Red

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

This vintage generally produced wines of less intensity and weight but with an elegance that makes them excellent medium-term cellaring propositions. The fruit characters are more blackberry and cherry, with oak notes of light cedar and bay leaf. The palate is medium to full-bodied with good structure and control, dry, savoury, and with a slightly oyster shell-like minerality to complete...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

This was such a great season in Margaret River, producing wines of immense power and depth, yet with elegance and refinement in perfect balance. This is a beauty. It has a slightly lower cabernet component, probably a result of the vintage's power and structure, complemented by a little more merlot and malbec. Highly scented with notes of blackcurrant and violet,...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A short, sharp vintage at the start of COVID turned out to be one of the best, especially for red wines in Margaret River. This is a beauty. It's mostly cabernet, with smaller components of merlot and malbec. Highly fragrant aromas of perfumed violet and charry glazed fruits, with the savoury new French oak fitting in neatly. The palate is...

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

Another super impressive pinot noir under the Family Reserve label from Singlefile. This is a combination of classic Burgundian clones 777 and D5V12, which were planted relatively recently. The season allowed excellent flavour development, and this wine captures that perfectly with deep and lingering intensity, while retaining classic pinot elegance and restraint. The aromas show a combination of red fruits,...

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

Okay, we've got something here. This comes off the family vineyard in Denmark. These vines are now pretty mature and pumping out some classy fruit. The aroma delivers so much of the truffly, slightly funky earthy notes that you get in pinot. It's engaging from the outset, and then into the palate, which is medium-weight but so complex and loaded...

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Cabernet Sauvignon

A beautifully fragrant and elegantly structured blend from the Great Southern. Aromas of blackcurrant and ripe plum pudding with a lifted minerally black olive mix. The palate is plush and smoothly textured with fine chalky tannins providing a strong backbone. Quality at an excellent price.

Great Southern

Cabernet Blend

A wine that always delivers, year in and year out. In fact, if you want value for money with a touch of class, this one is right on the money. Dark plum and blackcurrant with a drizzle of chocolate open on the nose. The palate is bright and fruity with a neat controlling thread of oak and tannin. A good...

Great Southern

Cabernet Blend

You can't possibly go past this one for a value-for-money cabernet blend in a great year. Comes from the Great Southern... and it is all that you want in this combination. Dark ripe red fruits, blackcurrant, a little plum, blackberry, and a lift of red fruits to add some vibrancy. The palate is generous, chocolatey, with red fruit and some...

Great Southern

Red Varietal

I love the way this wine combines a slightly red, jubey confectionery character with some deeper, wild, earthy fruit notes. But even with the light body, it carries complexity and interest right through to the finish. This is such a delicious current drinking wine from a variety most famously associated with the wines of Beaujolais. This is fragrant, perfumed, and...

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Malbec

You're getting a decent bang for your buck with this cracking malbec. Immediately, the deep dark colour is evident. Then the nose delivers a mass of dark chocolate, blackberry and spices. The palate is soft and supple with succulent fruit showing typical malbec juiciness. Plenty to chew on here. A real crowd pleaser.

Frankland River

Malbec

Delicious, juicy and delightful. This is Great Southern malbec which clearly demonstrates this region’s suitability to the variety. You hear a lot about Mendoza malbec, but you really don't have to go that far to get something world class like this. Plummy blackberry and stewed rhubarb aromas. A little spice and dark chocolate complete the smoothly integrated palate.

Frankland River

Malbec

Okay, here is the juicy, vibrant red fruit deliciousness that is malbec from the Great Southern. This is just thoroughly delicious—from the opening on the nose of its slightly plummy, herby, mulberry nuances through to the medium-weight, finely balanced and poised palate, supported by very fine tannins and just the faintest hint of oak. It's soft, it's round, it's ready...

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Malbec

The first thing you notice when you pour this wine is the colour. It is deep, almost inky black with subtle red hues. The striking feature of this malbec is its beautiful mouthfeel and generosity, with those plush, soft, supple fruit flavours providing such a feast for the palate. Loads of spicy red fruits with a subtle mocha character, supported...

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Tempranillo

The aim in this medium-bodied wine seems to have been to preserve the supple, juicy fruit characters that are part of the varietal DNA, so there has been no new oak influence. The colour is a deep purply crimson. The nose shows an earthy, slightly savoury red fruit character, and the palate is silky smooth, supple, and juicy, with loads...

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Chardonnay

This comes off the Riversdale Vineyard in Frankland River. It is a very good example of this vintage which produced quite linear and precise wines, yet with classic Bordeaux structure and character. Deep dark berry nuances throughout then a slightly leafy blackcurrant and ironstone rust emerges. The tannins are firm and fine and the oak well managed. A wine of...

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A very pretty wine that opens with a floral red berry combination on the nose underpinned by pure varietal blackcurrant. Comes off the excellent Riversdale vineyard and it’s medium bodied elegance reflects both the vineyard and the season. The palate is still quite tight but there is ample fleshy fruit. A slightly ironstone ferruginous character edges in while the oak...

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is another of the wines Singlefile sources from Frankland, and this one speaks so much of region and variety—and, for that matter, vintage. It's medium- to full-bodied, but it has a subtlety and an understatement. Blackcurrant, dark plum, and slightly minerally ironstone nuances provide an engaging opening on the nose. The palate is smoothly integrated and presents with a...

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This was a warm to hot vintage throughout Western Australia, but the slightly cooler Frankland River region has tempered the heat, resulting in wines of impressive quality. This is certainly a powerful and expressive cabernet from the season. The colour is deep red and the aromas show a distinct blackcurrant and plummy character with a lift of leafy, cherry-like notes....

Frankland River

Red Blend

This is a juicy and delicious blend of mataro, grenache, and shiraz. So, it's your classic GSM blend, and it comes from Frankland River. Medium-bodied and loaded with bright red fruits, showing a mix of redcurrant, mulberry, a little cranberry, and some nice spices and dried herbs. The palate is just so appealing, with its vibrant, high-energy red fruits bursting...

Great Southern

Red Blend

This is quite simply, beautiful. It's from a blend of shiraz grenache and mataro sourced from Frankland River. Highly scented aromas with notes of spicy plum and mulberry plus a little black cherry complexity. The palate is velvety and generous as the combination of subtle oak and fine tannins knit it together. Has a dry savoury red dirt finish.

Great Southern

Red Blend

A blend of syrah, mataro and grenache from the Riversdale Vineyard in Frankland River. Interesting that the syrah includes a couple of Rhone clones, 877 and 470, which are starting to have a significant impact on WA syrahs. Perfumed exotic notes of spices and red fruit. The palate is medium weight, elegant and seamlessly refined. Love the chewy fine grained...

Frankland River

Red Blend

Can’t remember a better example of this wine. It’s a mataro grenache and shiraz blend from the Riversdale Vineyard in Frankland River in this wonderful vintage. A deep mass of dark fruit explodes from the glass. Spicy plum, dark chocolate and dark cherry aromas invade the senses. A rich vein of fruit cascades across the palate. It’s juicy and plush...

Frankland River

Red Blend

An engaging combination of mataro, grenache and shiraz working in perfect harmony. Lovely red-fruit notes with a slightly ferrous edge on the nose. It's a wine that seems to have been fine-tuned over the years. And the result is a wine of impeccable poise and balance, with beautifully integrated fruit that is allowed to fully express itself. Some dry, savoury...

Great Southern

Grenache

Just love the expression in this exceptional grenache from Frankland River. This really is an exquisite example of this variety from a very good year. Soft and supple with delightfully lifted palate weight. Has a purity, brightness and lightness of touch as the fruit floats effortlessly across the palate. Aromatic and fragrant. I defy you to put this one down,...

Frankland River

Grenache

This has fast become one of my favourite grenaches from anywhere in Australia. It comes off the Riversdale vineyard in Frankland, so its pedigree is impeccable. Perfumed red berry aromas with a little rose petal and earthy spicy nuances. Brilliant and bright medium bodied palate delivers succulent fruit with balancing savoury notes. The tannins and light oak treatment combine to...

Frankland River

Grenache

Grenache. Frankland River. It just makes so much sense. And here is another example of how this variety is thriving in the southern region. This is in the medium-bodied zone and is simply bursting with bright red floral fruits—initially on the nose and then into that medium-bodied, refined, silky-smooth palate that captures this variety and this region so perfectly. Really...

Frankland River

Grenache

Year in and year out, this has to be one of my go-to grenaches from Western Australia. It just never disappoints, and this one is another ripper. Beautiful rose-petal, red-berry and slightly juby nuances on the nose. And a bright-as-a-button palate that elevates with abundant red fruits. A slightly ferrous minerality for complexity and a beautiful, textured, slightly grainy mouthfeel....

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Shiraz

Yet another stunner from the Riversdale Vineyard in Frankland River. This is a vibrant and brilliant shiraz capturing the essence of this fruit in a very good year. Perfumed aromas with lively cherry and red currant overlaying a deeper plummy character. The palate is exquisitely structured with a silky fine frame supporting medium bodied fruit that cascades to a very...

Frankland River

Shiraz

Stunning. This came out on top of 700 wines submitted from around Australia for my annual Top 100 red wines selling for less than $40. From the time I brought the glass to my nose to the final lick of the lips, I knew this wine was something special. Perfumed spicy plummy notes with a little raspberry confectionery nuance. The...

Frankland River

Shiraz

This was sourced from a vineyard in Frankland River and shows what a well-managed vineyard in a warm year can do. It also shows how good shiraz can be in Frankland. This one has a spicy, faintly peppery, plummy note with touches of blackberry. The palate is supple, but there is a chalkiness about it, contributing to a slightly gravelly...

Frankland River

Shiraz

A thoroughly scrumptious shiraz from the Donnelly River Vineyard at Frankland River. The colour is deep dark red with crimson hues. The nose is seductive, with dark plum, spices, a little liquorice and some nice, subtle peppery notes. The palate is soft, plush and generous, supported by slightly grainy tannins, giving it a textural feel, while the oak is subliminal...

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

Exotic complex aroma of dark cherry and a little liqueur plum note. There's a trace of damp earthy character weaving into the nose. The palate is tightly wound with a firm core of fine bony tannins and well-weighted oak supporting the fruit. The palate is dry and spicy with a subtle dried herb character. Structured and poised, this is serious...

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Pinot Noir

These pinots from Singlefile continue to be some of the prettiest and most beautiful examples of the variety. In this case, it comes from a single plot in Mount Barker. Wonderfully exotic, engaging aromas that are floral, with slight raspberry-strawberry combinations and even a little blackberry. The palate is satiny and seamless, displaying intricate integration of fine tannin and oak,...

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Pinot Noir

This has been sourced from the Misery Hill Vineyard in the Porongurups. Medium bodied with excellent structure and poise. The aromas of sour cherry and spicy, slightly gamey characters are engaging. The palate is refined and focused with a fine chalky acid and fine bony tannins in control. Plenty of red fruit emerges with breathing. I reckon another few years...

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

Comes from the Misery Hill vineyard in the Porongurup. Has a dominant savoury character that pervades through the nose and the palate. It’s medium bodied with excellent depth and persistence. Strikes an excellent oak and fruit balance with the fine chalky tannins doing their thing. Hard to beat for a pinot selling for less than $40.

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Chardonnay

I love what Singlefile is doing with their Small Batch wines. You are getting something distinctly different. It’s a generous style displaying intense aromas of butterscotch and toast with lemon tart and ripe stone fruit characters. Has plenty of lees work and malolactic fermentation to build further texture and mouth feel. And the palate length is extraordinary. Hard to put...

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Pinot Noir

This is only made in tiny volumes. In fact, just two barrels of this one. It's different take on pinot noir for Singlefile adopting a minimal intervention approach using Dijon clones off the home block in Denmark. Bursting with red fruit on the nose with deeper darker secrets behind. The palate has a smooth textured feel with supple fruit flavours...

Great Southern

Red Varietal

This is a variety that is just starting to make its presence felt in certain areas of Australia. And in Frankland, it's certainly found a home. It's one of the small batches that Singlefile does from time to time. This is a beautifully fragrant, exotic, medium-bodied red with a variety that hails from Spain. Shows some delightful spicy lifted red...

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Tempranillo

A wine sourced from various vineyards showing the sweet supple structure and character that is tempranillo. It’s medium bodied with succulent fruit flavours revealing spicy dark fruit characters. Seamlessly structured with fine chalky tannins and lightly applied fine grained oak. It comes together with a chewy richness on the palate.

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is the pinnacle of Singlefile's red wine portfolio, and it comes from the famous Riversdale Vineyard in Frankland River. Okay, this was a cooler year, and yet the vineyard has certainly pumped out some classy fruit that has been captured in this quite tightly refined expression of cabernet. First things first—give it a decent splash and decant to open...