Regions

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

A powerful and expressive pinot noir with great poise, structure and presence. Beautiful cherry and raspberry notes on the nose are complemented by some slightly funky mushroom characters. There is a wonderful sense of balance and structure, with a slightly quartz-like character adding another dimension. The wine sees larger-format oak, with about 35% new oak, giving it further shape and...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Sleek, refined and beautifully constructed cabernet from this cooler vintage. It's medium bodied with notes of chalky, seashell over deeper blackcurrant fruit. The oak integration has been beautifully handled to provide support and not dominate. Lovely perfumes and a palate that has structure and poise to carry through to a long finish.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

One of the best chardonnays yet under the Fire Gully label. Good season together with precise winemaking have brought out the best in the fruit. Aromas of lime and quince paste with subtle notes of pear and pineapple. Has a creamy palate displaying a deft touch to deliver a wine of refinement and delicacy.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A wine that has continue to evolve over the years and now has a distinctive style that is all about friendly expression of fruit with a little subtle unobtrusive oak inclusion. Nice melony cashew characters with a gentle hint of stone fruit adding richness. It’s a light bodied style that screams out for drinking in the next few years. Crunchy...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

It seems that over the years, this excellent chardonnay has made incremental improvements each year, likely stemming from the maturing vineyard. In this case, the hot season didn't impact because the wine was picked quite early. So what you have is a wine that shows lovely vibrant fruit on the nose with those slightly grapefruity lemon pith and melony-like notes....

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A wine that's perfectly suited for current drinking. Oodles of engaging floral citrus aromas with a slightly nutty, melon character. A palate that is flavoursome with a balance of bright fruit and oak, which is not excessive. Thoroughly enjoyable wine for drinking over the short term.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A wine that can trace its DNA back to the very first cabernet vines that came into WA in the 19th century. A pretty and most beautiful medium bodied cabernet from a vintage that produced excellent fruit intensity. Perfumed red fruit on the nose with subtle cedar and minerally oyster shell. The palate is sublimely integrated with super fine though...

Margaret River

Rose

These roses from Fire Gully have been excellent in recent years. This is made from shiraz and it gets about six months in oak. Has all those red fruits of strawberry and raspberry with a floral lift of roses. The palate is flavoursome and dry with a slight savoury edge to finish. Excellent food wine rose.

Margaret River

Shiraz

So much to like about this appealing medium-bodied bodied juicy flavoursome shiraz. The vines are now 20 years old, and they are certainly pumping some quality fruit, and in this case, a smidgen of viognier was added, which has given that aromatic spicy lift while probably contributing to the tannin influence, which, while understated, is still essentially important. It's bright...

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

Peterkin has made a mighty good sparkling chenin with this 2021 vintage. For me, the maturation on lees is the key, as it balances the higher natural varietal acidity creating a wine of texture and richness while losing nothing of the vibrant primary fruit characters of the variety. Distinctive Granny Smith and citrus tang with a crunchy finish.

Margaret River

Chenin Blanc

Chenin blanc makes quite a beautiful sparkling wine, and this one is the perfect example. The aromas show a strongly citrus aptly toasty character, while the palate, which has a natural acidity, has been complemented and developed with the use of time on lees in the bottle. It's added richness and texture and balances that precise acidity. Clean, crisp, and...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The source of the fruit for this excellent cabernet is the vineyards in Wilyabrup in this very good cabernet year. An opening salvo of blackcurrant and dark chocolate, and plummy nuances announces this as Margaret River cabernet. It’s generous and intense, but more towards elegance and medium-bodied. Seamlessly integrated, with the use of 30% French oak adding a little palate...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a most impressive cabernet from this outstanding season. All the fruit comes from a mix of young and old vines from the Fishbone vineyard in Wilyabrup. The season allowed for an extended, almost lazy ripening period that allowed so much flavour to build, but with impeccable balance. Aromas of tobacco leaf, bay leaf, blackcurrant and even a little...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

An ideal season has resulted in an impressive Margaret River chardonnay. It's a full-bodied, intensely flavoured chardonnay, and the use of whole bunches with wild ferment in barrel with regular lees stirring has contributed to a rich and textured palate, with a lovely feel about it. Lemon zest, brioche, lemon meringue and even a little honeycomb character are all swirling...

Margaret River

Merlot

This one comes from Geographe in what was an excellent season. It's loaded with spicy red fruits and delivers with a palate that is medium weight but with excellent fruit intensity. The feature is its suppleness on the palate, with the support of very fine tannins and just gentle oak treatment. A lot to like about this, and you'll get...

Margaret River

Semillon Sauvignon Blanc

The trick to making this wine just a little bit ahead of the norm is the three months it was left on gross lees, and that's added some texture and some richness to the normal bright, zippy, racy fruit that you get with these two varieties. It all hangs together rather well, with refined, restrained tropical fruits, some nice citrus,...

Geographe

Shiraz

A bouncy, buoyant blend of Geographe and Margaret River fruit, delivering a supple, generous, full-bodied style of shiraz. The striking feature is its smooth, seamless integration of oak and fruit, with the tannins sitting subtly within. It's a neat little wine of poise and elegance, and is drinking just so well now. But given a little time and other exciting...

Margaret River

Shiraz Blend

A Geographe and Margaret River blend that harnesses the plummy richness of the shiraz with the firmer structural integrity of the cabernet. It's smoothly integrated, with lots of primary red fruit with a little blackberry and a slightly spicy, peppery note. It spent about 12 months in French and American oak, adding a touch of sweetness to the palate richness....

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A thoroughly beautiful expression of Margaret River cabernet. Perfumed with seductive notes of violet floating above blackberry and a decent dollop of dark chocolate. The palate reveals a rich texture with a firmish core of fine tannin and well-managed oak sliding through it. A subtle minerally character slices to the long finish. A powerful wine of poise and polish.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This also gets a little contribution from malbec and petit verdot, so it's more a Bordeaux blend. Time in bottle is the key for the 2019 vintage and this one is the perfect illustration. The rich blackcurrant and plummy fruits have emerged with that extra time. It's an elegant and quite stylish wine of impeccable structure and great poise. Mighty...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

One of the most powerful and generous of the Flametree chardonnays yet released. You start with the grapefruit and vanilla pod, light stone fruit crème brulee on the nose. Then the palate delivers with its powerful wave of intense fruit supported by excellent fine-oak. A little tick of saline acidity and lemon on the finish completes a very good wine.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A finer style of chardonnay, which builds deceptively at first, and then gathers momentum to drive to a long finish. It’s had about 9 months in oak which combines perfectly with the fruit. Notes of grapefruit and cashew with a flinty and slightly savoury nuance. The palate length is extraordinary. Really is a very good wine, especially at this price.

Margaret River

Pinot Noir

A rise that sits right in the modern style wheelhouse. It’s from pinot and has a crisp savouriness that is perfect for summer drinking especially with light nibbles. Pale pink onion skin colour with a savoury textured palate held through to a tight long finish. Lovely perfumed strawberry and raspberry aromas.

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Cabernet Sauvignon

This is so, so elegant and stylish. It’s been sourced from the Wilyabrup region, from which it draws its power and opulence. A combination of wonderful fruit and oak has contributed to a fragrant perfume of violets, blackberry and chocolate. The palate brings together fine ripe tannins and fine-grained oak to support an intense wave of dark fruit flavours. Has...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This chardonnay comes from the Wallcliffe area within Margaret River. The fruit from this season was excellent, but then Cliff Royle has harnessed it perfectly creating a wine of tremendous power, yet at the same time subtlety and elegance. Slight struck match flinty characters on the nose merge with deeper notes of lemon curd and quince with a slightly oyster...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This chardonnay comes from the Wallcliffe area within Margaret River. The fruit from this season was excellent, but then Cliff Royle has harnessed it perfectly creating a wine of tremendous power, yet at the same time subtlety and elegance. Slight struck match flinty characters on the nose merge with deeper notes of lemon curd and quince with a slightly oyster...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A thoroughly brilliant example of the ’23 vintage in Wilyabrup. The unmistakable aromas of blackcurrant with a lift of violets, crushed berries and oodles of dark, syrupy chocolate spell out Wilyabrup. The palate is medium-bodied, but my oh my, there is some deep, concentrated fruit here. It’s brilliant and bright with a firm thread of chalky tannins and precisely integrated...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A thoroughly brilliant example of the ’23 vintage in Wilyabrup. The unmistakable aromas of blackcurrant with a lift of violets, crushed berries and oodles of dark, syrupy chocolate spell out Wilyabrup. The palate is medium-bodied, but my oh my, there is some deep, concentrated fruit here. It’s brilliant and bright with a firm thread of chalky tannins and precisely integrated...

Margaret River

Shiraz

This subregion within Margaret River produces some delightfully fragrant and perfumed shiraz in the region. This one is a cracker. It’s bright and so vibrant with a beautifully seductive aroma. Medium-bodied with a slightly spicy character revealing a dried herb influence. The oak has been neatly handled with the larger format puncheons, ideal for providing both support and balance.

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Semillon Sauvignon Blanc

This is a blended white with a fair bit of class. It’s pungent and intense on the nose, extending through to a crisp intensely flavoured palate. The vibrant bursts of fruit are complemented by some nice barrel fermentation influences which add so much texture and palate richness. Great drinking now but has a few years to see it develop further...

Margaret River

Shiraz

A very pretty and highly perfumed young shiraz of medium weight and immense appeal. The nose delivers a burst of spicy plum and dark berry. The palate is seamlessly woven with concentrated medium bodied fruit working neatly with fine grained understated oak and fine chalky tannins. Like it as a drink for the short term while those vibrant bright fruit...

Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

Cliff Royle grabs the fruit from the cooler climate at Karridale. The result is a wine that retains its fresh linear characteristics but then with further winemaking influence through wild fermentation in oak and tank it strikes at another level of complexity. The aromas have a distinctive light stone fruit, lychee and citrus character. Beautifully weighted palate with texture and...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

The power and intensity of the '22 vintage is evident from the start. After wild fermentation it then spent 10 months in large format oak of which 40% was new. The result is compelling. The oak is part of it but not overt and perfectly integrated into the fruit. A little more struck match and sea spray on the nose...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This has become one of the benchmark chardonnays in Margaret River. And this early warm vintage has produced another exceptional wine. It goes through complete wild yeast fermentation, followed by barrel fermentation in a third new French puncheons, with maturation over 10 months. There was no malolactic fermentation or lees stirring, so it retains a lively acid energy. The palate...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is one of the best cabernets yet from Flametree. It also seems to be the most structured. Deeply concentrated ripe fruit is the basis. The aromas captivate with exotic violet, blackcurrant and a decent dollop of chocolate. The palate is intricately woven with that mix of fine firm tannins, fine-grained oak and opulent fruit carrying long. The palate has...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

In line with this cooler late season, this cabernet is a stylish and elegantly structured wine that strongly reflects the vintage. More medium bodied with lifted floral and dried herb notes on the nose. Lovely mix of red fruits with bay leaf and light black olive notes merging with just a faint ironstone edge. Balanced and poised.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Pym sources this from a single Karridale vineyard. This was a very good vintage in Margaret River with the small volumes have tremendous power and fruit concentration. You can see that immediately here. There's a creamy nectarine combo working on the nose with deeper mealy complexity. It's been put through malolactic fermentation which seems to complete the entire package perfectly....

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is a classy chardonnay from what was a cooler season in Margaret River that produced white wines of finesse and purity. Fermented in a mix of 25% new and 75% once-used French oak before malolactic fermentation which took place over 12 months. Engaging aromas of hazelnut and stone fruits with a little lemon curd and fresh brioche. The palate...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A wine of tremendous complexity, evident immediately on the nose. Aromas of nectarine, cut lime, and lemon rind mingle with subtle smoky gunflint characters. The palate shows the influence of fermentation in a mix of new and old French oak, creating complexity and depth with impeccable balance. That ever-so-slightly struck match character complements the fruit intensity, finishing with a slightly...

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White Varietal

This can be a polarising wine but in this case it is a beauty. Made using demi-muid and ceramic eggs for fermentation and then left for 10 months in these vessels to build texture. One of the most distinctive aromas of any white variety. Dominant lychee, lime and pear with a liberal sprinkle of spices. The palate is textured but...