Cherubino

Margaret River

Shiraz

A balanced and poised juicy shiraz from Margaret River. Has a soft and quite supple mouthfeel with grainy tannins in support. Lots of dark fruits display a lifted spicy character with an infusion of cherry and gentle roasted coffee bean.

Margaret River

Grenache

A wine with distinctive red fruits displaying the virtues and characteristics of the two varieties. The cooler vintage suited the style, which is friendly and appealing. Ideal for current drinking. The medium-bodied palate is supported by light tannins and the oak influence is moderate. So, you can tuck in now.

Pemberton

Chardonnay

Runner-up White Wine of the Year 2024 A stunner from Cherubino capturing the essence of Pemberton. It comes from the excellent Channybearup vineyard. On the nose you get a flinty, grapefruit and honeysuckle nuance with deeper grapefruit and nectarine influences. The palate delivers with a degree of delicacy yet there is power here…real power that takes it through to a...

Pemberton

Chardonnay

Okay, I’ve tasted a few of these and I reckon this is the best. Great vintage, yes, but then the subtle winemaking has brought it to a new dimension. While bunch pressing and naturally fermented in new and used puncheons, which just takes the edge off the oak. The power of the Gingin clone is evident immediately. Lemon, quince and...

Pemberton

Chardonnay

A wonderful chardonnay that comes from the Channybearup Vineyard in Pemberton. Handpicked and then whole bunch pressed before natural fermentation in a new and old puncheon combination. Aromas of brioche and butterscotch with subtle cashew and lemon curd characters. The palate is powerfully stated with depth and intensity, driving through to a long finish.

Pemberton

Sauvignon Blanc

Cherubino Pemberton sauvignon blanc 2024 ($39) Cherubino sources this savvy from the excellent Channybearup Vineyard in Pemberton. It’s a lightly framed wine but has a delightful crunchy vibrancy with the influence of a small amount of barrel fermentation and three months in oak bringing it to life. Nice fine minerality with a lightly tropical, citrus and guava complexity. Nice wine....

Pemberton

Sauvignon Blanc

I’m not sure how Cherubino has made a wine of this quality in such a hot year. But here you go. A sauvignon blanc from Pemberton which was naturally fermented and matured in French oak for eight months. Nutty stone fruit aromas and then a palate where the balance between the oak and fruit nails it. Textured and rich with...

Pemberton

Sauvignon Blanc

I've been a bit of a fan of this wine since I first saw it a few years ago. It's made in the fumé style, which means after natural fermentation it was matured in French oak, in this case for 4 months, but at the same time it retains its fine linear freshness with a minerally citrus note on the...

Mount Barker

Riesling

Wow, this is something else. Fine, delicate and yet sustained and intense. This is a wonderful showcase of Porongurup riesling with its minerally spicy tension evident. It’s so pristine and pure, with a bracing yet fine acidity that lances to an extraordinarily long finish.

Great Southern

Riesling

A pure and pristine expression of Frankland River riesling. The aromas of intense lemon zest with an edge of lime are distinctly riesling. The palate is intense with a crunchy lively minerality displaying a degree of classic riesling tension. Slightly powdery bath salts add a further dimension to an already crowded palate.

Frankland River

Cabernet Blend

Here is a more Left Bank-inspired, cabernet-dominant blend, which also includes malbec, petit verdot and cabernet franc. It’s a thoroughly exquisite, pretty, poised and elegant cabernet blend. And like the Right Bank-inspired merlot cabernet, the maturation took place in larger-format French oak foudres. This has allowed the wine to develop an inner harmony and strength, delivered with such velvety smooth...

Frankland River

Red Blend

This is a Bordeaux blend of cabernet sauvignon, malbec, petit verdot and cabernet franc from the Frankland River. It was generally a cooler vintage, and yet in the Great Southern things worked out pretty well. This is a cracking good wine, seamlessly woven together and laced with fine tannins and cleverly managed oak. It was made in micro detail with...

Frankland River

Red Blend

Here’s a wine that’s straight from the Bordeaux Right Bank playbook, with this combination of merlot and cabernet franc. The aromas are quite beautiful. A mix of blackberry, fruitcake and floral perfumes are immediately captivating. The palate strikes with impeccable balance. After selecting the best barrels, it was matured in larger-format French oak foudres. So the oak never intrudes but...

Pemberton

Sauvignon Blanc

A beautiful savvy from the Channybearup vineyard in Pemberton. Made in the fume style which means natural fermentation with maturation in oak for four months. There's a nutty fruit-driven aroma with a decent splash of citrus. The palate is generous and intense with a degree of complexity you expect from this fume style.

Great Southern

Shiraz

A wonderfully bright and vibrant shiraz from the Acacia Vineyard in Frankland River. You will fall in love with the perfumed sweet plummy aromatics with a trace of violet. Soft and slightly grainy palate is a joy with a fine chalky acidity and fine-grained tannin contributing to a palate coating layer of flavour.

Great Southern

Cabernet Sauvignon

There is a delightful varietal purity with this cabernet which comes off the Riversdale vineyard in Frankland River. The blackcurrant characters are complemented by a natural ironstone and slightly meaty characters. The palate is plush with a firm core of chalky tannins working harmoniously with the oak. Dark chocolate and plummy fruit add to the focused finish.

Frankland River

Malbec

The juicy bright red fruits that are malbec burst initially from the glass then take a mighty leap from the glass. This one comes from the Justin Vineyard in Frankland. There seems to be much of the vineyard here with a slightly iron filings edge to the deep fruit flavours. The chalky tannins and understated oak really hum ringing the...

Pemberton

White Blend

This is pinot gris with a little difference. It's been partially fermented in oak so you get that textural richness to augment the steelier lean varietal characters of the pinot gris. Light and fine with an apple crumble and cut pear combo doing their thing.

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet, cabernet, cabernet. That’s what you get with this terrific example of both the vintage and the vineyard. There’s a pure varietal expression here, with strong blackcurrant and subtle black olive notes on the nose. And then a palate that is so seamlessly structured and integrated, capturing the beauty and almost prettiness of this slightly cooler but outstanding vintage in...

Great Southern

Shiraz

Lots to chew on here. Immediately a mix of ironstone and dark plummy blackberry fruit emerges. The combination of the sweet fruit and a little spicy black pepper creates such a neatly aligned palate. In this case the Waldron, 470 and 174 clones are making an impact. Smooth and velvety.

Pemberton

Sauvignon Blanc

Crunchy apple and pear characters burst from the glass. This is savvy with a little extra, which comes from the partial barrel fermentation. Gee, it makes quite a difference, transforming that bright and fresh fruit savvy into a wine of great sophistication, but still a lot of fun.

Frankland River

Shiraz

Here’s a wine that captures so much of what Frankland River is all about. It’s from the Riversdale Vineyard, and it’s made from three clones, Waldron 470 and 174, contributing to a wine of real complexity. Lovely texture and depth of flavour. It’s medium-bodied but generous, and that little flick of ironstone adds a lovely complexity. Nice lingering finish. Most...

Pemberton

Chardonnay

Sourced from Pemberton and shows that slightly lighter and more pristine character. It's made using a clay cement egg with the principle that the lees are constantly forced up allowing the juice to pick up flavour and mouth feel. It retains a delightfully light feel but with super intensity. An elegant wine with touches of lemon curd and quince gentle...

Great Southern

Cabernet Sauvignon

An interesting combination woven together with time in the concrete egg, which creates a vortex that moves the lees upwards, contributing to its plump full palate. Plenty of blackcurrant flavours with a dusty thread from the nebbiolo. The chalky tannins are finely integrated and the generous fruit flavours burst out. Plenty of appeal with that final tarry edge adding to...

Great Southern

Cabernet Sauvignon

The use of the concrete egg and its continual fruit circulation has allowed the firm cabernet and fleshier touriga to knit together into a plush velvety smooth red blend. Plummy black cherry dominance with a little black fruit pudding. Extra year in bottle has brought this baby into the world. Drinking so well.

Great Southern

Grenache

Yet another marvellous grenache from Frankland River. The energy and vitality evident immediately is remarkable. It has a lot to do with the cement ovoid egg that allows the lees to continually work through the fruit. It's fragrant with an engaging bouquet of rose petal and raspberry. The palate is pure joy.

Frankland River

Grenache

Cherubino pushes boundaries with this marvellous grenache. It’s made in a clay cement ovoid tank which is a giant egg that creates a sort of vortex of continual movement. The outcome is stunning. There’s pristine purity and vibrancy here as the grenache elevates to new levels of seductiveness. You just keep going back for more. Terrific stuff.

Great Southern

Riesling

I do like this riesling. Cherubino makes it in a clay cement egg which creates a vortex to work the lees into the palate. Retains it pristine brightness but with the extra dimension of a textural palate. The mineral light citrus edge remains a fundamental part.

Frankland River

Grenache

This is one of my favourite wines in the Cherubino collection. It’s made in an interesting way that captures so much of Frankland River grenache, composed in a clay-cement ovoid tank, which is in the shape of a giant egg, and then the lees are continuously forced up, creating an internal vortex current. The technique contributes to the wine’s plush...

Western Australia

Cabernet Blend

This is a pretty good wine for one selling for not much more than $15. It's loaded with plenty of sweet ripe fruit displaying a more blackberry, blackcurrant character and a slightly lifted bay leaf, olive tapenade influence. The palate is quite plush and seamlessly smooth with the eight months in French oak. Neatly integrated.

Western Australia

Chardonnay

A pleasing chardonnay of medium weight and intensity that delivers its fruit load with a spicy creamy character overlaying the riper stone fruit and melony influences. Designed as a user-friendly wine for drinking in the short term.

Western Australia

Rose

Brilliant bright pink colour sets things up for this modern expression of rose. The aromas of beautiful strawberry and floral rose petal are appealing. The light bodied palate has nice texture and a keen fine acidity to bring it to life. A nice current drinking rose.

Western Australia

Rose

Highly perfumed rosé style made from tempranillo and grenache. On the nose, aromas of strawberry, Turkish Delight, and a slightly juby raspberry character. The palate, typically light-bodied, with a fresh, vibrant fruit intensity delivered with crisp acidity and displaying lovely light red berry characters. Perfect drinking in the short term.

Western Australia

White Blend

A neat punchy little number with plenty of zip and zing. Lively tropical and slightly grassy notes on the nose with a precise and flavoursome tropical fruit and melony citrus combination on the palate. It’s ready to go now but another year or two would add a little palate complexity.

Western Australia

Semillon Sauvignon Blanc

Punchy and crisp, fresh as a daisy blend offering plenty of immediate enjoyment. A grassy stone fruit combo is held tight and crisp with a fine, delicate acid. Yet the fleshy fruit wraps it up nicely. Excellent wine in the short term.

Western Australia

Shiraz

A soft and supple fruit-driven shiraz sourced from the South West. Aromas of red fruits on the nose with a subtle blue fruit infusion. Palate has plenty of plush, plummy, spicy fruits, and it picks up that blue fruit character as a lingering, seamless finish. Ideal drinking in the short term.

Pemberton

Arneis

From the Riversdale Vineyard at Frankland River comes this mighty impressive arneis. The use of partial barrel fermentation has taken a largely fruit driven wine into another level of complexity. You still have that red apple and pear character but there is a slightly toasty infusion that adds tremendously to the final picture. Even the guys in Piedmont, which is...

Frankland River

Fiano

A variety that continues to increase in popularity and with good reason. It is a thoroughly beautiful crisp and fresh drink. In this case a little barrel fermentation has added to the palate providing texture and richness while still retaining a fresh clean acidity. A little honey and citrus with a slightly nutty character provides the interest.

Frankland River

White Blend

One of the best of these I have tasted The vintage certainly helped, proving ideal for the gewurztraminer, pinot blanc and pinot grigio used in the blend. Has a spicy aromatic lift with a tangy palate of subtle apricot and orange peel nuances. The fruit vibrant and the time in older oak has simply brought it together.

Pemberton

Pinot Noir

This is an excellent pinot noir from an excellent season at Pemberton. It comes from the Channybearup Vineyard, which produces some outstanding fruit for Cherubino. The oak maturation, as the name suggests, was in foudre for about eight months. Aromas are quite beautiful, with a sour cherry and raspberry combination, then a palate that is medium-weight but with excellent structure....