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Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Another of the wines Conti sources from his Margaret River vineyard. This is a firmish wine, reflecting this warm vintage, but its balanced with excellent depth of fruit. Shows a beautiful varietal integrity with blackcurrant and black olive nuances plus a trace of bay leaf. A small amount of malbec is added to bring more weight to that middle palate....

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

No mistaking this is cabernet, and cabernet from the heart of Margaret River, not far from Cowaramup. A small amount of malbec, that often-unheralded blending partner, adds to the palate’s depth. The result is quite soft but still structured, with deep fruit characters. A touch of bay leaf and olive tapenade adds complexity. It will handle medium-term cellaring but is...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is a medium bodied chardonnay that gets a little barrel fermentation to add that sligitly textural complexity. Melony with a grapefruit and light stone fruit complexity. Just a hint of oak overlay adds to the structure and flavour combo. A wine for drinking in the next few years.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A generous and flavoursome chardonnay sourced from Conti’s Margaret River vineyard. The hand-harvested fruit was partly fermented in oak and subsequently aged in oak. The aim was a fragrant, fresh and easy early-drinking wine, with good fruit flavour supported by subtle oak. To that end, it stacks up very nicely. A good option over the next couple of years.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

I guess you're going okay when you can get a neat little Margaret River chardonnay at this price. But then they always over-deliver from Paul Conti. A little time in oak through the fermentation process and then further time with maturation. It's been designed as a fresh, fruity, current-drinking style with those abundant melony, stone fruit flavours and that subtle...

Swan Valley

Shiraz

This is now sourced from a number of blocks including the old Mariginiup planted in Perth's North in 1958. The urban sprawl has consumed a large part of it, but this wine captures much of its character with the addition of a little fruit from the Conti's Margaret River vineyard. It has the lot, dark chocolate and spicy plum with...

Swan Valley

Shiraz

A rich, succulent, generous, full-bodied shiraz. Loaded with all manner of red berry and dark plum, syrupy chocolate, and a little vanilla essence. Palate is soft and quite supple with gentle, understated tannins, and supported with some fine-grained, almost powdery oak. Drinking so beautifully now, but it has the structure and the fruit intensity to handle further cellaring.

Margaret River

Red Varietal

A rich, opulent, dark-fruited, plush example of this Sicilian variety that certainly seems ideally suited to the warmer climes in Western Australia. This one is medium-bodied, but crammed with a dark cherry, plummy, dark chocolate combination showing on the nose and then revealing more on the palate. Lovely, smooth, delicious current drinking.

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

This wine comes from the Carabooda Block, just north of Perth. It's a site that's consistently produced some excellent fruit, and this chenin is another cracker. Oodles of tropical, citrusy aromas on the nose. And then a succulent, crisp palate showing a little of the melony, stone fruit, citrus combination you might expect. Clean, refreshing acidity sustains a long finish....

Swan Valley

Chenin Blanc

Even in a warm – er, hot – year, the Contis know how to manage the vineyard to produce some very good fruit. This is a slightly less intense version, but you still get the crisp clean citrussy tropical fruits on the nose and that fine crisp acid on the palate. Has a nice powdery finish. Great drinking in the...

Great Southern

Chardonnay

A super impressive chardonnay from this special site that has been rejuvenated since Paul Nelson acquired it. Love the merging mix of light, struck match and flint, nectarine and quince paste with a decent twist of lemon. The palate takes it into another level with its tight linear focus and expressive release of complex flavours. Crunchy acidity to finish.

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

I've always like the pinots from this site, even the early days. This is a tight expression of the variety with sour cherry and faint clove. The palate though has a more sweet and sour characters with a tight framework of oak and chalky tannins. At the moment it is still very tightly held but this is pinot, and it...

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

Shows a softer and more velvety side to this vineyard than the Karriview. Has a delightfully perfumed aroma of dominant dark cherry with some nice, dried herb influences. The palate is velvety smooth and seductively delicious. I love that complex mix of damp earth and African violet. The oak and tannin integration is superb. A cracking wine.

Great Southern

Shiraz

Nelson gets the fruit for this excellent syrah style from Frankland River. Makes sense too. This is a thoroughly beautiful example of the elegant stylish wines coming from Frankland River these days. This is a small production wine highlighting the best of the region. A minimalist approach has allowed for a wine that appears to express its origins. The gravelly...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The '21 vintage in Margaret River often receives some negativity, and it is an example of a wine that is now just five years old showing what could be achieved in the season. It's really come together quite beautifully, more in the medium-bodied zone. With leafy, dark blackcurrant and black olive nuances on the nose, and a little bay leaf...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A beautiful season to capture the power and richness of the Gingin clone from this excellent vineyard. Lovely stone fruit aromas of peaches and cream, with a little nectarine and lightly cut lime. The palate, though, is where this wine really kicks in. It's powerful and long, with great intensity. A stone fruit, cereal-like combination, a citrus lift, a touch...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This COVID year produced some stunning wines from Margaret River, and this is certainly one of those. It’s probably the best Peccavi wine I’ve tasted over many years. There’s power and there’s drive here, and it’s evident from the first take on the nose. Deep chocolatey blackcurrant aromas, a little olive tapenade, and just that faint hint of lifted bay...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Now, here’s a chardonnay if you like them rich, flavoursome and concentrated. This one’s loaded with slightly toasty ripe fruit, but it’s held perfectly with some fine acidity. Generous flavours of stone fruit cream with a little toasty brioche. The palate has a crunchy minerality that cuts through the ripe stone fruit characters of nectarine and white peach. A well-presented...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is largely hand-picked, estate-grown Cabernet Sauvignon from the Bordeaux clones, but then it has smaller components of Merlot and Petit Verdot. It's hand-held all the way, Cabernet, and like the Merlot, it also receives two years in French oak. And yet this is anything but an oaky wine. It's perfectly balanced, with good fruit intensity and concentration, lots of...

Margaret River

Merlot

Peccavi has made a bit of a thing with Merlot over the years, and this is another exceptional wine showing what can be achieved with this variety. It was all hand-picked and then hand-sorted, with fermentation involving hand plunging and regular pump-overs. It was macerated for an extended period and then spent two years in French oak. So, plenty has...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A light bodied and quite floral chardonnay from this Margaret River vineyard. Has a typical mix of quince and melony lemon curd with a lift of citrus. The palate is crisp and controlled with good flavour intensity and a nice rich texture.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Fruit for this excellent chardonnay was sourced from several vineyards in the cool southern Karridale subregion. It was fermented and matured in French oak for eight months. Opens with a decent hit of citrus and quince paste plus a little of that pie crust complexity. The palate is a smooth, textured richness with traces of butterscotch and crunchy apple.

Margaret River

Shiraz

A rich and chewy shiraz from what was a good year in Margaret River for this variety. The nose loads up with liqueur black cherry, dark plum and a little earthy complexity. The palate is dense and concentrated with a liberal sprinkling of spices merging with the dark chocolate and mulberry flavours. It remains soft and supple, supported by gentle...

Margaret River

Red Blend

Juicy and fleshy blend of these two delightful varieties. High-end aromatics of red fruits with bright cherry and subtle spicy raspberry notes. The palate, while soft and supple, has a fine chalky thread of acid and grainy tannins holding its line.

Margaret River

Red Blend

Juicy and fleshy blend of these two delightful varieties. High-end aromatics of red fruits with bright cherry and subtle spicy raspberry notes. The palate, while soft and supple, has a fine chalky thread of acid and grainy tannins holding its line.

Margaret River

Red Blend

Juicy and fleshy blend of these two delightful varieties. High-end aromatics of red fruits with bright cherry and subtle spicy raspberry notes. The palate, while soft and supple, has a fine chalky thread of acid and grainy tannins holding its line.

Manjimup

Cabernet Sauvignon

The smooth rich opulence of the small '20 vintage is on show in this very good cabernet. Dense dark plum and blackcurrant on the nose with a liberally sprinkling of spices. The grainy concentrated palate builds relentlessly to a long finish with the support of a firm spine of oak and tannin. Has the structure and poise to handle cellaring.

Manjimup

Cabernet Sauvignon

The elegance and stylish poise of this cooler vintage is captured in this smooth and refined cabernet. Loaded with succulent blackcurrant fruits released initially on the nose and then powered through on the palate. There’s a little dried herb and bay leaf characters emerging with richer dark chocolate. A neatly presented cabernet.

Manjimup

Chardonnay

Strikes immediately with a burst of stone fruit and lightly applied butterscotch on the nose. There's a light airy citrus aroma adding a nice touch. The palate is pristine and bright with a lovely oak influence. A little grapefruit and almond meal combines to produce a complex palate of medium weight.

Manjimup

Chardonnay

A pure and elegant example of chardonnay from this region. The aromas are a combination of grapefruit, spice and nectarine dominant stone fruit. Then a more intense grapefruit edge emerges on the palate, cutting into light creamy fruit. Lightly applied oak is well weighted to allow the fruit to express.

Manjimup

Chardonnay

Takes the Four Kings up a notch with greater intensity and layered complexity. Aromas of crème brûlée and vanilla bean with a minerally lemon pith character. Palate shows some nice nougat meal and grapefruit with a light savoury nuance. It’s balanced and composed, delivering with linear direction.

Manjimup

Pinot Noir

This is the finest pinot yet released by Vic Peos. It moves the excellent Four Kings from this vintage into another level of complexity and power. This shows more black cherry into dark plum nuances with a spicy and more truffly character edging in. The palate is sublimely structured – smooth and velvety yet with structure and underlying power that...

Manjimup

Shiraz

There was no shortage of ripe fruit flavours in the opulent 2020 vintage, and this is evident in this plush and generously proportioned shiraz. Loads of plump though medium bodied ripe plum and mulberry fruit flavours with a hint of blue fruits. Fine chalky tannins balance the palate with a little help from a light touch of oak. It’s a...

Manjimup

Chardonnay

The chardonnays from this quite warm vintage in Manjimup turned out pretty well, delivering, as you would expect, wines of some substance. In this case, the aroma shows that lemon peel, vanilla pod, and slightly quince paste character that is very chardonnay. And then the palate seamlessly weaves the fine, chalky acidity in with a slightly grapefruit and butterscotch character...

Manjimup

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a super value current drinking cabernet. Abundance of black currant, little black olive on the nose, and a lift of bay leaf, and then a palate that is powerfully concentrated but delivered with a degree of finesse, thanks to those fine tannins and just a gentle hint of oak in support. It’s bright with energy and an ideal...

Manjimup

Sauvignon Blanc

A punchy little number, this. Not the opulent fruit of previous vintages but one with good melon, light tropical and dusty grassy characters well to the fore. A light splash of citrus lifts on the finish.

Manjimup

Chardonnay

The aim of these chardonnays is to really capture the essence of the fruit, which in this year was delivered in pristine condition. The aromas here are of melon and cashew with a lemon curd edge adding definition and some nice nectarine introducing another dimension. The palate is lightly touched with oak and the fruit is keenly focussed to a...

Manjimup

Chardonnay

A neatly composed chardonnay from a season that produced some very good white wines. Typical cool climate, citrus and lemon aromatics with some nice grapefruit characters. The palate is fine and quite linear with a minerally cracked seashell character. Has a slight creaminess to it, which is cut with that grapefruit edge and a slightly savory finish to complete an...

Manjimup

Pinot Noir

Manjimup excelled in this terrific vintage, producing one of the best yet under this label. The aromas burst open to reveal an exotic strawberry and spicy combination with a subtle underlying savoury field mushroom depth. There is structure in the palate with chalky tannins and fine-grained oak supporting that fleshy fruit intensity. Classy wine, this.

Manjimup

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a worthy partner to the exceptional Four Aces shiraz from this vintage. It opens with such a perfectly typical varietal cabernet nose of ripe and intense blackcurrant, dark plum, some spices, and a little leafy lift. Oh, and a dollop of dark chocolate. Then the palate is really seamlessly woven together with all those dark fruits managed with...