Red

Margaret River

Shiraz

A spicy and slightly peppery medium bodied shiraz from the 2020 vintage. Aromas of cherry and light plum with some nice mulberry influences and a leafy perfume. The palate is well balanced with the fine chalky tannins and neatly infused oak working in unison to bring it home to a long finish. Focused and precise.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

An elegant and graceful cabernet from this slightly cooler Margaret River vintage. It's from a 40-year-old dry grown vineyard which produces consistently excellent fruit. Lots of red fruits on the nose with a little bay leaf and graphite contributing to some minerally characteristics. The palate is so seductively smooth and finely integrated. Very long chalky tannins sustain an effortless focused...

Margaret River

Red Blend

A blend of malbec, cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon and petit verdot from the wonderful 2023 season. Captures the vibrancy and energy of the fruit with clever winemaking which includes co-fermentation, basket pressing and a quite high percentage of new French oak that seems to integrate easily within the powerful fruit. Seamless and textured palate with a slightly grainy texture that...

Manjimup

Pinot Noir

A most approachable and appealing pinot from this small producer. There's a chalky, limestone dust on the nose with light sour cherry and raspberry notes that are immediately engaging. The palate is light bodied but beautifully structured with a fine balance between the sweet and sour fruit characters and a light touch of oak.

Manjimup

Pinot Noir

The brilliant crimson-red colour is slightly translucent. And bright as a button. Aromas of sour cherry and subtle truffle oil emerge on the nose with a little chalk dust and raspberry confection. The palate is sublimely crafted with a seamless oak and fruit integration supported by silky fine tannins. It’s a succulent wine that is ready for drinking now, but...

Manjimup

Pinot Noir

A firmer and more structured pinot to the Angelina, but still with what appears to be a vineyard character and personality. Deep liqueur cherry and light raspberry fruit characters reveal on the nose. The palate is so silky and velvety, yet with that inner core and grunt which is so much about pinot noir. Chalky tannins and a fine grained...

Manjimup

Pinot Noir

A bolder and more powerful statement than the earlier approachability of the Angelina. But there is still the vineyard and house style that is about seamless silky-smooth balance and integration with high energy vibrant fruit. Cherry and raspberry notes with deeper forest floor and light cedary. The fine tannins provide a tight structural core, but there is warmth and suppleness...

Pemberton

Pinot Noir

This is a mighty good pinot noir from Pemberton. On the nose you get that slightly sour cherry with deeper dark cherry characters complemented by a spicy savoury combination. The palate stands up with a firm core threading through the vibrant juicy fruit flavours. This is a pinot that will handle medium term cellaring very well.

Pemberton

Pinot Noir

Typically light bodied pinot from this excellent season. Aromas display a slightly savoury mushroom-like character with a soft cherry and subtle gamey character. A tightly controlled palate is held with fine oak and chalky tannins. Deceptive power drives through to the finish.

Pemberton

Pinot Noir

Made in good years and this was a very good year. Lots happening on the nose as a mix of lightly stewed fruit with a lift of gamey meats and cherry takes hold. The palate displays great complexity with a gamey, truffle subtlety merging with the primary cherry and plummy blackberry characters.

Pemberton

Merlot

A really encouraging merlot that shows the progress these guys have made with this variety in recent years. This is no soft and mushy fruit bomb merlot. This is merlot loaded with dark fruits and supported with a structure tannin and fine oak balance. Beautifully poised and balanced with a slightly gravelly influence adding to the textural feel.

Pemberton

Pinot Noir

Clearly the best pinot noir yet from Below & Above. The aromas are immediately compelling and complex with a sour cherry, dark plum and spicy combination working with some slightly truffle-like characters. The palate is plush and textured with a smooth integrated mouth feel. Layers of wild fruits tightened with a fine chalky tannin factor. Lots to like here.

Pemberton

Merlot

This is a variety that is certainly heading in the right direction. It makes a real and quite bold statement of poise, structure and layered fruit intensity. The aromas are an engaging combination of blackcurrant, dark chocolate and black olive with a fine minerality. The palate really kicks in to deliver on structure, power and fruit intensity. And it’s all...

Pemberton

Merlot

A structured and firm example of Pemberton merlot. The nose is a mix of black fruits, dark plum, and slightly raisiny fruitcake. But everything is delivered with restraint and poise. This is a merlot of some standing and substance. The structure is quite firm, and yet the sweet, supple fruits fill it out quite beautifully. Tannins are well managed, and...

Pemberton

Pinot Noir

Pinot has been a keen focus for Below & Above from the outset, with a lot of time and energy spent on bringing the vineyard to the level they want. It’s starting to pay big dividends. This is a classically constructed pinot noir with the warm velvety flesh wrapped around the firm structural core. Truffle and cherry notes on the...

Pemberton

Pinot Noir

Starting to establish itself as one of the premier pinot noir producers in the state, and this wine perfectly illustrates that claim. Red fruits with sour cherry, slightly earthy mushroom-like influence, and then some brighter cranberry and raspberry-like characters. The palate is typically light-bodied, but it has power and persistence. Intricately layered and woven together, with the chalky tannins and...

Mount Barker

Cabernet Sauvignon

One of the oldest cabernet plantings in the Great Southern, having started in 1972. Nelson picks in two portions and ferments separately in amphora and barriques with about 30% new oak. He is aiming for a modern style and more refined and elegant style of cabernet. It’s bright and lively with energy bursting through it. Has a floral note with...

Western Australia

Cabernet Sauvignon

Beautiful contemporary style of modern cabernet. It's medium-bodied, but there are oodles of black fruits, with a cherry, plummy, blackberry combination well to the fore. The palate is medium weight but with generous flavours, as dark fruits with a little bay leaf lift and subtle creamy vanillin characters provide a compelling combination. Retains its bright red fruits through to the...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A beautiful wine from the vintage that slept for a year or so before waking and revealing its best qualities. It will always be an elegantly poised vintage and this blend captures that. Black fruits with some nice chocolaty blue fruits. The palate is generous and smoothly integrated but with a firm spine that will ensure ageing potential is fulfilled.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

There’s plenty of power and drive in this excellent cabernet. Sourced from Margaret River and fermented in open fermenters with basket pressing to French oak for 16 months. Intense blackcurrant aromas announce this as cabernet with a little leafy and black olive infusion. The palate is neatly integrated with a firm thread of tannin and oak creating a tight core....

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

There’s plenty of power and drive in this excellent cabernet based wine. Sourced from Margaret River and fermented in open fermenters with basket pressing to French oak for 16 months. Intense blackcurrant aromas announce this as cabernet with a little leafy and black olive infusion. The palate is neatly integrated with a firm thread of tannin and oak creating a...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

There’s plenty of power and drive in this excellent cabernet. Sourced from Margaret River and fermented in open fermenters with basket pressing to French oak for 16 months. Intense blackcurrant aromas announce this as cabernet with a little leafy and black olive infusion. The palate is neatly integrated with a firm thread of tannin and oak creating a tight core....

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

There is real class and polish here. It’s such an elegantly refined expression of Margaret River. Effortless is a word that comes to mind when describing the power yet stylishness of the palate. Dark fruits on the nose with a blackcurrant and ripe plum character merging with a mass of dark chocolate and edgy balancing black olive. A trace of...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

There is real class and polish here. It’s such an elegantly refined expression of Margaret River. Effortless is a word that comes to mind when describing the power yet stylishness of the palate. Dark fruits on the nose with a blackcurrant and ripe plum character merging with a mass of dark chocolate and edgy balancing black olive. A trace of...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

There is real class and polish here. It’s such an elegantly refined expression of Margaret River. Effortless is a word that comes to mind when describing the power yet stylishness of the palate. Dark fruits on the nose with a blackcurrant and ripe plum character merging with a mass of dark chocolate and edgy balancing black olive. A trace of...

Margaret River

Tempranillo

This medium bodied fragrant and highly perfumed take on this Spanish variety is sourced from around the State. Cherry and dark chocolate with a licorice thread leads into a smooth red fruit dominant palate. Delicious and ready to drink.

Margaret River

Shiraz Blend

The idea here was to leave the fruit on the vine a little longer to concentrate the flavors, and this has contributed to its power, depth, and concentration. Dark plummy blackberry fruits with a little tarry licorice and some nice spices. Palate is delightfully elegant with a seamless velvety feel, and those red fruits start to pick up and gather...

Margaret River

Shiraz

The deep and powerful influence of the earthy and slightly savoury shiraz is evident immediately. The intensity and powerful fruit combination reveals immediately on the nose with a licorice, dark plum and rich dark chocolate character. The palate is a real powerhouse with deep and intense fruit flavours balanced by a decent hit of oak and firmish fine tannins.

Margaret River

Shiraz Blend

Does the old heart good to see this combination of shiraz and cabernet work its magic. First indications of what we have are the aromas of mulberry and spicy plum with a trace of brick dust and chocolate. Then the palate releases with its concentrated intensity. Grainy palate seems to be a vineyard thing with the fine-grained oak and fine...

Margaret River

Shiraz

One of the very best value Margaret River shiraz. Perfumed with a spicy, plummy, black cherry combination releasing on the nose. The medium-bodied palate is smooth and succulent with a fine thread of chalky tannins and a light touch of oak in support. Just a little new French oak provides a neat lift.

Margaret River

Shiraz

Beautifully presented shiraz displaying how this variety can work in the right area, especially down south of Margaret River town. Savoury plummy notes on the nose with florals and a little dried herb influence. A gentle and flaoursome medium bodied palate of bright red fruit supported with chalky tannins and a sliver of oak.

Margaret River

Shiraz

What a terrific little wine this is. It’s loaded with plenty of dark berry fruits, with a dollop of chocolate, little lifted leafiness, and even some black olive. The palate is generous with rich chocolatey flavours, dark plum, spices, and just a little cedary oak. A great entry-level wine into this excellent range of wines.

Margaret River

Shiraz Blend

A really bright and lustrous blend of shiraz and cabernet from an excellent season. The colour is vivid ruby red with touches of crimson. Aromas burst from the glass with plummy, slightly mocha black fruit characters, while the palate plays its tune with a seamless combination of vibrant, buoyant fruit supported by bouncy tannins and finely integrated oak. Just 10%...

Margaret River

Shiraz

A delicious shiraz from an excellent season. Deep garnet colour with purple hues. Aromas of liqueur-like dark cherry, spice, black pepper and dark chocolate. The palate builds with dense, ripe flavours lifted by spice and supported by fine, silky tannins. Oak is well handled, with 15% new, adding the final touch. A terrific medium-term drinking wine.

Margaret River

Shiraz

Southern Margaret River has proved ideal for shiraz, and in a year like 2023, it excels. Bursts from the glass with a telling mix of plums and mulberry, lifted by hints of cocoa and even a little sarsaparilla. Bright and lively, with a palate delivering smooth, syrupy richness and great concentration, supported by fine chalky tannins and 25% new oak....

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

A wonderful example of this distinctly Australian blend, where shiraz from the Rhône works with the Bordeaux varieties. From a very good season, the colour is bright and the aromas move into the blue and red fruit zone with a lift of blackberry. The palate is seamless and supple, with fine, chalky tannins threading through a slightly liqueur-like cherry and...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Highly perfumed, bright fruits on the nose, with a mix of blue and black fruits with a little spice. The palate is medium-bodied with a succulent feel, carrying smooth fruit flavours of red berries and blueberries, plus a touch of spice and cedar. Fine, subtle tannins and restrained oak complete the picture.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A telling example of how good this season was. Distinctive notes of blackcurrant, red fruits, bay leaf and dark chocolate resonate on the nose. The palate, while deeply concentrated, remains medium-bodied and supremely elegant. The tannin–oak combination is smooth and seamless, with ripe fruit flavours extending effortlessly through to a sustained finish. Excellent wine.

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

A very good Margaret River season produced wines of excellent concentration and power. Here, the colour is fractionally lighter but still brilliant and bright. The nose shows a lovely mix of bright red fruits, a vanillin mocha note, and just a trace of blackberry. The palate bounces with high energy, delivering a motherlode of buoyant red fruits, spices, and a...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

A terrific value red from a very good season. Bright, lively fruit shows good concentration and medium body, with loads of plummy blueberry notes on the nose. The palate brings blackberry, subtle fruitcake, and a hint of black olive. Less time in oak, but still, 15% new, adds a spicy lift. Well-structured and seamlessly integrated.