Red

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The 2022 vintage was one that produced some very expressive and powerful statements of Margaret River cabernet. And this one delivers it all. Black fruits, a little leaf, black olive on the nose, with a trace of subtle raspberry red fruits. Palate is seamlessly integrated with the fine tannins and oak, delivered with real polish. Effortless and stylish through to...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Opens with such a beautiful exotic perfume. Violets and red berry with a background of blackcurrant and cherry. A Margaret River wine displaying elegance and refinement through a seamless yet structured palate. Gentle tannins and a light touch of oak harmonise bringing energy and life into a vibrant medium bodied palate.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This classy Margaret River cabernet sauvignon perfectly captures the vintage. Aromas of blackcurrant, dark cherry liqueur, and flecks of red fruit emerge from the glass. The palate is seamlessly integrated, with strength and purpose, a tight core of oak and tannin perfectly aligned. A very stylish and elegant Margaret River cabernet.

Western Australia

Shiraz

An elegant and yet powerful shiraz that was sourced from the Chittering Valley. The aromas are intense with strong notes of ripe plum and liqueur cherry with a little dark chocolate. The palate is seamlessly woven together producing a plush velvety smooth feel. There’s a subtle thread of ironstone providing balance.

Frankland River

Shiraz

A wine that speaks clearly of Frankland River and the excellent 2023 vintage from the moment you engage with it. Lovely spicy plum aromas are joined by hints of chocolate and black cherry. The medium-bodied palate has tremendous depth and flavour, reflecting both the region and the vintage. Beautifully balanced, with plush fruit and layers of spice washing effortlessly across...

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

A little bottle age has really brought this wine into its own. An engaging combination of glazed cherry and raspberry on the nose. Some spices and a little lanolin like character. Palate is quite soft and supple, but there is good support from some chalky tannins and well integrated oak. Smooth, seamless, and long finish.

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

Bright, fruit driven pinot from the Great Southern of medium body. But there is depth here and layered complexity, with those bright cherry and red berry notes augmented with a subtle toasty mushroom like character. Palate loaded with cherry flavours, a liberal splashing of spices, and some nice integrated oak. Produces a wine of polish and poise.

Margaret River

Red Blend

An interesting wine that dips its toes into the Left and Right Banks of Bordeaux in terms of varietal sourcing. But it's a combination that works really well. The aromatics of the cab franc provide a lovely lift of floral notes and red berries, with the addition of the juicy, slightly leafy malbec. Palate is soft and supple, with lots...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Another wine that demonstrates just how good the 2024 Margaret River vintage could be. It was a warm season, but the extended summer allowed cabernet sauvignon to ripen beautifully. Aromas of blackcurrant, bay leaf and dark chocolate are unmistakably varietal. The palate is deeply concentrated yet velvety and seamless, supported by finely controlled tannins and perfectly judged oak. A first-rate...

Pemberton

Pinot Noir

Sourced from Pemberton vineyards in an outstanding vintage. There's so much to like about this wine, from the ripe cherry and strawberry aromas through to the palate, where the warm flesh of pinot is wrapped around a firm core of fine, chalky tannins and neatly judged oak. A spicy, savoury note carries through the finish, while the brightness and energy...

Margaret River

Shiraz Blend

A deliciously appealing wine from an excellent vintage. A small addition of viognier adds its character beautifully, complementing the gingery, apricot notes of the viognier with the savoury plum and lightly liqueur-style cherries of shiraz. Smooth, seamless, and structured with poise. An elegant and very smart example of this style.

Geographe

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is an opulent and riper style of cabernet sourced from the Donnybrook region. Loaded with dark plummy fruit pudding fruit characters on the nose and palate. There's a little black cherry and dark chocolate richness with a grainy oak contribution. A wine for immediate enjoyment while those youthful fruit characters are so evident.

Margaret River

Red Blend

This blend of largely cabernet with smaller contributions from merlot, malbec and petit verdot is sourced from the Woodlands Brook Vineyard and the Wilyabrup Valley. It was introduced a few years ago and has steadily moved up in completeness and complexity. This is the best yet. It has power and poise with deep fruit intensity edged with a minerally chalky...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

One of the best Clementine releases yet, from a very good vintage. A blend of cabernet, merlot and malbec, it bursts with intensity, with florals, bay leaf and a blackcurrant-olive combination on the nose. The palate shows plush, bright fruit wrapped around a firm thread of chalky tannins, finishing effortlessly long.

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

A structured and purposeful cabernet merlot blend with a couple of friends thrown in. Bright, crunchy fruit is a feature. Lifted florals and a mix of redcurrant and light bay leaf, underpinned by a little graphite character. The palate is still quite tight, but it’s medium-bodied and concentrated, delivering to a focused, effortless, long finish.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Wine of the Year 2024 How fitting that as Woodlands celebrates the 50th year since it was established in 1973 by David and Heather Watson, it should be awarded the Wine of The Year. It is a fabulous example of Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon made with more than a little Bordeaux influence. Winemaker Stuart Watson has been pumping out outstanding...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A more elegant, finer version, certainly compared to the previous year. This is a cabernet sauvignon dominant blend with about 4% malbec and a smidgeon of cabernet franc. The key in this cooler year was to strike the balance of oak and fruit with those supporting tannins sitting there. It’s been achieved with ease and the result is wine of...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Each year this wine is named in honour of a family member or friend. The Maestro in this case is David Gregg, the charismatic, legendary winemaker of Vasse Felix. I think he would appreciate the elegance and understated refinement of the wine. It is one of the very best years in this distinguished line. Rich dark fruits burst from the...

Margaret River

Red Blend

This is a personal favourite. It's a 68% cabernet, 22% malbec and 10% merlot blend. Such a good vintage captured perfectly to reveal all the power and concentration with a deft hand creating an elegant and finely tuned finish. Super intense cabernet fruit dominates with that graphite and slightly oyster shell minerality helping to focus and present through its long...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

The brightness of this cooler vintage is evident immediately on the nose. Lifted dark fruit with a little black olive and bay leaf infusion burst out. It’s a blend of largely cabernet with small contributions of malbec, merlot and cabernet franc. An elegantly framed wine of effortless style. The palate is sublimely integrated with the bright fruit given some nice...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

A cracking wine from this excellent vintage, blending 73% cabernet, 22% merlot and the remainder malbec. Deeply concentrated fruit has easily carried 19 months in oak, producing a wine of power, poise and balance. Dark fruits, lifted aromatics, and fine focus combine on a detailed palate that will reward extended cellaring.

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

Another outstanding wine from this great vintage. Nearly 75% cabernet, with merlot and malbec. There is power and intensity here, but it’s elegant and so refined. Crunchy red and black fruits, lifted red cherry and bay leaf, with a subtle oyster-shell minerality. It’s a very pretty wine that provides a lens into the greatness of the vintage and the influence...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The pinnacle of the Woodlands stable, consistently among Margaret River’s finest. One of the most aromatic and almost pretty examples of this wine, named each year after a Watson family member. Complex aromas of blackcurrant, bay leaf, oyster shell minerality and black olive tapenade. The palate shows how fruit and oak have been stylishly harnessed, with chalky tannins providing support...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

Flavoursome medium bodied cabernet blend displaying the fruit generosity of this vintage. Ripe blackcurrant and mulberry aromas with a little savoury plummy character edging in. The palate is packed with ripe black fruit and a little red fruit lift. Subtle leaf and seashell minerally play their role in a smoothly finished young wine.

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

Predominantly cabernet and malbec, but a little dollop of merlot and petit verdot completes the picture. This is a wonderfully vibrant and fresh young cabernet blend from a season that required plenty of management of the heat. But it’s been done really well, and the result is a bright, crunchy-fruited blend, striking a really good balance and presence on the...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A perfectly crafted blended red with the cabernet taking the lead and merlot playing a neat support act. Black olive and bay leaf notes merge with a blackcurrant light plummy character. The palate is medium bodied and seamlessly integrated. The chalky fine tannins add that final touch to complete a terrific value red wine.

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

Pure, vibrant and highly expressive, this is predominantly cabernet with contributions from merlot, cabernet franc and malbec. Energetic, punchy fruit opens with plummy blackcurrant and a subtle leafy black olive nuance. The palate reveals red fruits and a cedary character, all well integrated and balanced.

Margaret River

Malbec

Gee whizz, this is a super-young, fresh red wine for drinking in the next few years. It’s soft and rounded, with supple, generous fruit flavours supported by light, gentle tannin and a lick of understated oak. It’s about the fruit, which is bright and so vibrant. Just dances off the palate.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The old dry-grown vines play a significant role in this cabernet, which year after year delivers so much. It's a fine and elegant style with a mix of blackcurrant and bay leaf with a subtle limestone and graphite minerality. The palate is still tightly held, but within there is excellent fruit concentration and vibrancy. The lift of sage and dried...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A wine which consistently delivers. It’s based on original vines planted more than 40 years ago. It’s an elegant and most stylish expression of the variety making excellent use of this good red wine vintage. Intense aroma of blackberry and blackcurrant with a leafy oyster shell overlay. The palate is still quite firm with distinctly chalky tannins in support. A...

Margaret River

Red Blend

Highly scented and perfumed medium bodied blend of two Spanish varieties graciano and tempranillo. The combination of spicy cherry and raspberry merges with the subtle earthy savoury notes. It's supple and juicy with a vibrant fruit lift. Plenty of chalky acid on the finish will support further ageing.

Margaret River

Red Blend

No, you won’t need a squeeze of lemon in this one. It’s a combination of graciano and tempranillo, two famous Spanish varieties. Spicy red fruit notes with a slightly raspberry and cherry combination. Beautifully weighted palate that is about the fruit with just a little oak adding to the structural integrity. The high acidity makes this ideal as a food...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

A Bordeaux blend using largely cabernet sauvignon with merlot and cabernet franc. Cabernet provides the power and linear structure while the merlot adds palate filling and the franc that little lift of perfumed red fruit on the nose. Such a poised and well-balanced wine with bright red fruits working with slightly grainy sinewy tannins and a nice oak touch. Everything...

Margaret River

Red Blend

This is a Bordeaux-type blend that is largely cabernet with smaller percentages of merlot and cab franc. It was a good season in Margaret River, and this has flowed through into this medium-bodied and highly flavoursome, beautifully poised cabernet blend. Highly aromatic with floral violet notes and red berry, and just a trace of blackberry and plum on the palate....

Margaret River

Shiraz

The fruit for this consistently good shiraz come mostly from a dry-grown low-yielding vineyard. Lots of dark fruit with a ripe plummy richness. It's generous and full-bodied with a slightly savoury black pepper mix. The slightly vanillin influenced notes American oak are evident on the nose, creating a distinctive and individual wine for Woody Nook. Lots of bright fruit with...

Margaret River

Shiraz

This was a good season for shiraz. Here is generosity plus, with deep colour and intensely concentrated fruit delivered with a degree of finesse. Spicy dark plum and a little leaf and pepper provides an engaging opening. The palate is loaded with soft full fruit with the fine chalky tannins and well managed oak, of which half was new, providing...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Consistently one of the best cabernets released in Margaret River, and this one from the great '23 vintage is certainly one of the best I have seen. The smooth, seamless balanced integration does feature so prominently. Aromas of blackcurrant, slight bay leaf, and a little chocolatey black olive. And then a palate that picks up all the dark fruits but...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

These old dry-grown vines are producing some excellent fruit. And the balance they achieve is an important part of the wine, especially in years that were so hot, like 2024. The result is a cabernet that's structured with a firm core but with an elegance and refinement that captures those vines so well. There's a leafy blackcurrant, a slightly bay...

Margaret River

Red Blend

The dominant component of this blend is cabernet at 90%, with smaller contributions from merlot and cab franc providing important aromatics and suppleness through the mid-palate. It's a stylish expression of these varieties, medium-bodied and displaying impeccable, seamless balance. This was an outstanding season in Margaret River, with the longer, cooler conditions promoting a combination of red and blackberry fruit,...

Margaret River

Shiraz

Captures all that is good in this wonderful vintage in Margaret River. It's predominantly sourced from the old dry-grown, low-yielding vines on the Gallagher vineyard, and it was treated carefully. After handpicking, it got 18 months in a mix of American and French oak with about 20% of that new. I think the American oak vanillin complexity has added quite...