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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...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

This is a blend if cabernet sauvignon, petit verdot, malbec and merlot. In a good year like this one, it offers some of the best value classy red wine going around. This is as good as any in this line. Plush red fruit of tremendous intensity. A firm core of tannin and oak holds it firm as the succulent fruit...

Frankland River

Red Blend

A wine which honours the significant contribution of Dr Harold Olmo in the early stages of the new era of the WA wine industry. It’s a blend of cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon, malbec and mourvedre. In this case it has the highest proportion of cabernet franc ever used in the blend. Has a beautiful lift of red fruit on the...

Margaret River

Red Blend

A blend of malbec, cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon and petit verdot from the wonderful 2023 season. Captures the vibrancy and energy of the fruit with clever winemaking which includes co-fermentation, basket pressing and a quite high percentage of new French oak that seems to integrate easily within the powerful fruit. Seamless and textured palate with a slightly grainy texture that...

Great Southern

Cabernet Sauvignon

Beautiful South, indeed. Comes off the Riversdale vineyard using a mix of different clones for the cabernet sauvignon, malbec and merlot. A thoroughly deliciously engaging red blend offering plush bright fruit flavours augmented by some gentle oak treatment and supported by a fine thread of tannin. The textural feel in the mouth is sublime.

Cabernet Blend

This is a blend of cabernet sauvignon, petit verdot and merlot from vineyards in Bordeaux. FWT stands for French Winemaking Trial. The colour is deep purple and crimson with a brilliant ruby red. The nose opens with an engaging mix of berries, dried herbs and slightly brioche-like characters. The palate is neatly tied together revealing a slightly gravelly stony character...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The good vintage in 2022 is reflected beautifully with this outstanding cabernet from Margaret River. Opens with rich dark chocolate, blackcurrant, and deep plummy aromas. On the palate, the tannins are integrated and fine, and there's French oak here playing a key role in its structural complexity. Flavours build with dark chocolate and black fruits, and a subtle, fine, minerally...

Great Southern

Cabernet Blend

This is a blend of cabernet sauvignon and the highly aromatic cabernet franc. On the nose, you get deep, plummy blackberry aromas with a slight hint of chalk dust. The palate is quite soft and supple, with a deep, plummy blackcurrant flavour. This is a wine of substance and poise, and ultimately, the smooth, seamlessly integrated palate is a feature...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

Comes from a very good season for red wines. Quite a firm statement yet there is deep fruit sweetness balanced by fine tannins and oak. Notes of blackcurrant and mulberry with a little black olive nuanced in there. The palate is medium weight with a firmish core driving to a long finish.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

You're moving into rarefied air with this cabernet from the outstanding '23 vintage. Around 91% cabernet but there's about 7.5% cab franc and a little petit verdot, and I think that cab franc's just introduced that slightly lifted perfumed note. The aroma captures so much of Margaret River cabernet with its blackcurrant, bay leaf, and black olive notes, a little...

Frankland River

Cabernet Franc

A variety that is mostly blended with cabernet sauvignon, yet more are releasing straight varietal versions when things line up in the season. This was one of those times. Perfumed red berry and violet with a floral leafy lift on the nose. The palate is medium bodied and elegantly crafted with the red berry and subtle oak working in harmony....

Margaret River

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...

Swan Valley

Red Blend

Riverbank Estate Rebellious Field Blend Red 2023 ($19.50) This blend of merlot, cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc, petit verdot and malbec is from the Swan Valley. It is a delicious wine for current drinking. Loads of ripe red fruit presented with medium-bodied and typical Swan Valley softness. Bright and vibrant, screaming for some pasta. Score: 90/100 Cellar: 5 years

Frankland River

Red Blend

A wine which honours the significant contribution of Dr Harold Olmo in the early stages of the new era of the WA wine industry. It’s a blend of cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon, malbec and mourvedre. In this case it has the highest proportion of cabernet franc ever used in the blend. Has a beautiful lift of red fruit on the...

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 Sauvignon

If you're looking at an entry point into the wonderful wines of Moss Wood then this classy wine is just perfect. It's a blend of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, malbec and petit verdot. Firm dark fruit delivered with typical grace and style. Has a beautiful lift and vibrance which carries effortlessly to a long finish.

Pemberton

Red Blend

This is a blend of 65% merlot, 20% cabernet sauvignon and 15% cabernet franc. Takes the standard wine a little deeper and a little longer with an immediately more complex and layered palate profile. It gets an extra year in older oak which obviously plays a part in its palate feel, creating a nice softening effect. A most complete wine...

Mount Barker

Cabernet Blend

A blend of cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc from the outstanding 2023 vintage, this wine captures the elegance and refinement that defined the year. Aromas of blackcurrant, dark plum and violets are lifted by a fragrant floral note. The palate is seamlessly integrated, with fine tannins and finely judged oak supporting concentrated fruit through to a sustained, graceful finish. A...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A super classy cabernet demonstrating the quality and distinctiveness of this variety in the northern parts of Margaret River. Blackcurrant and black olive with the faintest hint of mint and dark chocolate. The palate is seamlessly integrated to creates an almost velvety cushion. A little bay leaf and oyster shell minerality add further The oak integration is sleek and precise....

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

A Bordeaux blend of cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc, malbec and petit verdot, recognising the early work of Bordeaux lovers Barry and Liz Morrison. It’s a delightful medium-bodied, elegantly structured wine displaying lively red berry lift and a bright high energy palate. Light chalky finish completes a neat little wine.

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

This is a juicy and quite succulent medium-bodied wine that brings these two varieties together in harmony. Lots of juicy ripe fruit — plummy, blackcurrant — a slightly minerally bay leaf edge, and a neat integration of oak and fruit. It all comes together well, a wine that's probably best in the short to medium term.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A delightfully elegant and refined cabernet blend from Karridale. There's a bout 38% malbec contributing to the red fruit opulence and 10% shiraz adding further generosity to the middle palate. Highly fragrant with leafy notes working with red fruits. The palate has a tight core supporting a long effortless finish.

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

A most complete and quite beautiful combination of these two varieties. It’s a medium-bodied wine expressing lovely bright red fruits with a little black fruit influence that was part of this excellent vintage. Seamlessly woven together with very fine, silky tannins, gentle oak persuasion and plush, soft and supple fruit characters. It really does stand up as delightful current and...

Pemberton

Red Blend

A Right Bank-inspired blend of dominant merlot with contributions from cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc. It’s a slightly atypical Aussie style with its restrained elegance and less reliance on plump ripe fruit. This is one of the best. Bright aromas of bay leaf, black cherry and tomato bush. The palate is medium-weight with depth and poise. A fine lingering acidity...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

A most elegant and stylish expression of this blend. Highly scented aromas of violet, red berry and leafy blackcurrant. The palate is powerfully structured but with the finesse of fine tannins and fine-grained oak working in harmony. There’s a thread of minerality adding to that core taking it through to a sustained finish.

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

What an excellent example of this combination. It's a 50/50 split, and it was made in a traditional way with open fermentation, hand plunging, basket pressing and then maturation in some French oak. It's medium weight, beautifully perfumed and stylishly composed, with a fine thread of chalky tannin and just subtle oak intervention. It's a great value-for-money wine too. Ideal...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

One of the best cabernet merlots under this label yet released. Plush fruit flows seamlessly through a smoothly structured palate. Ripe, sweet fruit delivered with medium intensity and a trace of oyster shell minerality. Bright and bursting with energy, with structure and poise rarely found at this price point.

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

Probably the best release of this wine to date, which is no surprise given the outstanding year. A slightly cooler season has delivered finesse and elegance, while retaining intensity and fruit complexity. Aromas of red fruits with an underlay of blackcurrant and bay leaf lead into a palate with chalky, slightly minerally characters and a grainy texture. Balanced, refined and...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

Despite the warmth in this season, this wine has emerged as an excellent example of this blend, and there's nothing namby-pamby about it. This offers richness and texture and flavour with varietally typical blackcurrant and plummy notes with a nice lifted red fruit raspberriness that adds to the complexity. It's smooth with an almost satin-like finish, and the oak is...

Margaret River

Red Blend

Really interesting wine, this. There are three clones of cabernet sauvignon and a new clone of cabernet franc plus different clones of malbec with a little merlot. This is a very young wine, but it is looking very good. It’s structured and poised with the 25% new oak an important contribution. Lots of minerally blackcurrant fruit with a trace of...

Shiraz

The source for the vines in the Napa was cuttings from Kalimna in the Barossa Valley. Perfumed notes with slightly fresh bready characters on the nose are quite distinctive, The palate is powerfully structured with the cabernet being the dominant variety. Traces of pepper and savoury dark chocolate on the nose with slightly wet cement characters. Fight tight powdery tannins...

Swan Valley

Shiraz

A bright and vibrant shiraz cabernet blend from the Swan valley. Generous ripe fruit aromas on the nose with a spicy plum and chocolate combination. The soft supple influence of the Swan Valley emerges on the palate which is soft and generous with good fruit intensity. Has the structure to handle cellaring.

Margaret River

Red Blend

The rich opulence of the 2022 vintage is clearly evident in this classic Bordeaux blend of cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc, merlot, petit verdot, and malbec. Displays bright red intense fruit on the nose with a blackberry-blackcurrant combination, and then the palate, which is soft, supple, but still with a firm, fine thread for structure. It's one of the better examples...

Margaret River

Cabernet Franc

Predominantly cabernet franc, with a little cabernet sauvignon for structure and a touch of merlot for flesh. The wine shows a delightful fragrance of scented red fruits and a hint of tobacco leaf. The palate has structure, delicacy, fine-grained tannins, and silky smooth oak supporting the style perfectly. A standout example of cabernet franc in Margaret River, showing what the...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

Here’s a wine that fits snugly into the groove for what you expect from this combination of varieties. It’s generous and soft with nice restraint, delivering a medium-bodied wine. Lots of red and black fruits with a cedary oak influence, and supported by fine chalky tannins. Retains a brightness and energy throughout, with the structure to handle cellaring.

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

This is a masterful example of what can be achieved under this banner. In this case, it's a combination of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, malbec and cabernet franc. Sure, the cabernet sauvignon takes the dominant role, but the other varieties complete the seamless palate, bringing a lift of vibrant red fruits. Lovely combination of plummy blackcurrant, a little spicy cedar and...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

A most stylish and expressive wine that elevates this blend into another zone. Lovely perfumed notes combine red and blue fruits with a touch of black currant and dark chocolate. The palate is beautifully framed and structured, harnessing some superbly intense and concentrated fruit with well-integrated oak, and those firmish, though very fine tannins that are now coming from this...

Manjimup

Shiraz Blend

This is something of a powerhouse blend from a vintage which produced some excellent wines. The nose is a splash of dark fruits with blackcurrant, dark plum, and even a little mulberry. The palate has retained a firm structural feel providing definition and direction. Rich, layered black fruits, savoury and cedary characters, and slightly dusty, chalky tannins adding further direction...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

Soft, supple, generous, medium-bodied cabernet merlot blend displaying some lovely perfumed notes on the nose. And then a supple, precisely integrated palate with chalky tannins and gentle use of oak, supporting some quite delicious fruit. Its bright red berry flavours carry through to a lingering finish. Quite excellent current drinking.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

It's an unusual combination, but oh, how it works. This wine from the cooler '21 vintage is one of the best. I like its restraint and poise which is achieved without compromising the deeply concentrated juicy fruity intensity. Lovely red fruit mix emerges with a juicy raspberry and rhubarb pie character. Perfectly balanced and perfectly integrated.