Regions

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The 2020 vintage produced some excellent cabernets in what was an early season. This has now evolved rather nicely with time in bottle. It's an immediately complex and compelling opening of blackcurrant, dark cherry, and chocolate on the nose, with a very subtle minerally oyster shell character providing further definition. The palate is elegantly woven with very fine chalky tannins...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A wine that captures the elegance and power of this very good chardonnay vintage in Margaret River. It's a classy wine from the start with notes of wash rind, lemon and nectarine. The palate is still tightly held but the power is evident. Grapefruit, and a stone fruit mix with a minerally chalky and slightly savoury finish.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A fine and beautifully balanced chardonnay from selected southern Margaret River vineyards. Captures the delicacy and restraint of that part of the region. The aromas are a mix of roasted cashew and light meal with a little popcorn character. The palate is so fine and precise but with deep textural characters that carry through to a long finish.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Fruit comes from a number of different sites across Margaret River, with the aim of creating a wine of complexity and balance while retaining elegance. After handpicking, it was whole bunch pressed into a mix of new and one- and two-year-old barriques for wild fermentation. A further 10 months in oak has built deep complexity on the palate. Cashew, crunchy...

Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

This is simply a gorgeous current drinking blend that shows the admirable virtues of these two varieties from Margaret River in a good season where fruit concentration was a feature. Has that delightful mix of passionfruit and other tropical guava infused tropical characters. It's a pure unoaked wine that is perfect for current drinking.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A vintage that produced red wines of excellent intensity and fruit definition. A delightfully fragrant and pretty wine displaying strong scents of violets and black fruits. The palate is seamlessly woven with fine powdery tannins linking with a light touch of oak to harness and complement the fruit perfectly. Medium bodied and keenly balanced.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

From the great '23 vintage, this is another exceptional Margaret River cabernet. Generous and full-bodied with an intense opening of blackcurrant, olive tapenade, dark chocolate, with a lift of graphite, all providing a compelling aromatic intensity. The palate is elegant and stylish, and the cooler season certainly helped it build the flavours slowly and in a way that kept it...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

An elegantly crafted medium-bodied cabernet, putting this wonderful vintage on display. On the nose, the blackberry and blackcurrant combination strikes immediately, but then there’s a lift of bay leaf and muted black olive. There’s energy and drive through the palate, with a slight minerality supported by some grainy tannins and neatly applied oak. Everything fits together so neatly.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

The Margaret River chardonnay from 2025 is very good. Plenty of flavour, plenty of intensity, but also with a degree of restraint. On the nose, a peach and nectarine mix with a little lemon pith, and then a palate that is crunchy and crisp with a lively, zingy acidity giving it a linear focus but not compromising the richness of...

Great Southern

Riesling

A beautifully fragrant riesling with scents of lemon and lime with a spicy lift. There is tension here but there is also palate fruit weight which has been perfectly harnessed with the crisp natural acidity. This was a good year for riesling in the Great Southern and the fine linear palate creates a crunchy lip-smacking finish.

Great Southern

Riesling

This is a most impressive riesling that captures the spicy intensity and subtle lemon scents of the Great Southern. The nose is engaging with the powdery lemon zest characters. The palate reveals a subtle textural feel with a fine acidity sustaining the finish.

Great Southern

Riesling

The more I see of the rieslings from 2025, the more convinced I am that this will be remembered as one of the finest vintages yet for this aromatic variety. This one is superb, with dominant lemon citrus and a little spice, plus just a touch of zestiness that lifts both nose and palate. It is delightfully balanced and deeply...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

One of the best value cabernets around. The season was very good, and this is generous wine delivered with subtle medium-weight understatement. On the nose, blackberry, a faint hint of bay leaf and fine grainy tannins. The palate is structured, with opulent plummy blackberry fruit and well-weighted oak providing control.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A most appealing and approachable young chardonnay from this excellent vintage. It’s medium-bodied but with good fruit intensity. The aromas are in that white peach and nectarine zone, with some nice cashew-like characters adding complexity. The palate shows a little butterscotch threading through the deeper creamy stone fruit, then balanced with a fine savoury edge. A most complete and engaging...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is a bright and lively young chardonnay designed for drinking in the short term. White peach and melon scents with a splash of citrus. The palate is light bodied with good flavour. Fine saline character on the finish keeps it tidy.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A pure and quite pretty chardonnay displaying a remarkable depth of fruit intensity and palate complexity for this price. Dominant white peach and subtle lemon with a light coating of roasted cashew. The palate is medium weight but with good intensity and persistence. Balance oak has been handled well.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A medium-bodied, delightfully balanced chardonnay picked reasonably early to capture freshness and brightness. It shows white peach and nectarine with a squeeze of lemon. Oak is subordinated, sitting neatly and unobtrusively in the background. The palate is crisp, vibrant and intense, with a clean, long finish.

Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

A pure and almost pristine savvy from this excellent season in Margaret River. Lift of varietal passionfruit with a lime and cut grass addition. Strikes precisely through the palate with a fine lingering acidity. A zest appealing wine for the short term.

Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

Punchy, fruit-driven, savvy, capturing all the beautiful aromatics and flavours you expect with this variety. Aromas of light tropical fruit, a little gooseberry and passionfruit. A little trim of cut grass and fresh mown hay. On the palate, a decent splash of citrus lifts the fruit through to a zingy long finish. Delightful current drinking wine.

Margaret River

White Blend

A crunchy and vibrant blended white from Margaret River capturing the vibrancy and energy of the vintage with punchy bright fruit intensity at the core of a terrific current drinking wine. The edgy citrus tang adds further lift to a zippy palate.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Great to see a seven-year-old wine just starting to hit the market. This cabernet from Margaret River comes from a season that produced some very smart wines. The nose of blackcurrant, bay leaf, oyster shell and a faint hint of graphite is immediately evident. The palate delivers Margaret River DNA, deeply embedded in a powerful and generous cabernet, tightly structured...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This cooler vintage turned out to be an outstanding one for chardonnays, producing wines of great finesse and refinement. This one is right on the money. Aromas are immediately intense with a nougat and roasted cashew influence to the mealy grapefruit base. The palate has a light savoury character that weaves in and out of the complex maze of flavours....

Margaret River

Chardonnay

The intensity and power of Margaret River chardonnay is immediately apparent. The nose opens with slightly toasty, savoury, faintly struck match characters, then the palate releases the awesome power of chardonnay from this region. Fine savoury elements and a touch of chalkiness contribute to a palate that is controlled, powerful and extraordinarily long. This is high-class stuff.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

The intensity and power of Margaret River chardonnay is immediately apparent. The nose opens with slightly toasty, savoury, faintly struck match characters, then the palate releases the awesome power of chardonnay from this region. Fine savoury elements and a touch of chalkiness contribute to a palate that is controlled, powerful and extraordinarily long. This is high-class stuff.

Great Southern

Chardonnay

A creamy and flavoursome sparkling wine with a bright linear palate lifted with a keen acid and lemon zip. There's a nice, slightly yeasty brioche and toasty combination on the palate which is fine and long. A well-made impressive sparkling wine.

Great Southern

Cabernet Sauvignon

The exceptional 2018 cabernet fruit from Frankland was chosen for this super wine. Combines the elegance and style of that region with the power of the variety. There's an engaging combination of leafy blackcurrant with a trace of that regional ironstone rusty character. The palate is superb with fine chalky tannins in support and a precise oak and fruit balance....

Great Southern

Chardonnay

A six-year-old wine that's starting to show some quite brilliant early development characters, but it still has a long way to go. On the nose, there's a savoury, slightly gunflint smoky character, which sits well within the more obvious stone fruit, ripe melon, and brioche-like characters. The palate is layered and deeply complex already, with those rich stone fruit characters...

Great Southern

Chardonnay

A wonderful expression of Denmark chardonnay. It starts with handpicking and attention to detail at every stage. Aromas of stone fruit, butterscotch and subtle struck match provide a complex opening. The palate is deeply intense with a mix of savoury fruit and slightly sweet vanillin oak. It's gone up a notch or two since last tasted. Outstanding.

Great Southern

Chardonnay

This is a mighty impressive chardonnay from Denmark. The nose is bright and energised with a melony stone fruit and slightly citrussy character. It has excellent texture and palate weight but there is a crunchy pebbly acidity that really raises it into another zone. A mix of lemon rind and chalky acidity provides a focus to a long finish.

Great Southern

Shiraz

My oh my, this is starting to move nicely into its work One of the best shiraz from Rockcliffe. An exceptional wine displaying all that is good from the Great Southern. The bouquet shows a dark cherry, plummy licorice and slightly earthy ironstone character. And if that don't get you in, then the sublime palate will. It's a luxurious mix...

Great Southern

Shiraz

My oh my, this is starting to move nicely into its work One of the best shiraz from Rockcliffe. An exceptional wine displaying all that is good from the Great Southern. The bouquet shows a dark cherry, plummy licorice and slightly earthy ironstone character. And if that don't get you in, then the sublime palate will. It's a luxurious mix...

Great Southern

Shiraz

A little bit of pinot technique has been used in this cool climate shiraz with whole bunch open fermenting capturing the supple exquisite fruit flavours. Aromas of dark liqueur cherry and plum with a spicy addition. The palate is loaded with a hugely concentrated mix of raisiny black fruits, dark chocolate and slightly earthy flavours. It’s deep and sumptuously rich...

Great Southern

Cabernet Sauvignon

Thoroughly delightful cabernet sauvignon that captures the essence of this outstanding vintage. Has typical ripe sweet fruit displaying a mix of blackcurrant and plum dark chocolate characters. The minerally chalky tannins add a fine elegance. It's firm through the middle palate extending to a very long finish. A finishing oyster shell character completes it perfectly.

Great Southern

Sauvignon Blanc

This is a style that I like to see after a couple of years in bottle and this one shows just why that is important. An excellent example of the fume style that comes from France's Loire. This one had been perfectly handled with the oak infusion never intruding and sitting comfortably as a complement to the fruit. It's sauvignon...

Great Southern

Semillon

Rockcliffe Single Site fumé blanc 2024 ($35) This wine is made from semillon and has been just lightly oaked so as not to dominate the fruit. This was quite a warm year, but the quality of the fruit was quite exceptional down in Denmark. And in this case, the combination of the zippy, lemony semillon with the light, nutty oak...

Great Southern

Chardonnay

This wine from the ’19 vintage is just starting to move into its best work. The colour has become slightly darker, but the nose suggests it’s still holding perfectly. Aromas reveal a white peach and light cashew character. The palate is finely balanced with a savoury finish. Subtle traces of butterscotch and crème brulee add further complexity. Ageing quite beautifully.

Great Southern

Grenache

When it comes to delightful, delicious drinking, grenache is a variety that stood out in 2023. This is one of the most beautifully presented Rockcliffe wines I have tasted. Spicy plum and bright red fruits on the nose provide an exquisite opening. The palate has a vibrancy and energy that is part of the vintage DNA. It has a fine...

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

Terrific pinot, displaying complexity, structure and poise within its medium body. Spicy and slightly truffly raspberry and dark cherry greet on the nose. A highly perfumed infusion of sour cherry adds further aromatic complexity. The palate has a sublime silky feel with tannins that glisten and fruit that delivers with vibrancy and energy. Beautiful focused precise and long finish. Really...

Great Southern

Riesling

This is a slightly different take on this variety, certainly from the usual Australian approach. It’s had a small amount barrel fermentation which adds to it texturally and aromatically, creating a complex wine. On the nose more stone fruit characters emerge, and then the palate retains its taut acidity but with a slightly richer texture of fruit. It’s a nice...

Great Southern

Riesling

This is quite a punchy riesling from what seems to be already a very good year. It has a typical Great Southern spicy nuance which merges into the more traditional citrus characters. There's a little crunchy green apple and a faint stone-fruit-like character. The palate is fine, controlled, high line-linear with a degree of tension keeping it on track. It...