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Margaret River

Shiraz

Loads of bright vibrant plummy fruit dominate initially on the nose. Then look deeper to the mix of spices and dried herbs with a dark chocolate mocha-like character emerging. The palate is soft and silky smooth brimming with bright plump fruit and supported by some nice oak. Chewy and delicious.

Margaret River

Shiraz

This little vineyard has emerged as one of the best in Margaret River for shiraz. The wines always show excellent fruit intensity and balance. In this case, it ticks all the boxes. Savoury and slightly dried herby influences on the nose lift off the generous notes of dark plum. Lightly savoury spicy palate displays a balance of fruit, oak and...

Margaret River

Shiraz

More proof, if proof were needed, that Margaret River can produce high class shiraz, syrah, when the seasons are right. '22 was one of those years, and this is an excellent example of Margaret River syrah. It is a totally seamless, velvety smooth, and beautifully composed wine that draws together the spicy, plummy, dark chocolate fruit intensity with the support...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

There’s an awful lot of wine crammed into this cabernet malbec that Conti sources from Margaret River. The colour is deep and dark with aromas of red berries, a leafy mint lift and light oak influence. The palate reveals a pool of dark plum, black olive and blackcurrant with a lift of bright rhubarb-like red fruit. Tannins are assertive but...

Margaret River

Malbec

This neat little malbec comes from Conti’s vineyard near Cowaramup in Margaret River. Captures the plush fruit characters of this excellent variety really well. Spicy plum and subtle rhubarb aromas with a deep richness of mulberry. The palate is so soft and supple yet there is excellent structure from the chalky tannins and a little oak. What sensational value.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Poised, balanced and thoroughly delicious medium bodied blend from Margs. Tonnes of red fruits merge with darker blackcurrant. There's a little of the regional black olive and bay leaf. Oak has been lightly applied and it works perfectly. Super value for a Margaret River wine.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Another of the wines Conti sources from his Margaret River vineyard. This is a firmish wine, reflecting this warm vintage, but its balanced with excellent depth of fruit. Shows a beautiful varietal integrity with blackcurrant and black olive nuances plus a trace of bay leaf. A small amount of malbec is added to bring more weight to that middle palate....

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

No mistaking this is cabernet, and cabernet from the heart of Margaret River, not far from Cowaramup. A small amount of malbec, that often-unheralded blending partner, adds to the palate’s depth. The result is quite soft but still structured, with deep fruit characters. A touch of bay leaf and olive tapenade adds complexity. It will handle medium-term cellaring but is...

Swan Valley

Shiraz

This is now sourced from a number of blocks including the old Mariginiup planted in Perth's North in 1958. The urban sprawl has consumed a large part of it, but this wine captures much of its character with the addition of a little fruit from the Conti's Margaret River vineyard. It has the lot, dark chocolate and spicy plum with...

Swan Valley

Shiraz

A rich, succulent, generous, full-bodied shiraz. Loaded with all manner of red berry and dark plum, syrupy chocolate, and a little vanilla essence. Palate is soft and quite supple with gentle, understated tannins, and supported with some fine-grained, almost powdery oak. Drinking so beautifully now, but it has the structure and the fruit intensity to handle further cellaring.

Margaret River

Red Varietal

A rich, opulent, dark-fruited, plush example of this Sicilian variety that certainly seems ideally suited to the warmer climes in Western Australia. This one is medium-bodied, but crammed with a dark cherry, plummy, dark chocolate combination showing on the nose and then revealing more on the palate. Lovely, smooth, delicious current drinking.

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

I've always like the pinots from this site, even the early days. This is a tight expression of the variety with sour cherry and faint clove. The palate though has a more sweet and sour characters with a tight framework of oak and chalky tannins. At the moment it is still very tightly held but this is pinot, and it...

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

Shows a softer and more velvety side to this vineyard than the Karriview. Has a delightfully perfumed aroma of dominant dark cherry with some nice, dried herb influences. The palate is velvety smooth and seductively delicious. I love that complex mix of damp earth and African violet. The oak and tannin integration is superb. A cracking wine.

Great Southern

Shiraz

Nelson gets the fruit for this excellent syrah style from Frankland River. Makes sense too. This is a thoroughly beautiful example of the elegant stylish wines coming from Frankland River these days. This is a small production wine highlighting the best of the region. A minimalist approach has allowed for a wine that appears to express its origins. The gravelly...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The '21 vintage in Margaret River often receives some negativity, and it is an example of a wine that is now just five years old showing what could be achieved in the season. It's really come together quite beautifully, more in the medium-bodied zone. With leafy, dark blackcurrant and black olive nuances on the nose, and a little bay leaf...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This COVID year produced some stunning wines from Margaret River, and this is certainly one of those. It’s probably the best Peccavi wine I’ve tasted over many years. There’s power and there’s drive here, and it’s evident from the first take on the nose. Deep chocolatey blackcurrant aromas, a little olive tapenade, and just that faint hint of lifted bay...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is largely hand-picked, estate-grown Cabernet Sauvignon from the Bordeaux clones, but then it has smaller components of Merlot and Petit Verdot. It's hand-held all the way, Cabernet, and like the Merlot, it also receives two years in French oak. And yet this is anything but an oaky wine. It's perfectly balanced, with good fruit intensity and concentration, lots of...

Margaret River

Merlot

Peccavi has made a bit of a thing with Merlot over the years, and this is another exceptional wine showing what can be achieved with this variety. It was all hand-picked and then hand-sorted, with fermentation involving hand plunging and regular pump-overs. It was macerated for an extended period and then spent two years in French oak. So, plenty has...

Margaret River

Shiraz

A rich and chewy shiraz from what was a good year in Margaret River for this variety. The nose loads up with liqueur black cherry, dark plum and a little earthy complexity. The palate is dense and concentrated with a liberal sprinkling of spices merging with the dark chocolate and mulberry flavours. It remains soft and supple, supported by gentle...

Margaret River

Red Blend

Juicy and fleshy blend of these two delightful varieties. High-end aromatics of red fruits with bright cherry and subtle spicy raspberry notes. The palate, while soft and supple, has a fine chalky thread of acid and grainy tannins holding its line.

Margaret River

Red Blend

Juicy and fleshy blend of these two delightful varieties. High-end aromatics of red fruits with bright cherry and subtle spicy raspberry notes. The palate, while soft and supple, has a fine chalky thread of acid and grainy tannins holding its line.

Margaret River

Red Blend

Juicy and fleshy blend of these two delightful varieties. High-end aromatics of red fruits with bright cherry and subtle spicy raspberry notes. The palate, while soft and supple, has a fine chalky thread of acid and grainy tannins holding its line.

South Australia

Shiraz

A powerful expression of Coonawarra in a season that finished pretty good, providing fruit of great depth and concentration, but with typical regional elegance. Shows lots more meaty shiraz characters than the previous year with a cracked black pepper influence adding further lift. The palate is quite firm with grainy chalky tannins in support. Nice leafy nuance on the finish....

South Australia

Grenache

Has become one of the favourites from the entire collection, not least because it is such brilliant value for money. Perfumes of cherry and creamy plummy roasted almond emerge immediately. The medium bodied palate is so elegant and delightfully refined. Seamless integration of French and American oak, with the small amount of new oak an important part. A most complete...

Cabernet Blend

This is a combination of 91% cabernet sauvignon and 9% cabernet franc from the Napa Valley and South Australia. It’s a wine of generosity and volume with abundant ripe fruit on the nose immediately assailing. An engaging weave of black fruits open with lifted pepper and savoury dried herbs emerging. The palate shows plenty of black fruits, dark chocolate and...

South Australia

Shiraz

Always a crowd pleaser and traditionally one of my personal favourites. The aromas of licorice, iron filings and other ferrous notes are typical of this Marananga subregion. The aromas show further characters of sage and dried herbs with a little gunmetal. The palate is so perfectly poised and styled with that gunmetal characters edging through it to the finish. A...

South Australia

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is pure essence of Coonawarra cabernet. Perfume notes of leaf and red fruits with lifted raspberry and other red fruits. On the nose traces of bay leaf, black olive tapenade and graphite emerge. On the palate red fruits with lifted black fruits and mulberry leaf reveal further nuances. A powerful yet elegantly structured with of great poise and style....

South Australia

Cabernet Blend

This is a commemorative release wine that marks the 180th anniversary of the birth of Penfolds. Effectively a special bin wine similar to the Bin 620 in 1966 and the Bin 920. It’s 57 % cabernet and the remainder shiraz and looking at French oak only. All the oak is one year old to suit the weight and the style...

South Australia

Grenache

A beautiful light to medium bodied grenache sourced from the Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale. Exotic aromas of rose petal, musk stick and even a lift of confectionary Turkish Delight evident. The palate is sublime. It’s medium bodied with texture and fine chalky tannins and acidity providing definition and direction. A subtle cracked seashell character adds the final flourish. Love...

Tasmania

Pinot Noir

Fragrant and highly perfumed pinot sourced from Tasmania, marking the continuing transition to this cooler region of pinot. Early vintages were from the Adelaide Hills. It’s been Tassie for the past two or three years. Lovely lift of cherry and raspberry with fragrant strawberry nuances. Traces of dried herbs add further aromatic interest. The palate is light bodied but with...

South Australia

Shiraz

This famous wine is now a multi-regional blend with fruit from McLaren vale, the Barossa, Padthaway and Wrattonbully. This is one of the best in recent years with beautiful aromas of meaty charcuterie character, merging with a little licorice and lifted aniseed. Dark plummy fruits with traces of licorice, dark chocolate and a further hint of graphite contribute to an...

South Australia

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is another multi-regional blend from vineyards in Coonawarra, Padthaway, Wrattonbully, McLaren Vale and the Barossa. This marks the continuing more to the cooler southern regions, especially in a year like 2022 which was superb down there. Aromas of floral, sage and dried herbs on the nose. The palate shows delicious, sweet ripe fruit with flavours of iron filings. I...

Shiraz

The source for the vines in the Napa was cuttings from Kalimna in the Barossa Valley. Perfumed notes with slightly fresh bready characters on the nose are quite distinctive, The palate is powerfully structured with the cabernet being the dominant variety. Traces of pepper and savoury dark chocolate on the nose with slightly wet cement characters. Fight tight powdery tannins...

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is cabernet from the Napa Valley. It’s a brooding monster, powerfully framed and structured yet poised and polished at the same time. The aromas are more in the dried herb and sage like zone, with traces of meat and charcuterie evident. The palate is still tightly wound with a lifted red fruit and cherry cola characters. Dry and savoury...

South Australia

Cabernet Sauvignon

One of the most individual of all Australian cabernets in that it is matured in 100% new American oak. It’s a blend of Coonawarra, Barossa, Padthaway and McLaren Vale. This is one of the best with the oak influence less profound than some previously. Loads of dark fruits merging seamlessly with cedar and black olive, with a slightly meaty gamey...

Cabernet Sauvignon

Okay, now we know what Penfolds were doing in China. This is a cabernet sauvignon and marselan combination from Shangri-la and Ningxia. Marselan is widely grown in China and is a combination of cabernet and grenache. In this year, the percentage of marselan increased and the amount of new oak decreased. It’s a medium weight and neatly balanced wine. The...

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a French and Australian combination with fruit from Bordeaux and Coonawarra. The French component gets 12 months in oak and the Australian 18 months. The total new oak contribution is 84%. Aromas of leaf and blackcurrant with traces of minerals and ironstone. A little graphite edges in, balancing the primary bright red fruits of raspberry. Palate has a...

Cabernet Blend

This is a blend of cabernet sauvignon, petit verdot and merlot from vineyards in Bordeaux. FWT stands for French Winemaking Trial. The colour is deep purple and crimson with a brilliant ruby red. The nose opens with an engaging mix of berries, dried herbs and slightly brioche-like characters. The palate is neatly tied together revealing a slightly gravelly stony character...

South Australia

Shiraz Blend

This is 97% shiraz and 3% cabernet from McLaren Vale, the Barossa and Clare. The colour is typically deep and dense. It leads you into an aroma of pure intensity. Has all the things you expect. The black fruits, dark meaty charcuterie notes, smoke, blackcurrant and blackberry with masses of dark chocolate. Tannins are seamlessly woven into a powerful palate...

Cabernet Blend

This is a 78% cabernet dominant wine from a single vineyard in the Napa Valley. The colour is incredibly deep with an almost black opaqueness. The aromas show lifted black fruits with a lifted perfumed aromatics. This gets 100% new French oak, and yet the palate has taken it up easily. It’s an effortlessly long and defined wine. Minerally notes...