Victory Point The Mallee Root Cabernet Malbec 2022
Cabernet Blend
This is one of the best of this plush red designed for grabbing hold of drinking in the first five years. Loads of ripe black fruits with that red fruit malbec influence. It’s fragrant initially then on the palate the warm dark fruit takes over with a blackcurrant and slightly raspberry jubey character edging in. Really delicious great value wine.
Ray Jordan93points
Margaret River
Victory Point The Mallee Root cabernet malbec 2024
Red Blend
This blend has been such a consistent value-for-money wine for Victory Point over the years. I've always loved the name. It's a combination of cabernet sauvignon and malbec, so it has the structure of the cabernet with the warmth and fleshiness of the malbec, especially through the mid-palate. It was a warm year, and that is reflected in the generosity...
Ray Jordan95points
Swan Valley
Vino Volta Funky and Fearless chenin blanc 2023
Chenin Blanc
A first-rate example of chenin blanc, a variety the Swan Valley does so well. The fruit comes from Rockets Vineyard, planted by Tony Mann many years ago. Cliff has used a combination of whole bunch pressing with a very high solids component, adding deep, rich complexity, with natural fermentation further contributing to that layered feel. It has had some time...
Ray Jordan95points
Swan Valley
Vino Volta Funky and Fearless chenin blanc 2024
Chenin Blanc
No suite of Swan Valley wines would be complete without chenin blanc, and Garth Cliff knows a thing or two about making decent chenin. In this case, it's been whole-bunch pressed and went through natural fermentation, high solids and just in old barriques. From the start it is an incredibly complex palate-friendly wine that provides yet another spin on this...
Ray Jordan98points
Swan Valley
Vino Volta Intimations of Immortality Liqueur Verdelho
Verdelho
Not only is this one of the great wines of the Swan Valley, it is one of the great wines of Australia. Liqueur verdelho has found a home in the valley many years ago, and this example is absolutely stunning - a perfect example of the fortified style that the warm climes of Western Australia do so well. The aroma...
Ray Jordan93points
Geographe
Vino Volta Lovesick Puppy dolcetto 2024
Red Varietal
This Italian variety in Australia especially does make some lovely soft, generous, fruity wines that are ideally suited to chilling. In this case, it was naturally fermented, with some whole bunches contributing to its lovely floral lift and supple palate structure. Loads of dark cherry and blackberry. A little briary complexity and fine tannins create a plush, supple palate structure....
Ray Jordan96points
Swan Valley
Vino Volta Pezzonovante grenache 2023
Grenache
I do like this example of an old bush vine-generated Swan Valley grenache. It was an outstanding year, and it has been captured so well. The nose is highly perfumed with scented rose petals and raspberry. In the winery, it was naturally fermented with some whole bunches using a pinot technique, and then matured only in old oak. So, this...
Ray Jordan95points
Swan Valley
Vino Volta Pezzonovante grenache 2024
Grenache
The source of the fruit is old Swan Valley bush vines that are now more than 50 years old. This is such a good example of what the Swan Valley does so well with grenache. He's followed the recipe of natural ferment with some whole bunches and maturation in old oak, so it all allows the fruit to express itself...
Ray Jordan94points
Swan Valley
Vino Volta Postmodern Seriousism grenache 2024
Grenache
This delightfully light- to medium-bodied grenache comes off some old bush vines in the Swan Valley. Cliff has used some whole bunches with some natural ferment to create a bright, vibrant, medium-bodied grenache that captures the essence of the variety. Aromas of strawberry and raspberry with a slightly cherry character. And then a palate that's light to medium-bodied, soft, supple...
Ray Jordan93points
Swan Valley
Vino Volta So Well Then fiano 2024
Fiano
Fiano is a variety that has found a home in most areas of the state. This one is interesting. It has had a little time with skin contact and was naturally fermented, which has given it that deeper, richer intensity that is so appealing. The wild ferment certainly brought additional palate and aromatic complexity. It is sort of nutty and...
Ray Jordan94points
Swan Valley
Vino Volta So Well Then fiano 2025
Fiano
Shows what you can do with this variety with a little flair. In this case, Garth Cliff has put the wine through some short skin contact and high solids, all of which adds texture and complexity to a variety that already exhibits some nice characters. But in this case, it's produced a wine of richness yet, at the same time,...
Ray Jordan94points
Swan Valley
Vino Volta Sol Bambino vermentino 2025
White Varietal
This was naturally fermented and, again, like the fiano, has some short skin contact with high solids. Then spent a little time in both oak and steel. Vermentino can be pretty simple, but this one is anything but simple. Yes, it retains that clean, linear, crisp fineness that is varietal, but then there's other nuances of nutty sea spray. Aptly,...
Ray Jordan92points
Geographe
Vino Volta Sole Bambino vermentino 2024
White Varietal
This is sourced from the Geographe region and is a slightly fuller, richer and more complex version of this famous Italian variety. On the nose, punchy, spicy apple crumble fruit characters emerge, while on the palate, there is richness and intensity, albeit held with typical vermentino precision. There is a dry savouriness on the palate, with just a little creamy,...
Ray Jordan90points
Margaret River
Vintner's Edge of Desire cabernet merlot 2023
Cabernet Blend
Brimming with bright and punchy red and black fruits that speak of this combination. Black currant, dark chocolate, and a plummy mix. Openly aromatic, while the palate delivers a soft, supple, and generous mix of flavours, supported by fine tannins and well-weighted oak. It's medium-bodied, but there's good flavour intensity here.
Ray Jordan89points
Margaret River
Vintner's Edge of Reason shiraz 2023
Shiraz
A bright and friendly young shiraz that captures the qualities of the vintage. Soft and supple with plummy and raspberry aromatics. The palate brims with bright fruits cascading into a clean, long finish. Great value for current drinking.
Ray Jordan89points
Margaret River
Vintner's Edge of the Wave semillon sauvignon blanc 2024
White Blend
A terrific value SSB blend showing racy, zesty fruit characters. Light-bodied with good flavour intensity and a clean, crisp finish. Nails the style and offers excellent value.
Ray Jordan89points
Margaret River
Vintners Edge of the Wave chardonnay 2024
Chardonnay
It’s a nice, fruit-driven, clean, crisp, light-bodied chardonnay that receives just the faintest touch of oak, so it retains the vibrant, pristine purity of the variety. Melony, lemon meringue characters and a racy, long finish. Ideal current-drinking chardy.
Ray Jordan88points
Margaret River
Vintners Edge of the Wave semillon sauvignon blanc 2025
Semillon Sauvignon Blanc
Here’s a neat little SSB blend delivering vibrant, zippy fruit characters throughout. Tropical fruit and citrus combination on the nose. Then a palate showing some nice fruit sweetness and tropical character, but with a clean, defining acidity. Nice current-drinking wine.
Ray Jordan98points
Margaret River
Voyager Estate Block 6 chardonnay 2025
Chardonnay
This is quite a different expression of Margaret River chardonnay, primarily due to the use of clone 95. It has a distinctive biscuit and water-cracker character on the nose, especially. The palate is dry and savoury, with a high degree of tension giving focus and precision through to the finish. Nice chalky characters. This has had about 40% malolactic fermentation,...
Ray Jordan94points
Margaret River
Voyager Estate Broadvale Block 10 chardonnay 2025
Chardonnay
This is the first release of this wine. It’s from the Gingin clone off some heavier soil, and it produces generous, rich and ripe fruit. It has a nice creamy savouriness, with a combination of ripeness and crisper acidity. The palate displays a savoury, textural character with that distinctive saline character. Had nine months in oak, which underpins the fruit...
Ray Jordan96points
Margaret River
Voyager Estate Broadvale Block 6 Chardonnay 2023
Chardonnay
This is an immediately different expression of chardonnay with its distinctive clonal influences. There is a mealy savoury character with an interesting water cracker wet pebble character in here. There is a subtle fragility about this one with a nice savoury character on the finish with its lip-smacking acidity. This is all clone 95 which contributes to the delicate style...
Ray Jordan97points
Margaret River
Voyager Estate cabernet sauvignon 2015
Cabernet Sauvignon
This is a significant departure, heralding a new era for Margaret River and Voyager Estate cabernet. The decision has been made to release the estate cabernets only when they have 10 years of age. This is a re-release of a wine sent out to the public some years ago, but it shows the intent to make some serious, mature cabernet...
Ray Jordan96points
Margaret River
Voyager Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
Cabernet Sauvignon
Silky smooth, velvety palate is a feature of this exceptional cabernet. It's only just starting to reveal its qualities. Leafy black olive and subtle oyster shell minerality on the nose work neatly with the lively red and black fruit combination. Fine chalky tannins and a smooth introduction of oak have harnessed the palate and focussed it to a very long...
Ray Jordan94points
Margaret River
Voyager Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
Cabernet Sauvignon
A firm yet poised and elegantly structured cabernet from this very early vintage. There’s plenty of lively fruit in there with slightly leafy black fruits dominant. It opens up as it breathes. There is slightly more tannin and a little bit of grip in there. Chalky with a brick dust character complementing a nice perfume and lightness on the nose....
Ray Jordan96points
Margaret River
Voyager Estate cabernets 2023
Cabernet Blend
This is largely cabernet, with a contribution from merlot and a few other Bordeaux varieties. It is a very stylish and elegantly structured wine that captures everything good about the vintage. The aromatics are high and perfumed, and there are beautifully seductive notes on the nose. Only about 15% new oak has been used here, so the wine is about...
Ray Jordan95points
Margaret River
Voyager Estate cabernets 2024
Cabernet Blend
The colour is quite brilliant and bright. The nose shows a more fragrant red-fruit character with that oyster-shell character. This is 65% cabernet, 28% merlot and the balance malbec, petit verdot and cabernet franc. Beautifully balanced and poised, with bright red fruit on the palate. Still has the vineyard chalky, saline character there, with a slightly mineral lift. This is...
Ray Jordan95points
Margaret River
Voyager Estate Chardonnay 2022
Chardonnay
A pure and almost pristine chardonnay from one of the region's best. Minerally with a citrus and sliced pear nuance on the nose. It's crunchy with spicy green apple and cinnamon characters on the palate. The integration of oak and fruit hits it right on the money. Very long finish.
Ray Jordan95points
Margaret River
Voyager Estate Chardonnay 2023
Chardonnay
This is quite a delicate and finessed chardonnay from this marvellous vintage. Has a lifted floral component on the nose with traces of nectarine and light lemon citrus. This is 60% Gingin and the remainder other clones. Starting to use more puncheons and less new oak with less malolactic fermentation, contributing to a fine acid and delicacy. But there is...
Ray Jordan95points
Margaret River
Voyager Estate chardonnay 2024
Chardonnay
It was a challenging year, yet this wine has emerged rather beautifully. There was no MJW made this year, so some pretty high-quality fruit that would have gone there has come into this excellent wine. It is 90% Gingin with a little of the clone 76. The new oak contribution has also been reduced, and it only spends a few...
Ray Jordan95points
Margaret River
Voyager Estate chardonnay 2025
Chardonnay
Immediately strikes with an intense purity and strong savoury, saline-like character. Had about 13 months on lees in a mix of oak, of which 25% was new. It’s a powerful statement with a distinct vineyard character. Balanced with tremendous fruit power, though slightly restrained and controlled through to a long finish. This is all from the Gingin clone, and it...
Ray Jordan91points
Margaret River
Voyager Estate chenin blanc 2023
Chenin Blanc
This is just so delicious as a current drinking white wine. Bursting with vibrant fresh tropical notes on the nose. A little passionfruit and citrus to add tang provide an engaging opening. The palate is crunchy and alive with so much fruit intensity. A little creamy textural feel completes an excellent wine.
Ray Jordan93points
Margaret River
Voyager Estate Chenin Blanc 2024
Chenin Blanc
This is the first completely dry chenin blanc, the result of a program to move it in that direction. This has excellent white nectarine and peach flavours with muted tropical notes. Gets about 20% older oak which is evident on the palate. A small time on lees adds a textural dimension. It’s a little more serious with a slight unctuousness...
Ray Jordan95points
Margaret River
Voyager Estate chenin blanc 2025
Chenin Blanc
This is a highly intense and powerful statement of the variety. Had 50% in old oak puncheons and the remainder in a concrete fermenter. It’s created a wine of depth and power that captures the 2025 vintage. It has a nice savoury and slightly saline influence on the lightly tropical and stone-fruit characters. It gets about nine months on lees,...
Ray Jordan92points
Margaret River
Voyager Estate Coastal Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
Cabernet Sauvignon
A vibrant and juicy young cabernet with so much appeal. Bright red fruit notes on the nose with a delicious red fruity palate delivering plenty. Chalky fine tannin and just a smidgeon oak to underpin the fruit combine to produce a wine for drinking over the next few years.
Ray Jordan91points
Margaret River
Voyager Estate Coastal Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
Cabernet Sauvignon
The colour is quite brilliant; almost luminous and so bright. It’s a firmish medium bodied cabernet displaying plenty of leafy blackcurrant fruit characters on the nose. It comes from the younger blocks on the site, and gets a fair whack of merlot. Has a chalky tannin mouthfeel with a nice bright red fruit mix. The oak is slightly more assertive...
Ray Jordan95points
Margaret River
Voyager Estate Coastal cabernet sauvignon 2023
Cabernet Sauvignon
You might remember this as it was previously called Girt by Sea. It also has a small amount of merlot and petit verdot. It was a great year, and this wine has captured it all, delivering wonderful aromatics and perfumes, with deeper black fruits and violet, and that slightly minerally character on the finish. It has structure, it has poise,...
Ray Jordan90points
Margaret River
Voyager Estate Coastal Chardonnay 2022
Chardonnay
A light bodied but appealingly flavoursome chardie that is all about the vibrant natural fruit flavours. It's a pure and punchy little wine with melon and light stone fruit merging with a faint cereal-like character. A splash of lemon and pear and there you have it; super current drinking.
Ray Jordan92points
Margaret River
Voyager Estate Coastal Chardonnay 2023
Chardonnay
Comes from a mix of newer vines and some older vines. Only gets about 10% new oak and that’s it without additional oak influences. Fermented in special wedge-shaped concrete fermenters with the irregular internal surfaces making a contribution to the wine, especially with how the lees influence the wine. It’s delicate and beautifully textured with pristine and pure fruit expression.
Ray Jordan92points
Margaret River
Voyager Estate Coastal chardonnay 2024
Chardonnay
This was made from a warm year, yet it was picked early and then selected to get the best fruit. It is made from Gingin clones from the old blocks planted many years ago, and for an entry-level chardonnay, it is pretty damn smart. It is fermented in concrete naturally and then into tank, with about 10% in new puncheons,...
Ray Jordan97points
Margaret River
Voyager Estate Mjw Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
Cabernet Sauvignon
Beautifully seductive and perfumed wine. This is pretty much all cabernet with a smidgeon of petit verdot. Aromas are perfumed with lifted violet and red fruit characters. There’s a slightly cracked seas shell character in here with a that touch of iodine which all contributes to its complexity and layering. It’s a bold statement with admirable control and restraint. Lots...