Red

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

A blend predominantly of cabernet, with smaller contributions from merlot, cabernet blanc, malbec and petit verdot—a Bordeaux blend. The cooler season has delivered a wine of elegance and charm. It bursts with vibrant red fruits and a slightly leafy red currant note. The palate is seamlessly knitted with fine, silky tannins and lightly applied oak, all wrapped around the fruit...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

This is a delightfully fragrant medium bodied blend of cabernet sauvignon merlot cabernet franc and malbec. Nice red fruits on the nose with a leafy seashell character. The palate is fine balanced with a lifted chalky red fruit combination harnessed with fine grained oak. Bright and vibrant wine ideal in the shorter term.

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

2022 in Margaret River produced some very good wines, and this beautiful, refined, and elegant example of what is largely a cabernet sauvignon merlot blend is quite exceptional. The F represents the inclusion of cabernet franc, which provides some wonderfully expressive aromatics and perfumes, while the palate is precisely and seamlessly woven, with the structure and fruit plushness to handle...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

This turned out to be a pretty good vintage for red wine. It was short and quick and with Covid everyone got stuck in. This is cabernet dominant but with important contributions from equal parts merlot and cabernet franc, which play out on the nose. Highly perfumed with floral violet notes. The palate is beautifully weighted with a fine chalky...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

The cooler 2021 vintage has contributed to a wine poised with silky refinement, reflecting both the season and the vineyard. It’s about 86% cabernet, with merlot, petit verdot and cabernet franc making up the balance. Over the years, I’ve tasted several of these, and this is one of the most stylish and elegant reserve wines from Pierro. The nose is...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Oh gosh, this is a seriously impressive '19 cabernet. Peterkin has used a small amount of petit verdot presumably to get some acid support. The palate is such a complex weave of blackcurrant, gamey meats and rich syrupy chocolate. Fine tannins with a chalky seashell minerality hold it to its line as it extends to its very long finish. Seamless...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Captures this beautiful cooler vintage exceptionally well. It’s remarkable how a little extra time in bottle has brought this wine together so perfectly. Aromas of leafy blackcurrant and dark plum lead into a palate that is seamless and velvety smooth, yet with the structure and textural feel that sets it apart. The 10% petit verdot has played an important role...

Great Southern

Cabernet Sauvignon

A firmish Great Southern cabernet displaying structure and poise. The aromas are a mix of blackcurrant, plum and cherry with a lightly toasted overlay of oak. The palate, which opens up with breathing displays more vibrant dark fruit characters a slightly ironstone minerality complementing. Make sure you decant this one to bring out those attractive fruit characters.

Mount Barker

Cabernet Sauvignon

Deep dark secrets are lurking in this polished and impressive cabernet. It was a vintage of challenges after a good start. Some late rain came via the end of a cyclone but those with courage to hold on were rewarded as the warm weather returned. Dark chocolate blackcurrant and black olive all find their way into a complex aromatic mix....

Great Southern

Shiraz

A delightfully elegant medium-bodied succulent shiraz from this very good vintage. Loads of savoury plummy fruit evident immediately on the nose. The palate is soft and supple with a juicy plush mouth feel. Dark chocolate, lightly roasted coffee bean and a lift of spicy sage all work seamlessly together. An excellent wine.

Mount Barker

Pinot Noir

This is a mighty impressive young pinot from this super pinot season. Really captures the subtlety of the variety but there is structure and driving intensity here delivered on a light to medium body. High energy red berry aromas with a little limestone and damp earthy complexity. Has a fine defining acidity which carries through to the long finish. Will...

Mount Barker

Pinot Noir

The fruit is sourced entirely from the Rocky Horror vineyard using only clone 777. The nose is still quite closed, although attractive cherry and raspberry notes are already emerging. Hand-picked and matured in 20% new French barriques. The colour is bright and lustrous, while perfumed aromatics lead into a palate that is more structured than the Angevin. It has body...

Great Southern

Cabernet Sauvignon

The cabernet from this very early vintage had plenty of punch and it’s been captured beautifully in this generous medium weight wine from the Great Southern. Ripe blackcurrant and tobacco leaf aromas with lifted bright cherry and red currant notes. Neatly integrated palate with supple tannins and fine-grained oak. Traces of coffee grinds and dark chocolate with even a hint...

Mount Barker

Pinot Noir

The fruit comes from the Rocky Horror vineyard and is a mix of clones, with the aim of emphasising fruit quality through minimal oak and winemaking influence. Aromas of spicy raspberry and cherry open the wine. The palate is bright and juicy with lovely ripe red berry flavours and subtle savoury spice. It has beautiful sweet fruit characters and remains...

Great Southern

Shiraz

A beautifully presented shiraz from this cooler vintage. Bright red fruits with an underlay of plush plum greets the nose with a liberal sprinkle of spices and black pepper. The palate is smoothly integrated with gentle tannins and deliberately underplayed oak. Soft and smooth and ready to drink.

Mount Barker

Red Blend

The aim with this wine is to produce a chilled red style. It's bright, lively and youthfully presented, offering stacks of medium-bodied fruit. Beautiful aromas of cherry and raspberry lead into a supple palate, supported by a core of fine tannins and a little sustaining acidity. It receives just a smidgeon of oak, but mainly it's about preserving the fruit...

Mount Barker

Cabernet Sauvignon

This comes from vines planted in 1972. There is a marvellous vital purity here displaying all the varietal virtues of this variety. It was given 40% new oak, and all were barriques. There is structure with distinctive blackcurrant and leafy black olive characters. There’s a bit of rusty, gravelly loam character here, adding some textural complexity. It’s a perfectly poised...

Mount Barker

Cabernet Sauvignon

Beautifully structured and powerful wine from this very early and short vintage. Perfumed blackcurrant and chalk dust over ripe dark plum. It’s an elegant wine of great structure and refinement. Strikes a great balance of fruit, oak and tannin, contributing to a precise and elegant palate feel. Aromatics are quite beautiful. This is cabernet of great style. Love the smooth...

Mount Barker

Cabernet Sauvignon

This comes from a 1974 planting of Houghton clone vines and spent 18 months in French oak, about 40% of which was new. This is a cracking good cabernet sauvignon, capturing everything you expect from the variety. The nose reveals blackcurrant, black olive and a dollop of dark chocolate. The palate is firm with terrific structure, defined by fine tannins,...

This comes from one of the oldest malbec plantings in the state. The colour is deep and vibrant. Fruit from a tiny block was hand-harvested and fermented in small fermenters to produce supple tannins before spending 20 months in barriques. Beautiful aromas of violet and cherry combine with rhubarb and a subtle minty character. The palate is beautifully balanced with...

Mount Barker

Pinot Noir

This is a powerful wine with structure and finesse, fitting perfectly and snuggly into what we expect from pinot. It’s a combination of clones 777, 114 and 115 and there is around 20% whole bunch with 7 days cold soak. It’s largely indigenous years with a little late fermented seeding if necessary. This is a powerful wine with structure and...

Mount Barker

Pinot Noir

This is the only wine in the collection not sourced from Wyjup, instead coming from the Rocky Horror vineyard. It was hand-picked, with some carbonic influence, and matured for 10 months in a combination of new and older oak. Distinctive sour cherry aromas introduce a more masculine, structured style with firm tannins and persistent acidity supporting the fruit. It is...

Mount Barker

Shiraz

This was a year that produced fruit and wines of tremendous power and richness. The rich stewed fruit characters on the nose capture the vintage. It’s a combination of Wyjup and Bouverie vineyard fruit and shows a dominant blue fruit and red fruit character on the nose. Soft and supple with a seamless smooth and almost velvety palate with traces...

Mount Barker

Shiraz

This is the first Wyjup-only shiraz, with previous releases sourced from the Bouverie vineyard. Deeply intense aromas of plum, spice and cherry introduce a thoroughly beautiful wine. The palate is supple, soft and generous, displaying dark plum, cherry, spice and a touch of dark chocolate. It was matured for 18 months in French oak, 30% of which was new. Blueberry,...

Mount Barker

Malbec

A wine that captures much of the malbec character. It has a big block of red ripe fruit with a slightly vegetal character that adds rather than detracts from the wine. This is a very small production and, until three years ago, was blended. This has a brightness and energy about it with punchy red fruits that burst from the...

Mount Barker

Pinot Noir

The colour is brilliant with a crimson red-pink colour. It was a slightly cooler vintage than previous vintages. About 30% whole bunches have been included, and then a week of cold soaking before being left to ferment with wild yeasts. There is a nice sour cherry and strawberry aroma here, and it’s had about 24% new oak. The palate is...

Mount Barker

Shiraz

Here is a classic Mount Barker shiraz from this cooler year. Gets 40% new oak and is gently extracted with some whole bunches kept separate until blending. It’s quite a bright and brilliant wine with vibrant colour. Had 18 months in French oak. Has a brambly black fruit character with a dark plummy prune-like character, adding palate richness. There is...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

Highly perfumed and seductively scented blend from Margaret River that takes this combination into a heady, ethereal zone. It’s such a stylish, poised, and effortless wine. Aromas of blackcurrant, dark plum, bay leaf, with a little liqueur chocolate, open on the nose. And then an exquisitely seamless, integrated palate carries through to an exceptionally long finish. A benchmark example of...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The elegance and stylishness of the ’23 vintage in Margaret River for cabernet is brilliantly expressed in this classy cabernet. The deep concentration is evident, with the perfume notes of blackcurrant, black olive, a little liqueur cherry, and a touch of oyster shell minerality. The palate has power and a little panache as it drives effortlessly through to a long...

Margaret River

Shiraz

Balanced, poised, deeply intense, and wonderfully expressed Margaret River shiraz. Such beautiful aromas of plum and cherry, with a little spice and black pepper. And then a palate that is so intricately woven, with a fine thread of tannin. Precisely light oak driving through to a very long finish. It’s such a bright, vibrant shiraz that must dispel any suggestions...

Margaret River

Malbec

The colour is brilliant and deep with crimson magenta hues. Then the nose. Oh, wow. This is something special, with a combination of black cherry and blackberry with more opulent plummy notes. A subtle peppery chocolate and African violet character. The peppery character merges into the bright red fruits of the palate. Is balanced with fine tannins and so well-managed...

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

Shiraz

Super impressive shiraz from this mature Margaret River vineyard. The nose displays some rather beautiful black cherry and spicy plummy notes with a trace of cracked black pepper. Darker fruit characters merge into the palate. It’s medium to full-bodied and so beautifully balanced and poised. Varietal notes of pepper and licorice with a little cedary oak add a subtle touch...

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.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A more opulent and richer cabernet than the previous cooler vintage. The aromas of black cherry and blackcurrant burst from the glass, chased with a little bay leaf and cedar. The palate is loaded with dark fruits and delivered with a medium body. Richer dark chocolate and mocha-like nuances emerge. Excellent drinking in the shorter term.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

You're getting tremendous bang for your buck with this classy cabernet from the '24 vintage. The nose is unmistakably Margaret River. Lashings of blackcurrant, black olive, a little bay leaf, dark chocolate — it's all in there. But then the palate delivers with perhaps the most structured and classically defined expression of Margaret River cabernet yet under this label. It's...

Geographe

Red Blend

This is an exciting example of what can be achieved with quality fruit from Geographe. Colby Quirk has handled it with kid gloves, not pushing it too hard. The bright red malbec was given 18 months in French oak and the shiraz 18 months in American before they came together. The Mulberry plummy dried herb thing on the nose works...

Swan Valley

Malbec

This is 80% malbec with the rest shiraz. It is a combination of fruit from Donnybrook, where ripe generosity is a feature, and the Swan Valley which brings a generous softness. It was treated with kid gloves that included hand plunging in small open fermenters and pressing into new oak. Has a powerful opulence about it from the intense driving...

Swan Valley

Red Blend

This has developed into an excellent wine for Riverbank, and it's sourced from a combination of Donnybrook Malbec and Swan Valley Shiraz from Riverbank's own estate. The two wines were kept separate in small open fermenters before pressing directly into new oak. The Malbec was in there for 20 months in French hogsheads, and interestingly, the Shiraz spent 20 months...

Swan Valley

Zinfandel

In Australia, this variety is known as zinfandel. But the decision was made to go back to its Italian roots some years ago. This is a generous and full-flavoured zin, but not to the extremes that it can be when it's allowed to get too ripe. On the nose, there's that vibrant lift of raspberry and sarsaparilla, with even a...