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Margaret River

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...

Margaret River

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....

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Seductive perfumed aromas of red currant and violet with deeper notes of dark blackcurrant and ripe plum. Little cherry and sea shell character in there. Has brilliant colour. Fine chalky tannins and fine-grained oak sitting comfortably within the sumptuous palate. It’s brilliant and bright with so much energy and life. Vibrant.

Great Southern

Chardonnay

This comes off the Riversdale Vineyard in Frankland River. It is a very good example of this vintage which produced quite linear and precise wines, yet with classic Bordeaux structure and character. Deep dark berry nuances throughout then a slightly leafy blackcurrant and ironstone rust emerges. The tannins are firm and fine and the oak well managed. A wine of...

Margaret River

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...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A stylish and poised cabernet from a year that was kind to most cabernet regions. The texture has been built in with 100%-barrel fermentation and 23 months in a 50/50 split of new and one-year-old French barriques. Blackcurrant and cracked seashell graphite character control the nose. The palate is still quite firm held by the chalky tannins are fine and...

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

A polished and powerful cabernet from a vintage that produced wines of tremendous intensity and concentration. The key was harnessing all the power into a refined and elegantly structured presentation. This has deep blackcurrant and black olive with a little graphite edginess. The addition of a small amount of the aromatic cabernet franc impacts on the nose especially. It’s a...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A powerful and intense cabernet sourced from original dry-grown vines that are now more than 50 years old. Concentrated notes of leafy blackcurrant and a chocolate and bay leaf addition. Seamlessly and smoothly textured palate with a minerally seashell thread revealing a touch of graphite. This is a mighty good wine for the price. So bright and alive.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Stylish and quite elegant, this is a medium- to full-bodied cabernet from an excellent season. There’s a mix of blackcurrant and blackberry on the nose, with a little minerally oyster shell and a lift of bay leaf. The palate has generous fruit intensity, supported by fine, chalky tannins and well-integrated oak. A polished and expressive Margaret River cabernet.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a remarkably tight and restrained wine at this stage, yet the colour is vibrant and brilliant, with an almost lustrous luminosity. Its light red, crimson hues bring so much brilliance into play. It has had about 45% new oak, all barriques, for about 18 months. It was started before Tim Shand arrived, and it shows some rather tight,...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The potential here is almost unlimited. In fact, it may well become the best Leeuwin cabernet yet. It's a stylish and brilliant expression of variety, location and vintage. Perfumed red and black fruits with a violet lift. Just a trace of bay leaf and a little seashell minerality. The palate is elegantly structured but there are firm fine bony tannins...

Mount Barker

Cabernet Sauvignon

Deep dark secrets are lurking in this polished and impressive cabernet. It was a vintage of challenges after a good start. Some late rain came via the end of a cyclone but those with courage to hold on were rewarded as the warm weather returned. Dark chocolate blackcurrant and black olive all find their way into a complex aromatic mix....

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a top-drawer cabernet from Cherubino. It comes from a specific block in the Riversdale Vineyard in Frankland River. After handpicking, it was left on skins for two months before maturation in new and one-year-old French oak. So it’s had plenty of time to pick up the colour, concentration and structure that you want with high-class cabernets. Despite all...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

These old dry-grown vines in Margaret River have been pumping out mighty good fruit for some years now. This small but concentrated vintage has produced an excellent wine for Ashbrook. Mostly cabernet but a few spots of petit verdot, cabernet franc and malbec bring additional features into play. Has a leafy cedary overlay to the bright red fruits. The palate...

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

Another simply sublime edition of this great wine. The volume of fruit was down almost 60% but the small berry influence has added even more intensity and depth, if that is possible with this wine. Interesting point of difference is that the combination is slightly different from previous vintages with 90% cabernet sauvignon, 3% cabernet franc and 7% petit verdot....

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is another of the wines Singlefile sources from Frankland, and this one speaks so much of region and variety—and, for that matter, vintage. It's medium- to full-bodied, but it has a subtlety and an understatement. Blackcurrant, dark plum, and slightly minerally ironstone nuances provide an engaging opening on the nose. The palate is smoothly integrated and presents with a...

Mount Barker

Cabernet Sauvignon

This comes from vines planted in 1972. There is a marvellous vital purity here displaying all the varietal virtues of this variety. It was given 40% new oak, and all were barriques. There is structure with distinctive blackcurrant and leafy black olive characters. There’s a bit of rusty, gravelly loam character here, adding some textural complexity. It’s a perfectly poised...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Highly perfumed Margaret River cabernet that provides a point of difference to the excellent '19. This delivers a velvety smooth palate deep with rich and opulent fruit flavour from this highly concentrated vintage. It is quite effortless as it takes you through the mid-palate and into a stunning long finish. The tannin and oak work on the palate is superb....

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The first encounter on the nose suggested this might be special. Further investigation revealed it is. Cracking vintage produced intense and vibrant fruit to underpin a wine that has been expertly handled to capture all that was good in this vintage. It’s got power, yet delivers with medium body. Blackcurrant, dried herbs and bay leaf aromas with a trace of...

Great Southern

Cabernet Sauvignon

The cabernet from this very early vintage had plenty of punch and it’s been captured beautifully in this generous medium weight wine from the Great Southern. Ripe blackcurrant and tobacco leaf aromas with lifted bright cherry and red currant notes. Neatly integrated palate with supple tannins and fine-grained oak. Traces of coffee grinds and dark chocolate with even a hint...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A wine that captures the elegance and poise that mark the cooler 2021 vintage. Displays a good concentration of blackcurrant with leafy bay leaf, black olive and a touch of oyster shell graphite on the nose. The palate is medium weight and impeccably integrated with fine tannins and oak working harmoniously. It has an elegant finish that's focused and quite...

Geographe

Cabernet Sauvignon

A bold statement of cabernet from a year that delivered some excellent wines, albeit produced in the heart of COVID. Striking aromas of blackcurrant and a touch of stewed plum lead into a balanced palate with fine tannins, gentle oak, and concentrated yet poised fruit. A delicious wine best enjoyed in the medium term.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is another of the wines I awaited with some degree of expectation, and like pretty much every cabernet out of twenty-three, it has not failed to deliver. It has exceeded my expectations. It's a blend of 92% cabernet, with equal proportions of malbec and petit verdot, and comes from a number of different vineyard areas, including Wilyabrup, Wallcliffe, and...

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...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

It's a marvellous wine from a marvellous vintage. It's medium to full-bodied, but it's deeply concentrated with powerful blackcurrant, bay leaf, and a little olive tapenade complexity. The aroma lifts from the glass with beautiful floral aromatics. The palate is controlled, neatly integrated with fine chalky tannins, and well-managed oak holding the line, carrying it through to a sustained finish....

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet has been the focus for the last 51 years, and the results show. From a great vintage, this wine has elegance, poise, and medium weight — just as Tom Cullity sought from the start in 1967. Loaded with black fruits, seamlessly integrated oak and tannin, and impeccable balance. A cracking wine that marks the next phase of Vasse Felix...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This short, sharp vintage of the COVID year produced wines of tremendous concentration and power, yet with elegance and style. Blackcurrant, cedary oak, and dark chocolate swirl through a complex aromatic opening, leading to a velvety, finely crafted, structural palate. A wine with everything needed for cellaring over the next 10 years.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a multi-regional blend made from fruit from Margaret River, the Swan Valley and Frankland River. It's an elegant medium-to full-bodied wine with great fruit generosity, loads of dark fruit characters initially on the nose with a lifted bay leaf edge. The palate is seamless and supple with a slightly grainy tannin influence.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Bright, deep red in colour. The nose reveals black raisiny fruits with plummy blackcurrant nuances, and the palate sits in that medium-bodied zone with good fruit intensity and drive. Neatly balanced fine chalky tannins and gently applied oak create a smooth, seamless impression. A slightly grainy texture adds appeal and makes it a fine food wine.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The first cabernet release from Richard Rowe’s new venture, and it impresses. The fruit is sourced from Wilyabrup. Vibrant crimson colour with a nose of pure blackcurrant lifted by florals and violet. The palate is refined, elegant, and ethereal, yet carries the power of Margaret River cabernet. Already showing excellent fruit intensity and complexity, with a long future ahead. Love...

Margaret River

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.

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Plenty of varietal character and poise in this cabernet sauvignon. A mix of black fruits and subtle ironstone on the nose, with a little chocolatey bay leaf character. The palate is generous and slightly medium-bodied, but there's stacks in there, with a tight inner core of tannin and oak wrapped by that almost fleshy black fruit richness of these old-vine...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

I had to do a double take to check the vintage when I saw this wine. So it's now six years old and it's really benefited from that extra time in bottle. This was in the COVID year, which you might remember was quite warm and very early, but produced wines of intensity and power. The extra time in bottle...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a tighter and slightly firmer expression of Margaret River cabernet than the 2020, yet there is plenty of power and drive through an intense and concentrated palate. Perfumed aromas of blackcurrant and bay leaf with a trace of edgy black olive. The structural core provides so much poise to a wine that will cellar exceptional well.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is Dukes' flagship cabernet, and in this case, it's from the exceptional '23 vintage. That slightly longer, cooler season has allowed tremendous flavour build-up. Initially on the nose, with a compelling and intense combination of blackcurrant and mulberry, with a dark plum nuance and that distinctive bay-leaf edge. The palate is almost velvety smooth, but there is a deeper...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

My guess was that this would probably be the best cabernet yet released from Driftwood. It didn't take long to confirm that. It's a marvellous wine from a marvellous vintage. It's medium to full-bodied, but it's deeply concentrated with powerful blackcurrant, bay leaf, and a little olive tapenade complexity. The aroma lifts from the glass with beautiful floral aromatics. The...