, so it's more a Bordeaux blend. Time in bottle is the key for the 2019 vintage and this one is the perfect illustration. The rich blackcurrant and plummy fruits have emerged with that extra time. It's an elegant and quite stylish wine of impeccable structure and great poise. Mighty...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is so, so elegant and stylish. It’s been sourced from the Wilyabrup region, from which it draws its power and opulence. A combination of wonderful fruit and oak has contributed to a fragrant perfume of violets, blackberry and chocolate. The palate brings together fine ripe tannins and fine-grained oak to support an intense wave of dark fruit flavours. Has...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A thoroughly brilliant example of the ’23 vintage in Wilyabrup. The unmistakable aromas of blackcurrant with a lift of violets, crushed berries and oodles of dark, syrupy chocolate spell out Wilyabrup. The palate is medium-bodied, but my oh my, there is some deep, concentrated fruit here. It’s brilliant and bright with a firm thread of chalky tannins and precisely integrated...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A thoroughly brilliant example of the ’23 vintage in Wilyabrup. The unmistakable aromas of blackcurrant with a lift of violets, crushed berries and oodles of dark, syrupy chocolate spell out Wilyabrup. The palate is medium-bodied, but my oh my, there is some deep, concentrated fruit here. It’s brilliant and bright with a firm thread of chalky tannins and precisely integrated...

Margaret River

Shiraz

This subregion within Margaret River produces some delightfully fragrant and perfumed shiraz in the region. This one is a cracker. It’s bright and so vibrant with a beautifully seductive aroma. Medium-bodied with a slightly spicy character revealing a dried herb influence. The oak has been neatly handled with the larger format puncheons, ideal for providing both support and balance.

Margaret River

Shiraz

A very pretty and highly perfumed young shiraz of medium weight and immense appeal. The nose delivers a burst of spicy plum and dark berry. The palate is seamlessly woven with concentrated medium bodied fruit working neatly with fine grained understated oak and fine chalky tannins. Like it as a drink for the short term while those vibrant bright fruit...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

The power and intensity of the '22 vintage is evident from the start. After wild fermentation it then spent 10 months in large format oak of which 40% was new. The result is compelling. The oak is part of it but not overt and perfectly integrated into the fruit. A little more struck match and sea spray on the nose...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is one of the best cabernets yet from Flametree. It also seems to be the most structured. Deeply concentrated ripe fruit is the basis. The aromas captivate with exotic violet, blackcurrant and a decent dollop of chocolate. The palate is intricately woven with that mix of fine firm tannins, fine-grained oak and opulent fruit carrying long. The palate has...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

In line with this cooler late season, this cabernet is a stylish and elegantly structured wine that strongly reflects the vintage. More medium bodied with lifted floral and dried herb notes on the nose. Lovely mix of red fruits with bay leaf and light black olive notes merging with just a faint ironstone edge. Balanced and poised.

Margaret River

Red Blend

A neat little blend of shiraz grenache and the white and highly aromatic viognier. The intent has been to use winemaking techniques to gently extract colour, flavour and tannins to create a soft and smooth palate. Lovely mix of plum and licorice with a slight sweet confectionery character. It’s medium bodied and so supple and seamlessly smooth. That little bit...

Margaret River

Red Blend

Such an approachable and engaging, easy-drinking, medium-bodied red wine made with the Rhône varieties shiraz, grenache and viognier. Displays some nice red fruits with quite typical blue-fruit influences and that slightly spicy, gingery lift of the viognier. It's medium-bodied, with a juicy, crunchy red-fruit feel on the palate, with some nice dried herbs in support. Scrumptious wine for the short...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A stunning wine that captures the class of the great 2018 vintage in Margaret River. It's a powerful statement of Margs cabernet, yet as with all Pym's wines, it is regally elegant and stylish. Dark chocolate, oyster shell and mocha with a deep dive into blackcurrant. There is an effortless almost languid feel that belies its core strength and definition.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A little more new oak and barrel selection has produced an exceptional wine from this cooler season in Margaret River. Aromas of red currant, dried herbs and subtle bay leaf with a seashell-like minerality. The palate is medium to full-bodied with a firm structural core of chalky tannins and fine-grained oak, Supremely balanced and poise. Will certainly come into its...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The Covid vintage of 2020 was a very good one for cabernet. It was a brief harvest, and before you knew it, the fruit was picked. Deep notes of black fruits, dark chocolate, and a slightly leafy, olive-like character open on the nose. The palate is concentrated and rich, with dark fruits balanced by a fine, minerally oyster-shell edge and...

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

Chardonnay

One of the best chardonnays yet from Flowstone. This is more subtle and understated but no less intense and finely structured. Gets lightly more new oak than the standard with malolactic fermentation and an extra six months in oak. Beautiful aromas of citrus and melon zest with a little edgier lime. On the palate richer notes of brioche and mealy...

Margaret River

Red Varietal

Comes off vines from two separate plantings. Spent 24 months in a mix of 25% new oak and older oak. It was also held in bottle an extra time to allow all the components to relax and settle. Exotic floral notes of roses and cherry fruits. The palate is soft and supple with plum and black cherry complemented with a...

Margaret River

Red Varietal

Touriga, of course, is a fundamental part of Portuguese ports and table wines, and it certainly found a home in Australia, where it produces typically aromatic, punchy, vibrant, lively and fruity wines of medium weight. In this case, dark cherry and chocolate liqueur notes are evident on the nose. The palate delivers with sweet cherry and plummy flavours, a little...

Western Australia

Cabernet Blend

This is a pretty good wine for one selling for not much more than $15. It's loaded with plenty of sweet ripe fruit displaying a more blackberry, blackcurrant character and a slightly lifted bay leaf, olive tapenade influence. The palate is quite plush and seamlessly smooth with the eight months in French oak. Neatly integrated.

Western Australia

Shiraz

A soft and supple fruit-driven shiraz sourced from the South West. Aromas of red fruits on the nose with a subtle blue fruit infusion. Palate has plenty of plush, plummy, spicy fruits, and it picks up that blue fruit character as a lingering, seamless finish. Ideal 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

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...

Great Southern

Shiraz

A most stylish style in keeping with the cooler ’21 vintage. Sourced from vines dating back to that first vineyard planted in 1965. Floral aromas merge with dark spicy plum and a complex prune juice addition. The palate is quite plush though with a grainy chalky tannin influence to control and define. Subtle touch of mocha and ground coffee.

Mount Barker

Shiraz

This is a single site grown in 1985. It is a difficult site to pick. This is a powerful wine but retains its vibrant medium body. It’s about 10% while bunch and wild fermented, which has contributed to a more complex palate. Matured in 600l demi muid barrel with no new oak. Such a beautiful texture and fruit flavour, with...

Mount Barker

Shiraz

This excellent block has been dry grown since being planted in 1985. A little more hands-on here compared to the standard shiraz with hand plunging daily. Once again, it has been put into a larger format oak, which helps strike such a precise oak and fruit balance. It’s an elegant wine with bright red fruits displaying some quite exotic spices...

Mount Barker

Cabernet Blend

This is 65% Block 7, which produced the prettiest fruit on the property, and about 35% old vine malbec, off vines that are 25 years old. Deep dark colour. The nose has a slightly turned earth and meaty aromas with bright red fruits. Dark fruits in the middle palate with tremendous depth and concentration but it’s smooth and seamless. A...

Great Southern

Cabernet Blend

Love this combination, and it works so well out of the Great Southern. It’s about three-quarters cabernet from the oldest vines on the estate, with the addition of malbec. So, you’re getting the intense blackcurrant and dark plum notes of the cabernet, with some brighter red fruits and fleshiness from the malbec. It works well. A remarkably soft and supple...

Great Southern

Shiraz

From the colour, you think you’re going into a blockbuster, and sure, it’s bold, opulent and rich. Yet there is refinement and restraint that captures the contemporary winemaking style at Forest Hill. Spicy dark plum and dark chocolate, with a little chalky character and minerality. The palate is controlled and seamlessly integrated, with plushness and generosity. A wine of tremendous...

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...

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...

Mount Barker

Shiraz

Bright and brilliant. It reflects the new style of less oak and using about 80% in big foudres and the balance in 500 and 600-litre barrels. It was a very late season and sat on the vine for ages, It has a beautiful cherry and plummy perfume with such energy and vibrancy. The palate is medium-bodied but there is plenty...

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

This a small vineyard planted in Kalgan River on very narrow rows. Handpicked, whole bunch and it has a real pinot character which the guys saw on the vineyard. Has a bright raspberry aroma and a brilliant bright crimson colour. The palate is light-bodied yet it has structure and poise as it heads down a path to a long finish....

Mount Barker

Shiraz

What a mighty good wine this is from a wonderful vintage. It captures the power of the fruit from the vintage, yet delivers it with a degree of elegance. A contributing factor has been the use of larger format oak, so as not to dominate, along with foudres. Rich, dark plummy licorice aromas with a dollop of chocolate. The palate...

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

This comes from a small vineyard that was close-planted with Dijon clones 115 and 777. It’s a recent addition to the Forest Hill portfolio, and a most exciting one at that. The aromas are quite savoury and earthy, with mushroomy notes and a little truffle-oil complexity. The palate is so seamless, soft and supple, with good fleshiness, yet there’s a...

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

This is a really interesting wine. It's from a single dry-grown vineyard near Albany, close-planted to Dijon clones 115 and 777. Here's a pinot with structure, poise and immense power, held with gentle kid gloves and cajoled through to a very long finish. Cherry and raspberry notes with a slightly earthy note. Slightly grainy and textured, with that necessary acidity...