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Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A Margaret River cabernet displaying the combination of power and elegance that marks this excellent vintage. Rich blackcurrant varietal characters emerge from the nose with other notes of black olive and bay leaf with just a little graphite minerality. The palate has deep intensity with the concentrated fruit wrapped in a firm tannin and fine grained oak web. Chalky palate...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

One of the best of these I have tasted. It’s a beauty. The intensity of the opening salvo of blackcurrant, dark cherry and light graphite on the nose points to what might lay ahead. Yet when you get to the palate it is so elegantly structured and almost supple as it extends to an effortlessly long finish, A thread of...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This has been part of the Snake + Herring portfolio since 2011 and has evolved from its original Bordeaux blend into a predominantly Cabernet wine with very small contributions from Malbec and Merlot. The aroma is immediately vibrant and alive with bright red fruit notes and a backdrop of blackcurrant and black olive. The palate has generosity but is more...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Here's a wine that shows how good the warm '24 vintage could be in the right hands. It's been masterfully crafted, displaying quite beautiful, vibrant black and red fruits on the nose, with even a hint of blue-fruit complexity. The palate is deeply concentrated and intense, harnessed with chalky tannins and the right touch of oak to produce a seamless,...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A wine that has developed a consistent style over the years. This one seems slightly less overt than some previously and I do like its degree of restraint while still not compromising on the intensity and complexity, especially on the palate. Honeycomb, nectarine and almond meal find their way into the palate. meal It builds relentlessly to a very long...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is made to a consistent style offering plenty for the chardonnay lovers who want a decent bang for their buck. Sourced from Karridale south of Margaret River town, it shows strong mealy butterscotch and stone fruit aromatics. The palate is layered with depth and intensity that is picked up and carried to a long finish.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

I'd have to say this is as good as any Corduroy Chardonnays yet released from these guys. Of course, it comes from a very good year, which was well suited to the variety and from a vineyard at Karridale, south of the town of Margaret River. It has an engaging floral aroma with traces of brioche and cashew, with some...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A most consistent and distinctive chardonnay from Snake + Herring. It's a wine that delivers plenty, with some lovely smoky bacon, stone fruit and subtle quince paste notes on the nose. A little marzipan. And then a palate that delivers texture with a deep intensity. The finishing flourish of savoury notes sends it through to a beautiful long finish.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A wine that has garnered quite a following. Like the postman: it always delivers. Blackcurrant with a significant plummy fruit character. This is a firm style, consistent with this vintage in Margaret River. A firm thread of chalky tannin and a decent hit of oak work through the primary blackcurrant and black olive characters of the palate.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a wine that offers so much at a reasonable price. It comes off seven blocks within the region from a number of sub-regions, and this northern part of Margaret River towards Yallingup really delivers on that blackcurrant, black olive combination with a little savoury oyster shell minerality. This is a stylish wine of good structure and bright fruit,...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Thoroughly beautiful cabernet from Wilyabrup in Margaret River. It's a firmer style with sinewy tannins evident supported by a decent oak contribution. Loads of blackcurrant with a graphite bay leaf character and a smear of olive tapenade. It will definitely benefit from extended cellaring.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A cabernet out of Wilyabrup in the heart of the Margaret River dress circle. Intense aromas reveal a wave of blackcurrant and dark plum with a black olive and bay leaf nuance adding another complexity. The palate is so seamlessly crafted with the tannin and oak combination working beautifully with the concentrated fruit. An effortless and elegant style with power.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

An exquisite example of the chardonnays from Margaret River in 2022. Intense aromas of quince paste, lemon rind and pear with a little grapefruit. There's a subtle struck match and saline seashell minerality on the palate with a charry oak influence well managed. This is an excellent chardonnay that will continue to evolve.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

One of the best chardonnays yet from these guys. It’s a beauty. Aromas quickly reveal the toasty oak, cashew, butterscotch and mealy nuances that have been built into the wine. The palate delivers a powerful intensity, yet there is an almost crystalline precision and subtle saline edge to balance. Excellent.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This has developed into something of a winner for Snake + Herring and is already well established as one of the better Chardonnays of Margaret River. It's sourced from Karridale, south of Margaret River, and immediately its power and intensity are evident, not surprising given it comes from a single block of the famed and powerful Gingin clone near Witchcliffe....

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Like the Corduroy chardonnay, this wine is also sourced from Margaret River. But it is a distinctly different style, providing a tighter, leaner, slightly tenser expression. All compacted with control and focus. Lemony meringue, light stone fruit and cashew notes on the nose. The palate is quite precise, with some lovely oak and slightly chalky tannins bringing it all together,...

Great Southern

Syrah

A delightfully fragrant medium bodied syrah sourced from the Great Southern which produced some mighty good fruit in this season. Notes of spice, cherry and plum on the nose with a faint ferrous touch. The palate is really impressive with its medium weight perfectly balanced with fine precise tannins and a light layer of oak. Super value for this.

Margaret River

Shiraz

Snake + Herring Tainted Love Rosé 2023 ($33) This is a bright, fresh, and stylish little rosé that has been made very much in the European mould. So, it's finer, more restrained, and with less overt fruit, but it still has texture and flavour on its fine, persistent palate. It's all Syrah from a single vineyard in Margaret River. After...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is quite a sophisticated chardonnay for this price. It’s a leaner and more tightly framed wine than you might expect, yet the fruit intensity and prettiness of 2023 emerges. Slightly citrus and a light steely minerality with a chalky acidity provides the keen focus. Lively finish completes a tidy wine.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

These guys make several Chardonnays, and this is a nice entry-level for them. It's all Chardonnay and it's all from Margaret River, but in addition to the famous Gingin clone, four additional Dijon clones have been used, and this seems to contribute to its slightly finer, chalky minerality to complement the richness and raw power of the Gingin clone. It...

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

A delicious fresh young pinot noir made for immediate drinking. As I sipped, I felt I was in a Spanish tapas bar. Sweet fruit with cherry and raspberry dominance. Soft and supple palate has a light chalky tannin influence. All wild fermented and bottled unfiltered, so you are getting a good window into the vintage.

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

Throughout what was a very warm year, the fruit sourced from vineyards in the Great Southern—in this case, Mount Barker—has turned out pretty well for Pinot Noir. The colour is slightly translucent with a purply-red and crimson hue. The aroma displays a savoury, chalky sour cherry character with bright raspberry fruit. It's tightly knit with fine tannins and a subtle...

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

A bright and youthful pinot noir showing good varietal characters. A little sour cherry and raspberry with some very subtle earthiness underpinning. It's a light-bodied palate, but there's good flavour intensity supported by a tight core of fine-grained tannins and very subtle, gentle oak. It's an excellent entry-level pinot delivering some lovely varietal characters.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A most stylish and elegant cabernet from Margaret River is a year that panned out rather well after a searing start with heat. The aromas are more in the black cherry and blackberry zone while the palate has chalky tannins and fine-grained oak in control. Its medium weight but with good intensity and effortless drive to the long finish.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A firm and structured cabernet from Margaret River. The aromas have an engaging plummy cherry nuance, with more typical varietal blackcurrant and dark chocolate notes. The palate is deep, dark and structured, with firm tannins ensuring it has the capacity for further cellaring. The oak is neatly applied, and as the wine opens up, its elegance becomes more evident. Neatly...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

The colour is bright with pale golden hues. The nose reveals a mix of butterscotch and stone fruit with a little roasted cashew adding further complexity. The palate shows the influence of barrel fermentation. It’s rich and quite textured with excellent flavour intensity. Lively finish is long and precise.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a powerhouse statement of cabernet. Loaded with blackcurrant and black olive with a liberal addition of bay leaf and dried herbs. The palate cuts deep with a graphite leafy edge striking through the solid core of dark fruit. It's had 50% new French oak, which sits comfortably with the fruit and firm tannins. A wine with some cellaring...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Takes the single vineyard wine to another zone with greater fruit concentration and intensity. This has more winemaking evident with wild yeast barrel fermentation and regular battonage. Floral citrus grapefruit notes on the nose with richer lemon curd and crème brulee flavours building in the palate. A slightly gunflint edginess picks up the finish.

Margaret River

Shiraz

There’s a lot going on in this excellent shiraz from Margaret River. The aromas first. There’s a mix of bright red and some blue fruits with dark plum and a lick of licorice. On the palate other nuances emerge with cocoa and mocha plus some nice spices and a little black pepper. This is a stylish medium bodied wine made...

Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

Quite beautiful sauvignon blanc displaying those fresh tropical fruit characters with a liberal sprinkling of dried herbs. The palate is textured and flavoursome with a stone fruit and edgier cut lime nuances balanced and pure. This is great current drinking.

Margaret River

Shiraz

The colour in this Margaret River shiraz is so deep and dense, but there's a real vibrancy and brightness about it. This is a deliciously succulent, rich, generous shiraz with loads of dark plum and liqueur cherry fruit, with a nice spicy element. The palate has a slightly chewy feel, which is most appealing, and a little liquorice-plummy nuance that...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This turned out to be a good season in Margaret River, producing elegantly defined red wines of some refinement. Blackcurrant with a leafy overtone and a little graphite influence. The palate is deeply concentrated but more medium weight with fine tannins in support. A nice juicy cabernet that hits the mark now.

Margaret River

Shiraz

This was a season that produced some excellent soft and generously proportioned red wines, and here is a case in point. Deep plummy colour to start. The nose reveals a beautifully engaging combination of mulberry and dark plum with a lift of light cedary oak. The palate is nicely textured with a grainy feel complementing the well-rounded fruit.

Margaret River

Shiraz

Plenty of concentrated fruit in this wine, but it presents with more medium weight and, as a result, is a stylish expression of the variety from Margaret River. Aromas of slightly earthy red fruits with a subtle gravelly minerality. Neatly integrated oak and chalky tannins give direction and focus.

Margaret River

Sparkling

This hits the mark for the light and fresh lightly spritz wine for immediate drinking. Nice fruit intensity on the nose with a spicy orange peel and stone fruit character. The palate is light and fresh with a zingy finishing acidity and a nice lift of spritz.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Loaded with fully ripe juicy dark fruit which has been crafted into a medium-bodied but generous wine. Carries the full package of juicy red fruit with darker plum and blackcurrant nuances emerging. The oak and tannin combo sits comfortably. Has a dry minerally finish.

Blackwood Valley

Cabernet Blend

This is a soft and supple cabernet dominant blend from the Blackwood Valley. Has the distinctive regional plushness and volume of fruit with deep blackberry and dark plum characters emerging. Has good structure with fine grainy tannins and a nice touch of oak to assist.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

No mistaking that this is cabernet, Margaret River cabernet. The nose displays that compelling merging of blackcurrant and dark chocolate a little black olive and a ripe plummy richness. The palate is medium weight and seamlessly laced together with fine tannins and oak. A balanced, elegant wine.

Blackwood Valley

Shiraz Blend

Highly fragrant aromas announce this as a delightful blend from the Blackwood Valley. Red berry dominance with a neat mix of raspberry and plum. The palate is so soft and supple, with generous plump flavours supported by fine tannins and a lick of oak. It’s a wine for drinking sooner not later as it is so appealing now.

Blackwood Valley

Red Varietal

A very good example of this Italian variety from the Blackwood Valley. Fresh and crunchy with a lemon zest and apple crumble complexity. It's light and zingy with a deliciously appealing palate extending to a clean long finish.