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Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Started as a very hot season, but gradually levelled out and those brave souls who held on got some mighty impressive fruit. This is so beautifully seamless and integrated with a palate that is all satin and lace yet with structure and poise. Palate is supported by chalky tannins and integrated fine-grained oak. Slightly more medium bodied than previously. Has...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A really impressive cabernet from the heart of Margaret River. It’s balanced and poised with great fruit intensity. Comes from a number of different sites within the Leston vineyard and has a slightly aromatic ironstone and blue fruit character with a touch of graphite. The perfumes are quite engaging with notes of violet and bay leaf emerging. One of the...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The Covid vintage of 2020 was a very good one for cabernet. It was a brief harvest, and before you knew it, the fruit was picked. Deep notes of black fruits, dark chocolate, and a slightly leafy, olive-like character open on the nose. The palate is concentrated and rich, with dark fruits balanced by a fine, minerally oyster-shell edge and...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The perfumed intensity of this very good red wine vintage in Margaret River is impressive. Opens with a strong minerally blackcurrant and black olive combo. A little oyster shell adds a fine lift. The palate is super intense and concentrated albeit of medium to full body, but firm and slightly assertive tannins. A muscular wine of a style and structure...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

One of the best value cabernets around. The season was very good, and this is generous wine delivered with subtle medium-weight understatement. On the nose, blackberry, a faint hint of bay leaf and fine grainy tannins. The palate is structured, with opulent plummy blackberry fruit and well-weighted oak providing control.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A wine that simply oozes cabernet. So much work has gone into this vineyard over the years and it is now reaping the rewards. Bright, leafy red berry notes on the nose, with a palate that is seamlessly medium-bodied yet with a succulent core of concentrated dark fruits. It’s brilliant and so bright, with a palate supported by chalky tannins...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

An impressive cabernet from an excellent season. It’s powerful yet refined and stylish. Aromas show tobacco and bay leaf over black olive with underlying plummy blackcurrant. The striking feature is its brightness, with energy running through a finely balanced palate of pristine fruit. Still youthful and tight, but it will develop character with age.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Captures the elegance and style of this vintage in Margaret River. Blackcurrant and dark plum with a chalky bay leaf overlay on the nose. The palate is held with control by fine chalky tannin and tidy oak with the graphite influence emerging as it breathes. Good depth and persistence. Mighty good value here.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A rich and textured cabernet from this marvellous vintage. It captures that pure essence character of the season with deep, concentrated fruit flavours a feature. Blackcurrant offset by a minerally ironstone bay-leaf thing happening. Dark chocolate and dry sinewy tannins. An excellent wine from this great year. And it's started to show its best now with time in the bottle.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Firm, structured and typically cabernet. This is from a warm year and typically shows deep concentration, with dark colour, powerful aromas and an intense palate. Has a leafy blackcurrant, lightly plummy combination on the nose. Then a palate that is firmly structured, with more of that blackcurrant-cherry combination working, supported by a firm thread of tannin and some lightly toasty...

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The beautiful, perfumed cabernet fruit of Frankland River is immediately evident. Seductive blackcurrant and violet with a little glazed cherry to lift. The colour is brilliant and bright. On the palate there is a suggestion of regional ironstone character that sits snuggly with the powerful dark fruits. The new oak component has been handled perfectly and with the firm though...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This outstanding cabernet is a result of selection of the best barrels. Tasted a couple of years ago, but it has now moved up a notch or two. Still firm, structured and stylish in one fell swoop. The fruit is beautifully concentrated and set off against the powdery chalky fine tannins, creating such an elegant, poised palate. The aromas of...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

This is another excellent value-for-money quality drink. It's sourced from Margaret River, and captures the best of these two varieties, with the strength and blackcurrant nuances of the cabernet and the plush fleshiness of the merlot sitting snugly together to produce a generous, medium-bodied and highly flavoursome red wine ideal for drinking in the medium term.

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

A stylish and most elegant combination of these two varieties, which are so well-suited to Margaret River. The powerful blackcurrant, bay-leafy, oyster-shell minerality of the cabernet tends to dominate, but it's underpinned by that slightly more fleshy red fruit of the malbec. It all comes together into a neatly integrated combination that is bright and vibrant throughout. Excellent oak integration...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Consistently one of the best cabernets released in Margaret River, and this one from the great '23 vintage is certainly one of the best I have seen. The smooth, seamless balanced integration does feature so prominently. Aromas of blackcurrant, slight bay leaf, and a little chocolatey black olive. And then a palate that picks up all the dark fruits but...

Blackwood Valley

Cabernet Sauvignon

One of the best cabernets yet from Nannup Ridge. Perfumed high-toned aromatics of cedar and violets with a little blackcurrant. There’s a slightly bay leaf character with traces of black olive, but the fruit is fully ripe. Medium-weight and supremely elegant, it strikes the perfect balance moving forward. Tremendous use of oak features prominently here.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This builds on the standard cabernet from this year – a wine that was mighty good in its own right. This is from the oldest vines of the property, which makes them some of the oldest in the region. Deep and powerful intense blackcurrant and dark chocolate-coated dark plum aromas. Has a smooth and almost silky palate with a complex...

Manjimup

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a worthy partner to the exceptional Four Aces shiraz from this vintage. It opens with such a perfectly typical varietal cabernet nose of ripe and intense blackcurrant, dark plum, some spices, and a little leafy lift. Oh, and a dollop of dark chocolate. Then the palate is really seamlessly woven together with all those dark fruits managed with...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

McHenry Hohnen Hazel’s Vineyard cabernet sauvignon 2022 — $105 The 2022 vintage produced some quite outstanding wines out of Margaret River, and this one captures that vintage quite beautifully. It’s a wine of tremendous power, and yet it’s got a high degree of refinement and restraint. Loads of black currant, black olive notes on the nose, a little oyster shell...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

No mistaking this is cabernet, and cabernet from the heart of Margaret River, not far from Cowaramup. A small amount of malbec, that often-unheralded blending partner, adds to the palate’s depth. The result is quite soft but still structured, with deep fruit characters. A touch of bay leaf and olive tapenade adds complexity. It will handle medium-term cellaring but is...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The best wine yet from Twinwoods. Now this is something special. It’s powerful and concentrated yet there is poise and polish here that is reserved for the very best wines. Plush blackcurrant and dark chocolate with edgier notes of bay leaf and black olive tapenade. The palate has a distinctive oyster shell minerality with fine chalky tannins adding their structural...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Presents the qualities of the ’22 vintage quite beautifully. There's quite a floral, perfumed note of violets and black currant with a little lifted liqueur cherry. This carries through onto the palate, which is supported by a tidy combination of tannin and sweet oak. The fruit has a plushness, and yet it's balanced with that chalkiness that gives it structure,...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A solid wine of purpose and power, presented with restraint and refinement. After 18 months in French oak, all components have integrated seamlessly, with oak tannins providing strong structural support. Classic cabernet characters of blackcurrant, leaf and black olive are all present. Dry, savoury tannins carry through to a balanced finish. Excellent value.

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

While there are stylistic similarities with the previous vintage, this is a prettier and if anything, more delicate expression. Yet, there is ample engine room power here. It’s so bright and alive with energy from the first take on the nose through to the perfectly balanced and weighted medium bodied palate. Love the powdery tannins and super-fine-grained oak use. “Jack”...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

An elegant and most stylish cabernet reflecting this beautiful vintage in Margaret River. On the nose, there are layers of blackcurrant, cedar, and subtle tobacco leaf, complemented by hints of dark chocolate and dried herbs. The palate is rich and structured, showcasing ripe black fruits, fine-grained tannins, and a long, savoury finish. A wine of great balance and finesse.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A generous but medium-bodied cabernet. From a vintage which turned out to be excellent, especially for these reds. The nose is a beautiful mix of black currant and spicy leafy notes. The palate has a deliciously rich, chocolatey black currant flavour, backed up with some fine tannin threads and well-weighted oak. Has good structure and intensity and captures cabernet nicely,...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

From the great '23 vintage, this is another exceptional Margaret River cabernet. Generous and full-bodied with an intense opening of blackcurrant, olive tapenade, dark chocolate, with a lift of graphite, all providing a compelling aromatic intensity. The palate is elegant and stylish, and the cooler season certainly helped it build the flavours slowly and in a way that kept it...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Powerful but, at the same time, refined and elegant. The colour is bright and bursting with energy. Bright red fruits punch out some wonderful, complex nuances of red berry and leafy floral notes. The palate is tidy and controlled, with a lovely graphite, oyster-shell minerality balancing the richly layered fruit flavours. The energy is extraordinary.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

An elegantly crafted medium-bodied cabernet, putting this wonderful vintage on display. On the nose, the blackberry and blackcurrant combination strikes immediately, but then there’s a lift of bay leaf and muted black olive. There’s energy and drive through the palate, with a slight minerality supported by some grainy tannins and neatly applied oak. Everything fits together so neatly.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A wine with quite pretty aromatic nuances, showing delightful floral perfumes and more in that red currant, cherry zone. It's a bright and most elegant expression of Margaret River cabernet from a vintage which was actually very good. Fine-grained tannins, gentle oak infusion, and that seamless yet powerful fruit. Has lovely weight on the palate, and that highlights the long,...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

An exceptional wine from a great season in Margaret River. It was a slightly cooler year, which allowed the slow build-up of flavours that are captured perfectly in this wine. Aromas of blackcurrant and dark plum, with a little meaty complexity. The palate is pure and super-concentrated, with rich dark fruits, chocolatey notes and a cracked-shell minerality that adds that...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Another excellent wine from this sleeper vintage in which the wines have generally taken a little time to shake themselves out of their slumber. Plenty of dark chocolate and blackcurrant fruit starting to emerge with the support of chalky fine tannins and sensitively applied oak. One of the best I have seen under this label.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The region, the combination of varieties and the winemaking combine to make a slightly atypical example of Margaret River red, but oh boy, does it work. Super generous and concentrated cabernet and shiraz fill the palate with a blackcurrant, ripe plum and roasted coffee, mocha chocolate richness. The oak is liberally applied to contribute to a style that demands attention....

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Lovey medium bodied and highly fragrant cabernet from this generous vintage. Tea roams immediately assail with blackcurrant over bright liqueur cherry and some nice plummy blackberry. Stylish and elegantly structured palate delivering with medium body to a long finish. Totally seamless plate. Excellent.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a powerhouse Cabernet, sourced from Margaret River. It opens immediately with an intense and driving aroma of blackcurrant, black olive, and a little bay leaf. The palate is still quite tightly held, with the deep black fruits releasing with drive through to a long finish. It has a chalky, slightly minerally oyster shell thread, and the fine knit...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Some very good cabernets emerged from the 2022 season in Margaret River, and this is certainly one of them. It's a most stylish and refined wine of great poise and elegance. The nose reveals a mix of blackcurrant, oyster shell, graphite and a subtle olive tapenade combination. The palate is still quite tightly wound, with fine, integrated chalky tannins and...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

An elegant and polish cabernet from this southern part of Margaret River. The perfumed notes of blackcurrant, blue fruits and light cedar merging with a rich dark chocolate are engaging. The palate is firm with assertive fine tannins and supporting oak. Has a grainy, slightly chalky ironstone finish that appeals.

Margaret River

Red Blend

One of the very best cabernets from Lenton Brae in recent years, and it comes off vines that were planted way back in 1983. Cabernet takes the dominant place, but malbec and petit verdot add that palate-filling richness and finish to complete an excellent wine. Blackcurrant and slightly bay leaf notes with a little oyster shell complexity on the nose....

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

Despite the very warm vintage conditions, this has turned out to be one of the most refined and elegant examples of this wine yet. Brings these two varieties together in perfect harmony. Blackcurrant plummy spicy and slightly peppery on the nose. The palate is so seamlessly woven and integrated, producing a velvety smooth finish. Fine tannins and well-integrated oak all...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This comes from a block on the original planting on the Yallingup Hills. It's a remarkably elegant and stylish cabernet from this region. Aromas of bay leaf and blackberry with a little red currant nuanced. The palate has an effortless feel about it, with its medium weight packing good structural intensity with those fine though firm tannins fundamentally in support,...