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Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

There is so much to like about this cabernet. It started life with fermentation in amphora before maturation in French barriques for about five months. This technique has clearly had an influence because this is a quite exquisitely presented cabernet, seamlessly integrated, finely structured, and supremely refined. Aromas of blackcurrant, very subtle bay leaf, and black olive. And then a...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This comes from a single parcel of fruit which after hand picking was pressed to one-year-old and new French oak, naturally fermented and then left for 10 months with regular lees stirring. Has a really vibrant and almost racy edge to it with a flinty dry palate feel, that holds a deep and intense palate to a long line. A...

Great Southern

Cabernet Sauvignon

Small volume deluxe cabernet sourced from Frankland River. It's just starting to move into its work now to reveal the beautiful qualities from this region. Aromas of blackcurrant and dark plum with a subtle cedary oak influence. The palate is silky smooth yet immensely powerful. A wonderful expression of vineyard and place with the potential for extended ageing.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

The Gingin clone has been used effectively in this wine, bringing the power and intensity of the clone to the forefront. But at the same time, it's beautifully designed with control and finesse, creating a linear expression. Citrusy, lemon curd, slightly oatmealy underlay on the nose, and then a palate which gathers momentum and drive through to a long finish....

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is cabernet through and through. The nose says it all. Blackcurrant, graphite and a little bay leaf. The palate delivers more in the medium to full-bodied zone with tremendous depth and concentration. Has been seamlessly pulled together with the oak, tannin and fruit working in perfect harmony. The final blend comes from a barrel cull, and it's resulted in...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a most impressive cabernet which comes from Wilyabrup in the heart of Margaret River. An opening blast of leafy blackcurrant, black olive and light bay leaf greet initially on the nose. The palate is elegantly structured with a tight weave of fine-grained oak and fine chalky tannins. Retains an elegant medium body but there is serious cellaring potential...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A cabernet that enters rarefied territory, showing both power and poise. Aromas of blackcurrant, bay leaf, graphite, and a hint of oyster shell create a compelling opening. The palate is generous and almost medium-bodied, all pulling together to a tremendously long, focused finish. A cracking wine of great style and depth.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A classically defined Margaret River cabernet sauvignon with tremendous concentration, structure and purpose. Aromas of blackcurrant combine with oyster shell minerality, subtle bay leaf and black olive. The palate introduces richer chocolate notes that weave through the dark fruit, supported by a firm framework of tannin and seamlessly integrated oak. A gentle leafy character adds further complexity. Powerful, poised and...

Margaret River

Shiraz

This barrel selection from Margaret River highlights the quality of shiraz from the outstanding 2023 vintage. Savoury dark fruits lead the nose, with ripe plum, dark cherry and a touch of spice adding complexity. The palate is firmer and more tightly structured than the Frankland River wine, yet it retains generous plush fruit, concentration and intensity. A powerful yet beautifully...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This Margaret River chardonnay uses Dijon clones and, after wild fermentation and lees stirring, it spent 10 months in oak. This season worked mighty well for chardonnay. The warmth has provided deep, powerful intensity, but the Dijon clone has just refined and tightened it with a delightful chalky, minerally acidity.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Immediately strikes as a wine of richness and intense concentration. The nose reveals a spicy lemon curd and lightly roasted cashew character, while the palate shows the influence of lees stirring. It's rich with stone fruit and plush creamy flavours edged with a crisp acid and fine light oak. The finish has that trace of oyster shell minerality.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a remarkably plush and polished cabernet from this cooler vintage. Ripe blackcurrant and dark chocolate aromas with a trace of fruit pudding. The palate is dense and concentrated with a slightly liqueur cherry and dark chocolate flavour balanced with some nice minerally tannins and a decent lick of oak.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Opens with such a beautiful exotic perfume. Violets and red berry with a background of blackcurrant and cherry. A Margaret River wine displaying elegance and refinement through a seamless yet structured palate. Gentle tannins and a light touch of oak harmonise bringing energy and life into a vibrant medium bodied palate.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The 2022 vintage was one that produced some very expressive and powerful statements of Margaret River cabernet. And this one delivers it all. Black fruits, a little leaf, black olive on the nose, with a trace of subtle raspberry red fruits. Palate is seamlessly integrated with the fine tannins and oak, delivered with real polish. Effortless and stylish through to...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This classy Margaret River cabernet sauvignon perfectly captures the vintage. Aromas of blackcurrant, dark cherry liqueur, and flecks of red fruit emerge from the glass. The palate is seamlessly integrated, with strength and purpose, a tight core of oak and tannin perfectly aligned. A very stylish and elegant Margaret River cabernet.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A beautiful, textural chardonnay that maintains a fine linear feel. Opens with an intriguing merging of stones fruits with a lemon and brioche infusion. The palate shows the influence of barrel fermentation, which brings richness and complexity. Fine lingering finish.

Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

This warmish year has certainly produced fruit of terrific intensity and weight. In this case, the sauvignon blanc was sourced out of Karridale, well to the south of Margaret River, and was wild fermented in French barriques with lees stirring and 10 months of maturation. A slightly nutty oak influence is subordinated into the fruit, and so it never dominates....

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

A little bottle age has really brought this wine into its own. An engaging combination of glazed cherry and raspberry on the nose. Some spices and a little lanolin like character. Palate is quite soft and supple, but there is good support from some chalky tannins and well integrated oak. Smooth, seamless, and long finish.

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

Bright, fruit driven pinot from the Great Southern of medium body. But there is depth here and layered complexity, with those bright cherry and red berry notes augmented with a subtle toasty mushroom like character. Palate loaded with cherry flavours, a liberal splashing of spices, and some nice integrated oak. Produces a wine of polish and poise.

Margaret River

Red Blend

An interesting wine that dips its toes into the Left and Right Banks of Bordeaux in terms of varietal sourcing. But it's a combination that works really well. The aromatics of the cab franc provide a lovely lift of floral notes and red berries, with the addition of the juicy, slightly leafy malbec. Palate is soft and supple, with lots...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Another wine that demonstrates just how good the 2024 Margaret River vintage could be. It was a warm season, but the extended summer allowed cabernet sauvignon to ripen beautifully. Aromas of blackcurrant, bay leaf and dark chocolate are unmistakably varietal. The palate is deeply concentrated yet velvety and seamless, supported by finely controlled tannins and perfectly judged oak. A first-rate...

Pemberton

Pinot Grigio

A single-vineyard pinot grigio sourced from Pemberton, where the cool climate suits the style and variety perfectly. It shows primary apple and pear crumble characters, while extended time on lees adds additional texture rarely seen in this variety. The result is a wine that is immensely pleasurable and thoroughly delicious—one of the best examples of pinot grigio I have tasted.

Pemberton

Pinot Noir

Sourced from Pemberton vineyards in an outstanding vintage. There's so much to like about this wine, from the ripe cherry and strawberry aromas through to the palate, where the warm flesh of pinot is wrapped around a firm core of fine, chalky tannins and neatly judged oak. A spicy, savoury note carries through the finish, while the brightness and energy...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

The extra time in bottle is evident immediately with the bright golden hues in the glass. The nose is starting to move into that lovely toasty marmalady character, but not excessively, while retaining its citrusy lemon characters and subtle gun smokiness. Palate is textural and rich, but with a fine savouriness adding balance and precision. If you're wanting a wine...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A precise and finely crafted delicate chardonnay from Margaret River. Spicy pear aromas with hints of nectarine and lemon rind. The palate is medium weight but with excellent flavour intensity displaying notes of lemon curd and a trace of crème brulee. A wine I would prefer in the short term.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Margaret River chardonnay with plenty of presence, particularly for those who enjoy a more substantial style. Fermented and matured in French barriques, it displays vibrant ripe stone fruit balanced with lime, lemon, and grapefruit notes. The palate is rich, with creamy nectarine and cashew, supported by fine linear structure and crisp acidity, with a slightly lemony citrus tang.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Another excellent wine under this label. It comes from Wilyabrup, using the Gingin clone. After natural fermentation, it was matured in French barriques. The nose reveals attractive stone fruit, nougat and citrus aromas. The palate captures the delicacy of the season, delivering refinement, balance and precise control. Drinking beautifully now, with the potential to develop further over the medium term.

Margaret River

Shiraz Blend

A deliciously appealing wine from an excellent vintage. A small addition of viognier adds its character beautifully, complementing the gingery, apricot notes of the viognier with the savoury plum and lightly liqueur-style cherries of shiraz. Smooth, seamless, and structured with poise. An elegant and very smart example of this style.

Geographe

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is an opulent and riper style of cabernet sourced from the Donnybrook region. Loaded with dark plummy fruit pudding fruit characters on the nose and palate. There's a little black cherry and dark chocolate richness with a grainy oak contribution. A wine for immediate enjoyment while those youthful fruit characters are so evident.

Margaret River

Red Blend

This blend of largely cabernet with smaller contributions from merlot, malbec and petit verdot is sourced from the Woodlands Brook Vineyard and the Wilyabrup Valley. It was introduced a few years ago and has steadily moved up in completeness and complexity. This is the best yet. It has power and poise with deep fruit intensity edged with a minerally chalky...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

One of the best Clementine releases yet, from a very good vintage. A blend of cabernet, merlot and malbec, it bursts with intensity, with florals, bay leaf and a blackcurrant-olive combination on the nose. The palate shows plush, bright fruit wrapped around a firm thread of chalky tannins, finishing effortlessly long.

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

A structured and purposeful cabernet merlot blend with a couple of friends thrown in. Bright, crunchy fruit is a feature. Lifted florals and a mix of redcurrant and light bay leaf, underpinned by a little graphite character. The palate is still quite tight, but it’s medium-bodied and concentrated, delivering to a focused, effortless, long finish.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Wine of the Year 2024 How fitting that as Woodlands celebrates the 50th year since it was established in 1973 by David and Heather Watson, it should be awarded the Wine of The Year. It is a fabulous example of Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon made with more than a little Bordeaux influence. Winemaker Stuart Watson has been pumping out outstanding...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A more elegant, finer version, certainly compared to the previous year. This is a cabernet sauvignon dominant blend with about 4% malbec and a smidgeon of cabernet franc. The key in this cooler year was to strike the balance of oak and fruit with those supporting tannins sitting there. It’s been achieved with ease and the result is wine of...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Each year this wine is named in honour of a family member or friend. The Maestro in this case is David Gregg, the charismatic, legendary winemaker of Vasse Felix. I think he would appreciate the elegance and understated refinement of the wine. It is one of the very best years in this distinguished line. Rich dark fruits burst from the...

Margaret River

Red Blend

This is a personal favourite. It's a 68% cabernet, 22% malbec and 10% merlot blend. Such a good vintage captured perfectly to reveal all the power and concentration with a deft hand creating an elegant and finely tuned finish. Super intense cabernet fruit dominates with that graphite and slightly oyster shell minerality helping to focus and present through its long...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

The brightness of this cooler vintage is evident immediately on the nose. Lifted dark fruit with a little black olive and bay leaf infusion burst out. It’s a blend of largely cabernet with small contributions of malbec, merlot and cabernet franc. An elegantly framed wine of effortless style. The palate is sublimely integrated with the bright fruit given some nice...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

A cracking wine from this excellent vintage, blending 73% cabernet, 22% merlot and the remainder malbec. Deeply concentrated fruit has easily carried 19 months in oak, producing a wine of power, poise and balance. Dark fruits, lifted aromatics, and fine focus combine on a detailed palate that will reward extended cellaring.

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

Another outstanding wine from this great vintage. Nearly 75% cabernet, with merlot and malbec. There is power and intensity here, but it’s elegant and so refined. Crunchy red and black fruits, lifted red cherry and bay leaf, with a subtle oyster-shell minerality. It’s a very pretty wine that provides a lens into the greatness of the vintage and the influence...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The pinnacle of the Woodlands stable, consistently among Margaret River’s finest. One of the most aromatic and almost pretty examples of this wine, named each year after a Watson family member. Complex aromas of blackcurrant, bay leaf, oyster shell minerality and black olive tapenade. The palate shows how fruit and oak have been stylishly harnessed, with chalky tannins providing support...