Red

Geographe

Shiraz

This is consistently one of my favourite value shiraz. And this vintage is a beauty, capturing everything you expect from it. Dark plum with spices and a lick of dark chocolate and mocha on the nose. The palate is deep and concentrated but in keeping with the vintage shows poise and elegance. Fine chalky tannins play that defining role to...

Geographe

Red Blend

Such a beautiful vintage has been captured perfectly with this classic Rhone-inspired blend. It’s a medium bodied bright as a button fruit led wine of captivating brightness and vitality. The palate is a mix of blackberry and cherry with a little spicy, peppery infusion to lift. The soft and supple fruit have plenty of structural support from the chalky tannins...

Geographe

Tempranillo

Tempranillo appears to go very well in Geographe, and these guys have been making one of the best. This is a wine of plush smooth medium bodied fruit displaying a slightly grainy gravelly textural feel. Brilliant red colour with traces of crimson. A fine chalky tannin influence and just a little oak to balance. Ideal food wine in the next...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A cracking good wine Wills Domain. Everything about it is just right. Beautiful exotic aromas of violets and cherry with a red fruit lift of raspberry. The palate is where it really hits the mark. Exquisitely balanced with faultless integration of fruit, oak and fine chalky tannins.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A wine that beautifully combines power with refinement. Predominantly cabernet sauvignon, it's complemented by smaller portions of merlot, cabernet franc and malbec. Aromas of blackcurrant, olive tapenade and a subtle bay leaf lift lead into a palate seamlessly woven with fine chalky tannins and well-judged oak supporting the concentrated fruit. It has plenty of power, yet maintains an elegant medium-bodied...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A generous, yet still structurally defined cabernet sourced from low yielding established vines. Dark chocolate, plush mulberry and bright red slightly jubey cherry. It’s an engaging aroma to open. The palate is intricately woven with fine tannins and fine-grained oak lacing the deep and concentrated fruit into a seamless expression through to a long finish. A racy vibrant acidity really...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet also thrived in 2022, and this is a stylish, refined expression from northern Margaret River. Aromas of black fruits are lifted by a touch of red, bringing vibrancy. The palate is plush with plummy cherry characters, framed by chalky tannins and carefully judged oak. Generous and opulent yet elegant, with the structure and power to reward extended cellaring.

Margaret River

Shiraz

The 2022 vintage produced fruit of excellent concentration and flavour, and this captures it beautifully. There’s a pristine purity about it, with lively fruit intensity immediately apparent on the nose. The palate then delivers plummy liqueur cherry, spice and licorice, before finishing slightly savoury. Bright and luminous, supported by chalky tannins and fine oak integration, this is a most polished...

Margaret River

Red Blend

This is a 75% cabernet and 25% petit verdot blend. It is always cabernet dominant. But the other variety is determined by the varietal strength. There is some beautiful varietal cabernet in here. The petit verdot adds colour and concentrated power and tannins. It’s a really elegant style of cabernet with bright brilliant colour. It’s almost in the medium bodied...

Margaret River

Shiraz

A cracking good wine Wils Domain. Everything about it is just right. Beautiful exotic aromas of violets and cherry with a red fruit lift of raspberry. The palate is where it really hits the mark. Exquisitely balanced with faultless integration of fruit, oak and fine chalky tannins.

Margaret River

Red Blend

A combination of about 75% cabernet and the rest petit verdot has been chosen for this formidable red wine. It's a powerhouse reflecting the concentration and richness of the early and very ripe 2020 vintage. A blackcurrant and graphite, bay leaf aroma gets things started and then into the palate the real power emerges. That slightly firm grippy, ripe petit...

Margaret River

Red Blend

A blended red that harnesses the outstanding fruit of this low-yielding vineyard, brought together in a seamless and suave expression of Margaret River. Aromas of red fruits, tobacco, bay leaf and a trace of cocoa lead into a smoothly woven palate where crunchy red fruits interplay with darker elements in compelling fashion. A polished, refined wine of great style.

Margaret River

Red Blend

A blended red that harnesses the outstanding fruit of this low-yielding vineyard, brought together in a seamless and suave expression of Margaret River. Aromas of red fruits, tobacco, bay leaf and a trace of cocoa lead into a smoothly woven palate where crunchy red fruits interplay with darker elements in compelling fashion. A polished, refined wine of great style.

Margaret River

Shiraz

A wonderful expression of Margaret River shiraz. Provides a distinct point of difference from other cooler regions with its more earthy, savoury and dusty feel adding to the attractiveness of the sweet ripe fruit. The slightly grainy and sinewy tannins are typical of the region, sitting comfortably within the concentrated intense palate. A wine with cellaring potential.

Margaret River

Shiraz

The cooler 2021 vintage has shaped the style of this excellent shiraz. Plush fruit, fine chalky tannins and carefully managed oak are seamlessly integrated. The palate reveals ripe plum and savoury meaty characters with a subtle hint of damp leather adding complexity. Rich and beautifully textured, with excellent balance throughout.

Margaret River

Shiraz

This has beautiful seductive almost sweet fruit characters., It’s slightly plusher than the 20. Has incredible bright high energy colour. Spicy plum and rhubarb with a slightly savoury influence. It is a sumptuous palate with more fruit sweetness than the 2020. Smooth and seamless oak and fruit integration. Lovely tannin profile holds the long line to the finish. This is...

Margaret River

Shiraz

This takes the excellent Eightfold wine up another level. Its smooth, seamless and generous palate sets it apart, making it one of the most complete and integrated examples of Margaret River shiraz. There’s power, but it’s effortless, supported by sublime structural elements. Aromas of plummy cherry flow into a palate layered with licorice and a touch of minerality. Firm yet...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

A really beautiful example of this blend. The quality of the fruit from this vintage is evident from the get-go. Blackcurrant and mulberry with a little richer fruit cake opulence and just a faint hint of minerality. The palate is smooth and medium bodied with a plush mouth feel. This screams for drinking in the next few years while those...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

Despite the warmth in this season, this wine has emerged as an excellent example of this blend, and there's nothing namby-pamby about it. This offers richness and texture and flavour with varietally typical blackcurrant and plummy notes with a nice lifted red fruit raspberriness that adds to the complexity. It's smooth with an almost satin-like finish, and the oak is...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Another exceptional cabernet from this small producer. Opens with those typical blackcurrant and minerally bay leaf aromas. The palate is in that medium to full-bodied zone and is so precise and elegantly structured. Has a tight core of chalky tannins and fine-grained oak controlling the exquisite fruit through to a very long finish. Vibrant and alive.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The cabernets from Windance are always consistent and here is another beauty. Once again its medium bodied but the smooth elegance and refinement belies the power and intensity within. Powerful blackcurrant and dark plum with a little mulberry and dark chocolate. The palate is so well balanced with fine chalky tannins and subtle gentle oak infusion supporting the sweet fruit....

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is the most impressive cabernet that shows wonderful varietal integrity from the start. The aromas are quite floral and perfumed, but with an underlay of black olive and slight leafy bay leaf, and dark chocolate. The palate certainly has a firmness about it, but that's cabernet with chalky tannins and nice oak treatment supporting the intense fruit mix of...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A wine that captures the essence of this very good Margaret River vintage. Fragrant aromas of dark plum and blackcurrant with a little black olive complexity. The palate sings a glorious tune of balance and poise delivering the fruit through to a sustained and very long finish. Love the slightly oyster shell minerality with a saline edge. Terrific wine.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

I couldn't wait to get my hands on this wine. I knew it would be good, and guess what it is. Okay, the season was excellent, but this has that typical northern Margaret River firmness and deep intensity. So, this is structured and powerful and concentrated, yet there is the elegance and poise that comes with this wonderful vintage. Loads...

Margaret River

Shiraz

An opulent and lavish shiraz from a year which produced very powerful and intense red wines. Typical of this vineyard, the tannin and oak integration and the supple fruit creates such a velvety smooth and delightful friendly palate. Yet there is depth and intensity here with that typical blackberry and blue fruit mix with a little lightly toasty oak. Another...

Margaret River

Shiraz

Get a good year like this, and Margaret River shiraz can excel. This one has a firmness about it, but wrapped around is plush, generous fruit displaying that compelling mix of blackberry and dark plum with some brighter red fruit notes. There's a toasty oak influence that brings that structure and control to play. It's an elegantly crafted wine delivered...

Margaret River

Shiraz

Beautiful fragrant perfumes strike immediately indicating a wine of vibrances and life. Aromas of plum and cherry provide a compelling combination. The palate is seductively medium bodied but with concentrated intensity. Lively plummy fruit cake flavours with a fine thread of chalky tannin and perfectly applied oak. It's a terrific value for money shiraz from a very good maker of...

Margaret River

Shiraz

Here is a marvellous example of why Windance shiraz continue to be among the very best in Margaret River – actually from anywhere in WA. The seamless integration of fine supple medium bodied fruit, silky tannins and fine-grained oak creates a satiny mouthfeel that is just exquisite. Perfumed violets and cherry on the nose with deeper blackberry and satsuma plum...

Margaret River

Shiraz

A generous and opulent shiraz from this very warm season that shows what can be achieved with clever vineyard management and then empathetic treatment in the winery. The nose is a lovely combination of spices and blackberries, with a plummy dark chocolate overlay. The palate has a certain firmness about it through the core, yet there's a plush wrap of...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

There is so much to like about this cabernet. It started life with fermentation in amphora before maturation in French barriques for about five months. This technique has clearly had an influence because this is a quite exquisitely presented cabernet, seamlessly integrated, finely structured, and supremely refined. Aromas of blackcurrant, very subtle bay leaf, and black olive. And then a...

Great Southern

Cabernet Sauvignon

Small volume deluxe cabernet sourced from Frankland River. It's just starting to move into its work now to reveal the beautiful qualities from this region. Aromas of blackcurrant and dark plum with a subtle cedary oak influence. The palate is silky smooth yet immensely powerful. A wonderful expression of vineyard and place with the potential for extended ageing.

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The elegance and sublime structural beauty of Frankland River is vividly on display in this super classy cabernet. Strikes that perfect balance of power and refinement that delivers through a long and focussed palate. On the nose the blackcurrant of cabernet emerges, but then there is a little minerally graphite. The palate is still holding its tight line through to...

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A superb expression of Frankland River cabernet, showing just how good this region can be. The aromas are a mix of dark chocolate and blackcurrant, with a lift of subtle bay leaf and slightly ferrous red fruits. The palate has a brightness and energy which is evident immediately. The mix of red and black fruits merges seamlessly with the astute...

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

An excellent cabernet from this warm year that's been sourced from Frankland River. Blackcurrant and blackberry notes on the nose with a little dark cherry character, with a dollop of dark chocolate richness. Palate is seamlessly constructed with tremendous power and energy. Fruits are wrapped with a neat influence from the chalky, minerally tannins, and gently infused oak. Has a...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is cabernet through and through. The nose says it all. Blackcurrant, graphite and a little bay leaf. The palate delivers more in the medium to full-bodied zone with tremendous depth and concentration. Has been seamlessly pulled together with the oak, tannin and fruit working in perfect harmony. The final blend comes from a barrel cull, and it's resulted in...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a most impressive cabernet which comes from Wilyabrup in the heart of Margaret River. An opening blast of leafy blackcurrant, black olive and light bay leaf greet initially on the nose. The palate is elegantly structured with a tight weave of fine-grained oak and fine chalky tannins. Retains an elegant medium body but there is serious cellaring potential...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A cabernet that enters rarefied territory, showing both power and poise. Aromas of blackcurrant, bay leaf, graphite, and a hint of oyster shell create a compelling opening. The palate is generous and almost medium-bodied, all pulling together to a tremendously long, focused finish. A cracking wine of great style and depth.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A classically defined Margaret River cabernet sauvignon with tremendous concentration, structure and purpose. Aromas of blackcurrant combine with oyster shell minerality, subtle bay leaf and black olive. The palate introduces richer chocolate notes that weave through the dark fruit, supported by a firm framework of tannin and seamlessly integrated oak. A gentle leafy character adds further complexity. Powerful, poised and...

Margaret River

Shiraz

This barrel selection from Margaret River highlights the quality of shiraz from the outstanding 2023 vintage. Savoury dark fruits lead the nose, with ripe plum, dark cherry and a touch of spice adding complexity. The palate is firmer and more tightly structured than the Frankland River wine, yet it retains generous plush fruit, concentration and intensity. A powerful yet beautifully...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a remarkably plush and polished cabernet from this cooler vintage. Ripe blackcurrant and dark chocolate aromas with a trace of fruit pudding. The palate is dense and concentrated with a slightly liqueur cherry and dark chocolate flavour balanced with some nice minerally tannins and a decent lick of oak.