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Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A wine that makes a statement about Margaret River Cabernet. This was an early and very good vintage for red wines in Margaret River and it’s been captured perfectly here. The distinctive aroma of blackcurrant, bay leaf and black olive was augmented with a thread of oyster shell minerality. The 20 months in oak has been easily absorbed into the...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A wonderfully expressive and quite pretty cabernet from this outstanding Margaret River vintage. The nose releases seductive aromas of black currant, violet and bay leaf, and a little oyster shell minerality. The palate is intense but delivered with an elegant medium weight that captures the vintage so beautifully. Loads of red berries, some lightly cedary oak, chalky tannins. All combining...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

A stylish and quite elegant example of this great Aussie blend from a vineyard in Wilyabrup. The great vintage has contributed to creating a wine with power that sits more in the medium-bodied zone. Red fruits with a little black olive and blackcurrant. The palate shows excellent oak integration and the tannins sit comfortably adding their structural support. An excellent...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

One of the most refined and stylish cabernets yet from Credaro. Yes, the vintage suited these reds, but it’s been well managed to gently coax the best from it. Bright red and blue fruits on the nose with a slightly bay leaf and sea shell minerality. The palate is more medium bodied with fine chalky tannins and fine-grained oak building...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This has to be the finest cabernet yet under this label. There’s power, structure, and poise - a compelling combination. On the nose, lovely floral perfumes, with bright red and black fruit and a little bay leaf lift. There’s vibrancy, and it’s alive with energy on the palate. Finely integrated and poised, with concentration and an effortless ease that extends...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A brilliant and bright cabernet with deep colour. The remarkable thing is that a wine of such elegance and poise has come out of this very warm season. And yet it is a most charming wine. Aromas of blackcurrant with some nice perfumed African violet notes, a little dark chocolate and bay leaf. The palate is rich and generous, with...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is one of the best I have seen from Credaro. Has the typical rich generosity but it's delivered with a tidy restraint and deft elegance. Aromas of lemon blossom, grapefruit and white peach. Then the palate brings it all together with a rich lees influence, neatly applied oak and a crisp fresh acidity. It stacks up mighty well.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A pure and expressive chardonnay from this exceptional vintage. Treated as naturally as possible with wild yeast fermentation and no malolactic. So, it retains a bright crystalline minerality through the energised palate and lifted aromas. Had about 8 months in oak with regular lees stirring bringing the textural complexity. Racy lemon palate with a faint cashew and chalky character. Precise...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This comes from the Margaret River heartland, 100% Wilyabrup. The vineyard was planted back in the '80s, so it’s been there for a while. It’s been wild fermented, whole-bunch pressed with high solids, showing that saline minerality that is so compelling. It’s immensely concentrated, but has focus and poise with real precision. All Gingin clone, so there’s power in spades,...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

I’ve seen a gradual but significant refinement of this wine over the years, and this is certainly one of the finest. It was well fermented, and the subsequent use of solids has brought complexity, richness and texture. The nose is dominated by lemon pith, grapefruit and white stone fruit characters. The palate is rich and quite lavish, but that fine...

Margaret River

Shiraz

Here is a wine that completely debunks those who claim Margaret River can’t make classy shiraz. This is an outstanding example that combines the rich opulence of the variety with finesse and suppleness that is the hallmark of the very best for this variety. Vibrant and highly energised aromas of spicy plum and floral dark chocolate, complemented by a dry...

Margaret River

Shiraz

This is from the Wilyabrup property of Credaro. It was a great vintage, and this is such a powerful and concentrated example of Margaret River shiraz, yet it’s poised and defined, even a little refined, with a degree of elegance. Made in a fairly traditional way, it displays deep, earthy, grainy, opulent dark plum and blackberry nuances. There is a...

Margaret River

Syrah

Yet another statement of how good syrah can be in Margaret River, certainly when the seasons are good. Beautiful notes of spicy plum and plush mulberry, with some nice perfumed floral tones. The palate is generous and sits in that medium- to full-bodied zone. Plush, spicy fruit, a little dark chocolate and a sweet fruit character are precisely balanced by...

Great Southern

Fiano

A variety that continues to find a home in many parts of the state. It’s wine of both purity and flavour. On the nose, a mix of nutty pear and citrus provides a nice opening. Then the palate displays richness with a dry savoury element pushing through to a long finish. There’s excellent texture and richness here held with focus...

Margaret River

Red Varietal

The first thing is the depth and intensity of the colour. It was made minimalistically with little winemaking involvement. Has a ripe, juicy mouthfeel with plenty of dark and blue fruits with some nicer savoury herb-like characters. There’s a sort of wild and crazy mix of aromas that are immediately engaging. Lovely texture and dried finish.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Like so many cabernets from this vintage, it displays elegance and style, but at the same time, there is structure and poise. A little petit verdot and malbec have been introduced, making an important contribution, but in the main it’s all about the blackcurrant and blackberry notes, even with a touch of dark chocolate. There’s brightness and energy, with deep,...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Structured and poised cabernet that incorporates about 4% malbec, adding some plush red fruit characters. It’s a generous, full-bodied wine, and on the nose there’s that hit of blackcurrant and black olive, with some deeper, darker chocolatey overtones. It’s seamless and elegantly structured, with the rich fruit flavours precisely supported by fine tannins and some nice, almost understated oak. High-class...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Here is a wine that captures a rich, nutty interpretation of Margaret River. It's generous, yet there is a controlled and refined structure here. It’s been all wild fermented, with a mix of vineyards contributing. It gets about 25% new oak for around nine months. There’s a nice bright minerality, and the balance comes from the 25% puncheons, which means...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is a high-class, polished chardonnay, impeccably presented from what turned out to be an excellent vintage. On the nose, a swirling mix of nectarine and lemon rind, with subtle nougat complexity. There’s even a faint hint of struck match. The palate is quite rich and textured, but retains a fine acid lift and line, with lovely minerality. An appealing...

Margaret River

Malbec

The colour is an extraordinary deep, dark, reddy-black, so typical of malbec. The aromas are concentrated blackberry and plum, with some subtle blue fruit influences. There’s a lifted floral, spicy, stewed-rhubarb-like character that is quite typically varietal. The palate is the feature. It’s rich, textured and plush, with fine supporting tannins and some lovely oak. High-class wine, this.

Margaret River

Rose

There’s a fair bit of Italian influence here because it’s two-thirds nebbiolo and one-third barbera, co-fermented. It shows how these varieties can work together with a certain style. Fermented in all older oak, with lees stirred to bring richness, complexity, and textural character to this light-bodied wine. It’s quite fragrant, with an energy that extends through to the finish.

Margaret River

Nebbiolo

Interesting wine, this. It’s predominantly nebbiolo, so it gives a burst of bright red berry fruit, then gains some textural influence from time on lees. It retains that vibrant red berry character on the palate, adding a nice savouriness to the finish. It’s a complex, well-made rosé that elevates it above the ordinary.

Margaret River

Shiraz

What you’re getting here is loads of ripe plummy fruit that explodes from the glass. The colour is dense and almost opaque black, with hints of bright red on the rims. It has a deep and rich intensity with an earthy, savoury dark chocolate richness on the palate. Two vineyards contribute — Wilyabrup and Yallingup — and that gives it...

Geographe

Chardonnay

Attractive lighter style chardonnay, but one with a really appealing mix of butterscotch and light stone fruit that merges neatly with a little citrus edge. The palate is fine and quite delicate but penetrates long. The oak has been well handled providing a subtle lift, while the crisp acid to finish completes the wine.

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.

Geographe

Rose

At the time of tasting this was high summer and I couldn't imagine a better wine to be sipping than this delightfully fragrant and perfume rose. There is the lift of bright raspberry and strawberry with a faint suggestion of an earthy vineyard terroir. It creates an interesting palate that is both complex and refreshing with the lively finishing acidity....

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

Red Blend

Without fail, this delightful rose is always right on the money. It’s a blend of all red varieties grown at Cullen and is made using the saignee method of bleeding off a portion of the wine during fermentation. The colour is a pale copper with a little amber. The aromas lift with notes of strawberry and fresh cream. The palate...

Margaret River

White Blend

A bright and distinctly fruit driven blend of sauvignon blanc, semillon and verdelho. It’s a blend that works really well, producing a deliciously appealing white wine offering loads of vibrant tropical character, balanced with a gentle squeeze of lemon and a subtle minerality on the finish.

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

White Blend

As I suspected, a great vintage has contributed to the best example of this wine yet. It is marvellous. It’s a blend of sauvignon blanc and semillon with the sauvignon blanc matured in 85% new French oak. So, here’s the thing. That’s a lot of new French oak, and yet the power and intensity of the fruit has taken it...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

The approach to viticulture and then winemaking means that this wonderful chardonnay from the 2022 vintage is as pure as you can get. It all sort of just happens under the umbrella of a fastidious and rigorously uncompromising biodynamic discipline. The aromas are immediately complex and engaging with traces of talc and lime, a little pear and some nice roasted...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Great vintage, great wine. It’s the perfect combination. This is right up there with any previous Cullen chardonnay, and if someone argued it to be the best I wouldn't put up much of a fight. Follows the Cullen biodynamic approach which sees the fruit harvested by hand, whole bunch basket pressed and then fermented in a mix of concrete eggs,...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Another extraordinary wine that is part of the Legacy Serries. It is a wine that reflects so much of the vineyard and the place. The aim is simply to express the vineyard with honesty in its most natural form. Take one sip of this and the palate stays with you for an eternity. Aromas of citrus with a dried fruit...