Red

Geographe

Shiraz

This excellent wine from the '20 vintage is starting to hit its straps. The aroma is an enticing chocolate, spicy plum and vanilla bean combination. It leads into the soft and smoothly textured palate which is brimming with all manner of delicious red fruits. Has a slightly savoury smoky finish. Drinking mighty well now.

Geographe

Shiraz

A stylish and beautifully crafted medium-bodied shiraz from Geographe. Perfumes of red berry and cedar with a spicy touch, lift from the glass. The chalky tannins contribute to an appealing chewy textural palate. Interesting that 30% new Burgundian oak has been used, contributing to the excellent balance.

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

A most stylish blend of 87% cabernet with 11% merlot and a smidgeon of perfumed cabernet franc. It’s a delightfully fragrant and pure medium-bodied blend with the compelling characters of blackcurrant and cedary plum on the nose cascading into a smooth and seamlessly structured palate. The firm chalky tannins and nice touch of oak harness the intense fruit. Like all...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

Opens with such pretty aromatics of cherry and plummy red fruits with a little cabernet blackcurrant. Palate is wonderfully soft and generous with delicious fruit flavours exhibiting tremendous energy and verve. It's largely gone into older oak but that 10% new just gives it the final flourish on the finish. Lovely wine in the medium term.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a triumph for vineyard in what was a challenging year. Low yields, birds and rain events all conspired to make things tough but a rigorous biodynamic approach in the vineyard and later in the winery has resulted in a magnificent expression of a slightly cooler climate Margaret River cabernet. High end florals on the nose with notes of...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Really delivers as you might expect from this excellent concentrated and powerfully framed vintage in Margaret River. It’s dominant cabernet with smaller portions of merlot, cabernet franc and malbec. Typical of this wine since switching to biodynamics, it is bright and brilliant with a nervy tense energy to drive the palate. The succulent fruit is harnessed by fine chalky tannins...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A wine that simply never disappoints. In fact, that's understating it. This wine was hand-harvested across six pickings following flower days and, of course, with biodynamically grown fruit. It was an early vintage yet these vines are in perfect balance, and they can certainly handle extremes like this. It's a blend of 90 per cent cabernet, five per cent cabernet...

Margaret River

White Blend

It's largely a sauvignon blanc and semillon blend but about 5% verdelho has been added and it plays an important role especially on the palate. This is as pure an expression of this blend as you could get after hand-harvesting. It was naturally fermented and there were no additions so you're getting a quite beautiful expression of the fruit in...

Margaret River

Red Blend

The deepest, darkest colour you could ever imagine sits in the glass of this 70/30 blend of malbec and petit verdot from Cullen’s Mangan vineyard. It’s named after Kevin Cullen’s grandfather Ephraim, who like Cullen was a wine pioneer, albeit in the previous century. All naturally fermented and basket pressed before maturation in oak of which 35% was new for...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is heady stuff pushing a Margaret River cabernet into the rarefied air of Grange and Hill of Grace and at the same time making a statement about this great cabernet region. The fruit was naturally fermented and then had 13 weeks in terracotta amphorae before pressing to second fill oak. So, the oak influence is subdued but important in...

Margaret River

Red Blend

This blend of malbec, petit verdot and merlot comes from the Mangan Vineyard. Only older oak has been used, allowing the hugely concentrated fruit to express its full power and intensity. It’s a lively and vibrant wine with excellent tannin structure which seems a product of the vineyard. It’s a bold statement with deep colour and power through to its...

Margaret River

Red Blend

This is a blend of many varieties off the estate, and it's all been brought together in a wine that is deliciously flavoursome balanced and plush. Has some lovely plump vibrant red fruits supported with a firmish thread of tannin and a gentle hint of oak. Such a bright energetic red wine. It's just made for drinking over the short...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A wine that brings the biodynamic vineyard and winemaking commitment at Cullen into a remarkable expression of pure Margaret River cabernet sauvignon. These vines are now more than 50 years old and are contributing to wines that are bright and high fidelity. After fermentation in 300l terracotta amphorae the wine gets a further 7 months new oak maturation. Bright aromas...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A wine of extraordinary depth and concentration, yet with a vibrancy and an almost electrical energy, brings an incandescence to the palate. Masses of black fruits, with lifted florals and perfumed violet nuances. There’s a deep saturation of fruit held with neatly aligned tannins and, of course, that oak which comes from biodynamic puncheons. Balanced and poised with typical Cullen...

Margaret River

Merlot

This merlot is sourced from the Cullen Vineyard. The vines are now quite old and pump out some mighty good fruit of intensity and deep concentration. After fermentation it went into oak of which a third was new, for 14 months. Black fruits on the nose with subtle meaty charcuterie touches and rich fruit cake. There is power and drive...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

Two varieties certainly benefited from the warm season – expressive, vibrant, bright fruit concentration and life. Aromatic notes of perfume, violet, blackcurrant and a little leaf. The palate has a firm core, but it's delightfully supple and fruity while retaining the poise you expect with this combination. Only 20% new oak was used, but the wine stands tall and in...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Okay. I’ve tasted every one of the Diana Madeline vintages, and I can say absolutely that I have never had a better one than this. Opens with a highly scented perfume that lifts exotically from the glass. Then notes of bay leaf and black olive fill out a little before more ethereal notes of violet and glazed cherry emerge. The...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A supreme and stunning wine under this Legacy Series from Cullen. After crushing to clay amphora, the fruit was left on skins for 13 days before pressing to biodynamic barrels for four months. There were no additions, so this is a pure and expressive example of vineyard and region. Exquisite perfume combinations of violets and red fruits. And then a...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The perfumed intensity of this very good red wine vintage in Margaret River is impressive. Opens with a strong minerally blackcurrant and black olive combo. A little oyster shell adds a fine lift. The palate is super intense and concentrated albeit of medium to full body, but firm and slightly assertive tannins. A muscular wine of a style and structure...

Frankland River

Shiraz

This is from the Swinney vineyard. It’s a dry-grown WA selection. Has a lovely spicy aroma with sweet fruit and dark cherry characters. There’s no new oak and is a mix of 500l oak barrels and just one stainless barrel. Vesey has included 50% whole bunch, which has certainly brought some texture. And it is all foot stomped. Stylistically falls...

Frankland River

Grenache

The fruit for this outstanding grenache comes off the Swinney vineyard at Frankland River. This is another exceptional wine displaying a lovely perfume and that ironstone character that is part of the regional DNA. Spent 18 months on lees and then and straight to bottle. It has lovely mouthfeel and texture. Tremendous fruit intensity delivered with a real style. There’s...

Porongurup

Pinot Noir

This is another wine sourced from the Shepherd’s Hut vineyard. The colour is bright crimson and light red. This is quite a pretty wine of some elegance with the 40% whole bunch adding that structural mouth feel. The oak was a mix of puncheons and hogsheads for the oak treatment. Has a slightly rose petal and Turkish Delight character. Again,...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A blend dominated by bright red fruits. It's medium bodied in line with this cooler vintage but there is good fruit intensity. It's balanced with fine chalky tannins and a light layer of oak. As it breathes more of the delicious chewy flavours emerge.

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

Crafted as a wine for drinking in the shorter term, but there is plenty here to engage, from a pure vibrant bright fruit aroma through to a palate that balances lively medium bodied fruit with delicious red fruits and dark chocolate flavours. A slightly edgy minerality provides a neat complementing balance. Easy drinking wine.

Margaret River

Red Blend

A beautiful example of the quality of this vintage. It's simply loaded with red fruits, but with some nice darker fruit and dark chocolate influences. The palate is soft with a scrumptious juiciness about it, supported by a firmish thread of chalky tannin, and a nice lick of oak. I could see a bit of this being consumed around a...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This comes off the original vines that were planted on the Deep Woods and Abbey Vale properties. So it sits within the Yallingup sub-region. Aromas of intense blackcurrant, bay leaf, black olive, and a lashing of dark chocolate impose themselves on the senses immediately. The palate is exceptional. It’s a deeply concentrated and intensely presented wine, and yet it’s an...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A high-class cabernet that comes from the old vines of Deep Woods Estate and Abbey Vale. Delightful florals on the nose merge with dark blackcurrant and lifted bay leaf and subtle olive tapenade nuances. The palate is a domain of control and poise with fine chalky tannins and ample well-weighted use of new and seasoned French oak. I love that...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The best fruit from the original Deep Woods Estate and Abbey Vale properties has been brought together to create something special with this Reserve Cabernet from the great '23 vintage. You want cabernet, you'll find it here. Every piece sits together harmoniously and with great poise. The blackcurrant, dark plummy, chocolatey characters on the nose are lifted with a little...

Margaret River

Shiraz

Has to be one of the best shiraz yet produced from Deep Woods. It’s a brilliant example of what Margaret River can do in an excellent season, and this was certainly one of those. Aromas of plums, spices, a little syrupy chocolate and some bright cherry. And then a palate that is so seamlessly integrated, with a weave of fine-grain...

Margaret River

Red Blend

Oh, just wonderful. Captures the essence of this early drinking red wine style that has become such a winner for Deep Woods. It’s a blend of shiraz with malbec and grenache. So, it’s a sort of jumbled GSM with malbec instead of mourvedre. It’s so bright and vibrant with lively floral perfumed aromas and a delightful medium bodied palate of...

Margaret River

Red Blend

Although the blend is changed slightly over the years, I can't begin to tell you the number of times I've turned to this one when looking for a scrumptious ready-to-drink red wine. It's a blend of shiraz, malbec, and grenache, and it's loaded with punchy, vibrant fruit. Lifted florals of red fruits, slightly spicy, and a palate that is plush...

Margaret River

Shiraz Blend

This is consistently one of the best value and most approachable red wines released in WA each year. In this case, it's a blend of shiraz, malbec, and grenache, with each providing key components to the wine. The shiraz gives it the grunt and the strength, the malbec the fleshy red fruits of the mid palate, and grenache some high-end...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This comes from a block on the original planting on the Yallingup Hills. It's a remarkably elegant and stylish cabernet from this region. Aromas of bay leaf and blackberry with a little red currant nuanced. The palate has an effortless feel about it, with its medium weight packing good structural intensity with those fine though firm tannins fundamentally in support,...

Margaret River

Cabernet Franc

A beautiful expression of this largely right-bank variety. Comes from the northern part of Margaret River. Shows some quite beautiful perfumed red and black fruits on the nose. Palate has lovely softness and smooth richness with a medium-weight feel. Well-integrated, fine, silky tannins, and some subtle oak work well into the soft fruit. A little spicy edginess on the finish...

Margaret River

Cabernet Franc

I really do like this wine. It's cabernet franc, but it has some grunt, coupled with that typical seamless palate feel, and lovely, floral lifted aromatics. It comes from the northern parts of Margaret River, and that's where it gets its depth and power. The colour is brilliant, vibrant. And the palate, thoroughly delightful with a fine chalky, dusty influence,...

Margaret River

Malbec

The colour gets you immediately. Deep and dark, blacky red all swirling through with lifted crimson hues. The nose is highly perfumed, with a mix of those red fruits, rhubarb, and juby characters, but with tremendous intensity and concentration. The palate is just supreme. Rich, concentrated, yet with the elegance and deft restraint that you get with high-class malbec. A...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

Serious stuff here in a blend that works so well from part of the Sandalford vineyard purchased by the Fogarty Wine Group a few years ago. Planted in 1971, it is one of the oldest vineyards in Wilyabrup. Loaded with a complex matrix of dark fruits exhibiting a plummy, bitter dark chocolate and spicy mix. Deep into the palate reveals...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

This comes from the Septimus vineyard in Wilyabrup, and it’s one of the oldest blocks in the area. On the nose, a mix of blackberry, dark plum, dark chocolate and spices captivates immediately. And then the soft and supple, although well-supported, palate delivers more red and black fruit combinations, supported by a really fine chalky tannin influence and some well-judged...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

Deep Woods acquired this vineyard a few years ago, and it's smack bang in the middle of Wilyabrup in a block that was planted almost at the very start of Margaret River. Loads of dark fruits on the nose—plummy, blackcurrant, and dark chocolate—with a subtle graphite, oyster shell complexity. The palate has an almost effortless languid feel about it, and...

Margaret River

Shiraz

My, my, my, this is good. It comes from a very old vineyard in Wilyabrup, and a small portion of the fruit was kept on full, whole bunches during fermentation. The nose is spicy, with dark plum, liqueur cherry, some subtle toasty oak, and a lift of red fruits. The palate is seamlessly integrated with the fine tannins and silky...