Red

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a powerhouse statement of cabernet. Loaded with blackcurrant and black olive with a liberal addition of bay leaf and dried herbs. The palate cuts deep with a graphite leafy edge striking through the solid core of dark fruit. It's had 50% new French oak, which sits comfortably with the fruit and firm tannins. A wine with some cellaring...

Margaret River

Shiraz

There’s a lot going on in this excellent shiraz from Margaret River. The aromas first. There’s a mix of bright red and some blue fruits with dark plum and a lick of licorice. On the palate other nuances emerge with cocoa and mocha plus some nice spices and a little black pepper. This is a stylish medium bodied wine made...

Margaret River

Shiraz

The colour in this Margaret River shiraz is so deep and dense, but there's a real vibrancy and brightness about it. This is a deliciously succulent, rich, generous shiraz with loads of dark plum and liqueur cherry fruit, with a nice spicy element. The palate has a slightly chewy feel, which is most appealing, and a little liquorice-plummy nuance that...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This turned out to be a good season in Margaret River, producing elegantly defined red wines of some refinement. Blackcurrant with a leafy overtone and a little graphite influence. The palate is deeply concentrated but more medium weight with fine tannins in support. A nice juicy cabernet that hits the mark now.

Margaret River

Shiraz

This was a season that produced some excellent soft and generously proportioned red wines, and here is a case in point. Deep plummy colour to start. The nose reveals a beautifully engaging combination of mulberry and dark plum with a lift of light cedary oak. The palate is nicely textured with a grainy feel complementing the well-rounded fruit.

Margaret River

Shiraz

Plenty of concentrated fruit in this wine, but it presents with more medium weight and, as a result, is a stylish expression of the variety from Margaret River. Aromas of slightly earthy red fruits with a subtle gravelly minerality. Neatly integrated oak and chalky tannins give direction and focus.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Loaded with fully ripe juicy dark fruit which has been crafted into a medium-bodied but generous wine. Carries the full package of juicy red fruit with darker plum and blackcurrant nuances emerging. The oak and tannin combo sits comfortably. Has a dry minerally finish.

Blackwood Valley

Cabernet Blend

This is a soft and supple cabernet dominant blend from the Blackwood Valley. Has the distinctive regional plushness and volume of fruit with deep blackberry and dark plum characters emerging. Has good structure with fine grainy tannins and a nice touch of oak to assist.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

No mistaking that this is cabernet, Margaret River cabernet. The nose displays that compelling merging of blackcurrant and dark chocolate a little black olive and a ripe plummy richness. The palate is medium weight and seamlessly laced together with fine tannins and oak. A balanced, elegant wine.

Blackwood Valley

Shiraz Blend

Highly fragrant aromas announce this as a delightful blend from the Blackwood Valley. Red berry dominance with a neat mix of raspberry and plum. The palate is so soft and supple, with generous plump flavours supported by fine tannins and a lick of oak. It’s a wine for drinking sooner not later as it is so appealing now.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

An opulent and powerfully concentrated cabernet from Margaret River in this very good red wine year. Lashings of blue and black fruit on the nose with blackcurrant and dark liqueur cherry nuances dominant. The palate is loaded with a dark chocolate and a spicy blackcurrant richness. Fine tannins with a subtle oyster shell minerality provides support. Plenty of life in...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A richly complex wine sourced from Margaret River. The nose reveals an engaging and complex mix of stone fruit and meal with subtle brioche character. Rich deeply concentrated flavours have been enhanced by wild yeast fermentation and regular lees stirring which has built textural complexity. A steely core delivers a precise long finish.

Blackwood Valley

Shiraz

This is a first-rate wine, and clearly one of the best yet under this label. Concentrated aromas of varietal black cherry and blackberry with rich dark plum. A little mocha and cocoa merges. The palate is generous and lavishly presented with spicy dark fruits supported by ripe tannins and a liberal amount of oak. Shows what can be done in...

Margaret River

Shiraz

A rich and quite powerful expression of Margaret River shiraz, loaded with ripe berries, dark plum and subtle spices. The tannins are quite chewy but work well with the opulent fruit. There's a subtle liquorice-like character lurking within the palate, and just a dollop of dark chocolate, combining into something that is eminently enjoyable drinking.

Geographe

Cabernet Sauvignon

A bold statement of cabernet from a year that delivered some excellent wines, albeit produced in the heart of COVID. Striking aromas of blackcurrant and a touch of stewed plum lead into a balanced palate with fine tannins, gentle oak, and concentrated yet poised fruit. A delicious wine best enjoyed in the medium term.

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Malbec

A most attractive malbec that demonstrates how well this variety suits the Ferguson Valley. The colour is deep, and the aromas burst with blackberry and plum lifted by a liberal dusting of spice. The palate carries more blackberry and plum notes, with richer cocoa and a touch of dried herb. A lovely red-fruited mid-palate underpins its balance and poise, with...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This deceptively good vintage produced wines of elegance and style and this is a good example of what came from it. The leafy minerally notes of cabernet are well to the fore. Bright red fruit emerges from an engaging bouquet that sets it up nicely. There's a slightly meaty blackcurrant influence which speaks cabernet. Perfectly balanced with everything coming together...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The first encounter on the nose suggested this might be special. Further investigation revealed it is. Cracking vintage produced intense and vibrant fruit to underpin a wine that has been expertly handled to capture all that was good in this vintage. It’s got power, yet delivers with medium body. Blackcurrant, dried herbs and bay leaf aromas with a trace of...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A wine that captures the elegance and poise that mark the cooler 2021 vintage. Displays a good concentration of blackcurrant with leafy bay leaf, black olive and a touch of oyster shell graphite on the nose. The palate is medium weight and impeccably integrated with fine tannins and oak working harmoniously. It has an elegant finish that's focused and quite...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

This is a juicy and quite succulent medium-bodied wine that brings these two varieties together in harmony. Lots of juicy ripe fruit — plummy, blackcurrant — a slightly minerally bay leaf edge, and a neat integration of oak and fruit. It all comes together well, a wine that's probably best in the short to medium term.

Margaret River

Red Blend

A medium bodied leafy wine that reflects the cooler vintage in Margaret River. Nose as a slight tomato bush sage character, while the palate is angular and neatly worked with gentle oak. The tannins provide a chalkiness that adds to the final picture.

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

Highly perfumed aromas of plum and blackcurrant highlight the contributions of these excellent bedfellows. The palate is soft and supple, with generous opulent fruit characters emerging. It’s medium bodied but loaded with all manner of juicy plump fruit, making it such an enjoyable medium-term wine. The slightly chalky tannin influence completes the picture.

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

A most complete and quite beautiful combination of these two varieties. It’s a medium-bodied wine expressing lovely bright red fruits with a little black fruit influence that was part of this excellent vintage. Seamlessly woven together with very fine, silky tannins, gentle oak persuasion and plush, soft and supple fruit characters. It really does stand up as delightful current and...

Margaret River

Shiraz

The nose opens with a distinctive vineyard character of cool mint sitting over the leafy dark plummy fruits. The palate is soft and smoothly integrated with fine liner tannins and a lick of oak. Retains a soft pliable palate feel with good flavour intensity.

Margaret River

Shiraz

A very pretty expression of this variety from Margaret River. The nose speaks volumes for this variety in this vintage. Bright plummy notes with a mix of spices and dried herbs with a trace of sage. Soft and supple with a plush texture, supported by fine chalky tannins and a fine-grained subtle oak influence. Really attractive wine.

Margaret River

Shiraz

Absolutely nails the variety, the style and captures the best of the season. Peppery dark plummy fruits, hints of dried herbs, charcuterie, chocolate and a lift of red fruit provide a compelling opening. The palate is structured with a chalky, gravelly feel that provides balance to the sweet ripe fruit. It's medium weight with good concentration and intensity, and it...

Margaret River

Shiraz

A block that consistently delivers an outstanding shiraz. It's definitely more in the medium-bodied stylish syrah vein than classically big Aussie shiraz with its bright red fruits and lifted perfumed aromatics. Has a thoroughly beautiful mouthfeel with fine bony tannins and slick oak balancing the fruit intensity. I do like this style of wine.

Margaret River

Shiraz

Yet another prime example of why Margaret River should never be ignored for syrah or shiraz. This is a wine of structure and purpose, yet at the same time, it's loaded with warm, fleshy fruit. The use of stalks back in the fermentation has contributed both structurally and to the slightly more savoury elements. It sits in the medium bodied...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Another excellent wine from this sleeper vintage in which the wines have generally taken a little time to shake themselves out of their slumber. Plenty of dark chocolate and blackcurrant fruit starting to emerge with the support of chalky fine tannins and sensitively applied oak. One of the best I have seen under this label.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Always a crowd pleaser, is this cabernet. In year of deep fruit concentration, it’s easily coped with the 45% new French oak over 18 months. A powerful and assertive wine of tremendous presence. Perfumed violet floats over darker blackcurrant notes while a thick coating of dark chocolate adds further engagement. It’s dense and concentrated through with a rich middle palate...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Seamless, elegant, refined. This is high class Margaret River cabernet. The intensity of the fruit has clearly handled the 45% new oak where it spent 15 months. Loads of blackcurrant fruits with a subtle cedary, slightly gamey character adding complexity. The palate has real power, yet it's presented with a degree of elegance. There's richness here as it extends through...

Margaret River

Red Varietal

This comes from the original Lewis plantings in 1976. It gets about 50% new oak and only the best barrels are selected. The first of these was made in 2015. A mighty impressive wine from a blend of cabernet franc and cabernet sauvignon. The perfumed franc carries the aromas while the more substantial assertive cabernet adds structure and poise. On...

Margaret River

Red Blend

A wine that certainly captures the essence of a cool and quite elegant vintage in Margaret River. It’s a combination of dominant cabernet franc and a small amount of cabernet sauvignon. I think there are a few other Bordeaux varieties in there too. Leafy blackcurrant aromas immediately point to a wine of refinement and elegance. The palate is quite beautiful...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Presents the qualities of the ’22 vintage quite beautifully. There's quite a floral, perfumed note of violets and black currant with a little lifted liqueur cherry. This carries through onto the palate, which is supported by a tidy combination of tannin and sweet oak. The fruit has a plushness, and yet it's balanced with that chalkiness that gives it structure,...

Margaret River

Tempranillo

The warm, ripe 2024 vintage seems to have suited this variety, which is a combination of tempranillo clones from Yallingup. The colour is brilliant and bright, while the aromas show cherry, liquorice and bright raspberry characters. The palate is supple, with plush, soft fruit delivering a balanced and thoroughly enjoyable drinking experience. Super wine for drinking over the next few...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Impressive wine from this super season. It's got everything you expect in Margaret River cabernet. Lots of dark berries with blackcurrant, blackberry, a little dark chocolate, and a faint, subtle lift of violets on the nose. Palate pulls everything together with a firm thread of fine tannins and neatly layered oak that comes from the 16 months in French barrels....

Margaret River

Shiraz

This vineyard has proved highly successful for shiraz, or syrah, over the years and now, in the hands of Swings & Roundabouts, it is making some mighty fine wine. It has been made in a way that accentuates the medium-weight fruit, releasing vibrant, bright and quite punchy berry characters while retaining structure and poise. The larger-format French oak puncheons have...

Frankland River

Grenache

Nice to have this wine back in town after an absence in 2021. The power and concentration of the vineyard and the style is immediately evident. The intensity strikes immediately on the nose, while once the wine starts to roll across your palate you know you in a head zone of great power. It was a warm and concentrated vintage....

Great Southern

Mourvèdre

Savoury aromatic black fruit characters. Almost a stewed fruit character on the nose but it's not overdone. It's real fruit that you are getting here. Great mouth feel and texture with a lively gravelly tannin. The palate is focused and precise and is very much in the Old-World style. The leaner soils of the vineyard contribute to its distinctive slaty...

Frankland River

Mourvèdre

This is the second vintage of the Farvie Mourvedre and takes the excellent ’21 up a notch. It has a dry, savoury and slightly ferruginous rusty nail character offsetting the sweet floral notes on the nose. The palate is a superb interpretation of the variety in these Frankland soils. There is a slightly greater volume of fruit than ’21, bit...