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Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

Here is a perfect illustration of how you can get sauvignon blanc in a pretty good year, expose it to some partial barrel fermentation, and achieve something quite special. It retains its obvious stone fruit characters on the nose, but with some fine nutty, citrusy influences that herald a wine of some complexity. It has a crunchy, lively, and quite...

Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

A thoroughly beautiful example of a lightly oaked sauvignon blanc from an excellent season. The fruit, for a start, is deeply intense, with some nice stone fruit and lemon notes. The palate has been given partial barrel fermentation, which introduces a textural appeal, but it retains its vibrant tropical fruit notes, so the balance is captivating. Then a little dried...

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

White Varietal

Nice to see this variety find its way into Margaret River. It's a lighter-bodied style, but one still with texture and vibrancy. There are aromas of pear, lemon, and slightly dried herb notes. The palate is clean, crisp, and refreshing with that slightly pithy citrus note carrying through with a lifted fine acidity.

Margaret River

White Varietal

Here’s something a little different, certainly from Margaret River. This is a beautiful example of the Spanish variety. Displaying salty lemon and pithy characters on the nose, with a little apple and pear, the palate is crisp and fresh, with that salty, saline edge adding a nice floral final finish. There’s a crunchy richness and some nice textural feel. Excellent...

Margaret River

White Varietal

Love this wine. From the nose of lemon and pear notes with some nice dried herb subtleties, it makes quite a statement. The palate captures the prettiness and fruit intensity of the ’26 vintage, and there’s that slightly sea-spray minerality on the finish which adds a lift. A little lemon pith provides further complexity. Terrific drinking in the short to...

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

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

Chardonnay

Gosh this is a good wine. The opening salvo on the nose is all minerally cracked seashell and bright florals. It’s engaging and enticing. Then the palate does its stuff. Intensely and tightly framed stone fruit characters with a minerally, slightly chalky citrus precision. Subtle struck match and flint complexity adds the final flourish.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Karridale, to the south of Margaret River, is the source of this excellent wine. The nose immediately strikes with a slightly struck-match intensity. Some lemon blossom, white peach, and a subtle oyster shell minerality. The palate is tightly controlled with fine acidity, some deftly integrated French oak, and plenty of that intense fruitiness.

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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

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

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...

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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...

Margaret River

White Blend

This is a wine that when it comes to the marriage of value for money and quality, never disappoints. It’s a vibrant and crunchy fruit-expressive wine with stacks of palate persistence sustained with a fine acidity and a little drizzle of citrus. Dry clean finish.

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Rose

Now firmly established a one of Australia's foremost roses. Pale onion skin colour is classically modern rose. The aromas are all strawberry and cherry. The palate offers texture on its light frame creating such an enticing current drinking wine. A wine that really sings with energy and vibrance.

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Cabernet Sauvignon

A more lightly framed wine than previous vintages but one that is so refined and elegantly poised. Blackcurrant and bay leaf with a little oyster shell minerality on the nose. The palate reveals other nuances of black fruits, with a chalky limestone and a slightly wet cement character. It's still very tight and will need some time to break free....

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Chardonnay

What a marvelous chardonnay from these guys. At the outset, it's whole bunch pressed and fermented in a combo of new and seasoned French oak before a regime of lees stirring. Has a fine mineral thread with an engaging combination of light char, cracked seashell and sea spray on the nose. The palate is precise but relentlessly long and intense....

Margaret River

Shiraz

This comes from a single block in Wilyabrup planted back in '72, so it's one of the oldest in the region. Excellent season has produced fruit of fine balance and poise. It's been captured in this super wine. The nose is fragrant with a spicy, licorice and plummy, blackberry thing happening. The palate has a grainy texture which is simply...

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Cabernet Sauvignon

This exceptional blend of shiraz, malbec and tempranillo has been a winner for Deep Woods from the outset, consistently delivering a wine that punches so far above its weight. I've always thought the perfumed lift and sweet fruit of the palate from the tempranillo is the key to it. Another cracker demanding to be drunk. Combines power and elegance.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The impact of the malbec on the nose is immediate with its rhubarb-like juby red notes. This is an elegantly crafted wine of medium body displaying attractive red fruit flavours. Freshy fruit within complemented by a chalky sinewy tannin edge. Oak has been well-managed to achieve an ideal balance.

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Cabernet Blend

This is quite a fabulous wine, with the blend coming from the original Deep Woods Estate vineyard, which was planted many years ago. Intensely powerful bouquet of red fruits and that slightly liqueur cherry, bay leaf nuance. The palate is super intense and bursting with plush red fruits, supported by chalky, almost limestone-like tannins. This is a classically structured cabernet...

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Chardonnay

An outstanding Margaret River chardonnay. On the nose it strikes immediately with floral notes mingling with a flinty lemony brioche combination. Stone fruit characters of nectarine and white peach release on the palate with a subtle minerally oyster shell sea spray edge. Lightly charry oak on the finish contributes to a very good chardonnay.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Like so many of the Margaret River cabernets from ’19, this one is just starting to wake up and reveal its qualities. It is pure cabernet with those classic notes of blackcurrant and bay leaf with a little black olive tapenade. The palate is so neatly integrated with fine-grained oak and a fine acidity in support. Classic and poised with...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A wine showing the generosity of this vintage. The nose displays a mix of lemon curd and crème brulee with an edgier quince paste character. It’s creamy and richly textured but with a tightening from the oak and a fine acidity to ensure it remains focused to a long finish. A chardonnay for the medium term.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

An excellent wine from what was an excellent season. The warmer conditions resulted in slightly riper fruit, while this vineyard has produced fruit of wonderful balance and flavour intensity. The nose offers subtle cashew and lemon-scented notes, followed by a palate with a creamy, rich texture, balanced by fine oak and natural acidity that provides lift through to the finish....

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Shiraz

The fruit for this excellent shiraz comes from the Barreca family’s excellent vineyard near Donnybrook. This is a brilliant vibrant shiraz with a generosity and intensity that is well managed with oak and tannin control. Has a spicy plummy dark chocolate aroma with a supple palate of depth and poise.

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Cabernet Sauvignon

A rich and textured cabernet from this marvellous vintage. It captures that pure essence character of the season with deep concentrated fruit flavours a feature. Blackcurrant offset by a minerally ironstone bay leaf thing happening. Dark chocolate and dry sinewy tannins. An excellent wine from this great year.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A rich and textured cabernet from this marvellous vintage. It captures that pure essence character of the season with deep, concentrated fruit flavours a feature. Blackcurrant offset by a minerally ironstone bay-leaf thing happening. Dark chocolate and dry sinewy tannins. An excellent wine from this great year. And it's started to show its best now with time in the bottle.

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Nebbiolo

Nebbiolo can be a mighty tricky variety to get right with its assertive tannins. Here is an example where the tannins have been controlled allowing all those savoury dark chocolate characters of this Piedmonte native to reveal themselves. Not often you can get a wine that is 11 years old but it’s worth checking out. Dark tarry fruit characters with...

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Semillon

This is a really zingy semillon positively bursting with intensity and spritely lemon zest-infused fruit. Displays a light, grassy edge to the intense lemon tropical notes. Refreshing and mouthwatering palate lifted with a flick of natural acidity. An extra year in the bottle has allowed this pick up a little more texture, and it's drinking mighty well now.

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White Varietal

This Italian variety has found a home in the soils of this part of Margaret River. The aromas are immediately engaging with the apple and pear combination lifted with a twist of lemon. It’s a light and fragrant style but it also has texture and mouthfeel which makes it such an immediately appealing wine. Great for summer with seafood.

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Chardonnay

Such a fine and delicately crafted chardonnay. Deep and penetrating aromas of butterscotch, brioche and almond meal, all presented with restraint. The palate has a creamy texture, with notes of quince and honeycomb, but it's held to a keen focus by the fine-grained oak and racy acidity. Very long and controlled palate of great precision is a feature.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is the pinnacle of Devil's Lair chardonnay, and this is certainly one of the finest yet released under this label. Like all Devil's Lair chardonnays, there's a real finesse and elegance about them. Aromas of subtle brioche, lemon curd, and a slightly savoury character on the palate. The power creeps up gradually and then drives through to a powerful,...

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Shiraz

Now, why wouldn't you go to Frankland River if you wanted to source fruit for a syrah-style. It's not made that often and in fact this is first I have tasted. It's mighty good. Perfumed aromas of red fruit, mocha and spicy plum engage immediately on the nose. The palate is plush and plump with dense fruit flavours. It's polished...

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Cabernet Sauvignon

This is an impressive cabernet from the '21 vintage. It's achieved excellent ripeness and fruit concentration, while retaining the elegance and poise that characterises this vintage. It's brilliant and bright with a stunning luminosity in the glass. Fine chalky tannins and neat support from the oak complete a polished expression of Margaret River in a cool year.