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Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

An elegant and refined cabernet from this small but concentrated vintage. Highly perfumed aromas of violets and fragrant red berry with a lift of bay leaf and edgy graphite. The palate is seamlessly stylish with a great integration of fruit, oak and tannin. Has a firm tight minerally core which threads through the effortlessly long and detailed palate.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Okay, here's the thing. I loved this wine when first tasted last year and gave t very high points. But the extra yar has revealed even more and has prompted me to add another notch t the score. Most noticeably a glorious, perfumed fragrance has emerged. It's from the wonderful 2018 vintage, which continues to amaze with its red wines...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

One of the prettiest and most complete of any Prelude to date. This has fully ripe blackcurrant, leafy bay leaf, and black olive fruit with a fine, chalky tannin thread. It’s a most elegant and stylish wine, but there is structure and poise. This is largely cabernet, but there's a small portion of malbec, which I think brings that lifted...

Great Southern

Cabernet Sauvignon

Silky smooth and elegant cabernet from the special Block 6 within the Riversdale Vineyard. There is an ethereal aroma here of violet and red fruit with a cedary blackcurrant overlay. Once you reach the palate you are in a heady zone. Refined and graceful lines based on fine chalky tannins and a liberal well managed use of oak carry the...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This ripping cabernet comes from Capel Vale’s Scholar Vineyard in Wilyabrup. This is a mighty good wine, certainly when you consider the price. The colour is dark and almost opaque. Aromas of intense blackcurrant, dark chocolate and subtle graphite intertwine. Then the palate delivers with a bang. Power plus here with deep dark fruits merging with plenty of necessary oak...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a powerhouse statement of cabernet. Loaded with blackcurrant and black olive with a liberal addition of bay leaf and dried herbs. The palate cuts deep with a graphite leafy edge striking through the solid core of dark fruit. It's had 50% new French oak, which sits comfortably with the fruit and firm tannins. A wine with some cellaring...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A pleasing medium-bodied cabernet from this small vintage which stretched resources at the beginning of Covid. Has more red fruit than normal with a lift of cedary oak. The tannins are fine and chalky while the oak has been astutely delivered. Balanced and poised. A wine that would seem to suit short-term cellaring.

Great Southern

Cabernet Sauvignon

What a marvellous expression of Frankland River cabernet in this stunning year. There’s power here, evident initially on the nose with that mix of blackcurrant, tobacco leaf and a subtle regional ironstone minerality. The palate is exquisitely brought together with fine oak integration, working with the medium to full-bodied fruit and supported by fine chalky tannins. It’s elegant, stylish and...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Wow, you're getting a decent bang for your buck with this cabernet from this excellent vintage in Margaret River. Opens with a punchy hit of blackcurrant and blackberries with a slightly ironstone graphite and oyster shell minerality. The palate is quite vibrant with juicy blackberry and slightly plummy notes emerging, balanced by some fine oak. There's power here, but it's...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This has to be the finest cabernet yet under this label. There’s power, structure, and poise - a compelling combination. On the nose, lovely floral perfumes, with bright red and black fruit and a little bay leaf lift. There’s vibrancy, and it’s alive with energy on the palate. Finely integrated and poised, with concentration and an effortless ease that extends...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

There is real class and polish here. It’s such an elegantly refined expression of Margaret River. Effortless is a word that comes to mind when describing the power yet stylishness of the palate. Dark fruits on the nose with a blackcurrant and ripe plum character merging with a mass of dark chocolate and edgy balancing black olive. A trace of...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This super cabernet is sourced from some of the oldest vines in the region. The power and intensity of those vines in a season that produced fruit of great concentration and intensity is evident immediately. Notes of bay leaf and graphite with deep blackcurrant and black olive nuances on the nose. Strikes a wonderful balance with the fruit displaying deep...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Here's a cabernet malbec blend that wedges neatly between the Filius and the Tom Cullity, and once again illustrates how good this blend really is in Margaret River and off this estate. Beautiful aromas of leafy blackcurrant, dark plum, spice, a little black olive tapenade and some nice mineral, oyster-shell characters. The palate is so seamlessly integrated and tightly wound,...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The cabernets from Windance are always consistent and here is another beauty. Once again its medium bodied but the smooth elegance and refinement belies the power and intensity within. Powerful blackcurrant and dark plum with a little mulberry and dark chocolate. The palate is so well balanced with fine chalky tannins and subtle gentle oak infusion supporting the sweet fruit....

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is an impressive cabernet from the '21 vintage. It's achieved excellent ripeness and fruit concentration, while retaining the elegance and poise that characterises this vintage. It's brilliant and bright with a stunning luminosity in the glass. Fine chalky tannins and neat support from the oak complete a polished expression of Margaret River in a cool year.

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

Cabernet Sauvignon

I've been waiting for this wine to be released for some time. I had great expectation that this wonderful vineyard from this exceptional vintage would produce something equally exceptional. Well, guess what? It has. This is such a beautiful example of what Moss Wood cabernet is all about. There's nothing big and brutish here. This is elegance. This is precision....

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

It's nice to be able to hold a wine like this back and release it when it's just starting to show its best form, and this one is. The season in 2019 crept up on people, and before they realised it, it emerged as one of the better years. This very small production wine follows the normal pattern of open...

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.

Great Southern

Cabernet Sauvignon

A thoroughly delightful cabernet from Frankland. The nose shows a compelling mix of black, red and even blue fruits with hints of black olive and bay leaf — classically cabernet. The palate is medium-bodied, typical of the region, with beautifully subtle flavours working neatly with fine minerally tannins and well-judged oak. Blackcurrant, bay leaf and a hint of oyster shell...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A Margaret River cabernet displaying the combination of power and elegance that marks this excellent vintage. Rich blackcurrant varietal characters emerge from the nose with other notes of black olive and bay leaf with just a little graphite minerality. The palate has deep intensity with the concentrated fruit wrapped in a firm tannin and fine grained oak web. Chalky palate...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet sauvignon was the wine that put Cape Mentelle on the map and went a long way towards cementing Margaret River in the global wine psyche. This is clearly one of the finest examples produced since those early wines of the late 1970s. It captures the variety beautifully, with aromas of cedary blackcurrant, light bay leaf, and subtle olive tapenade....

Swan Valley

Cabernet Sauvignon

I have to say this is one of the best Jarrah Ridge wines yet. It’s from the excellent ’23 vintage so that helps, and is reflected in the effortlessly stylish structure and palate presentation. Perfumed red berries with blackcurrant and dark chocolate swirling through the subtle tobacco leaf charaters. Bright and alive palate extends to a focussed long finish.

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The most expressive example of Alkoomi cabernet from this terrific year. Vibrant and energetic while carrying the structure and poise you expect from the variety. Flavours of violets and other florals, blackcurrant, dark plum and a faint hint of mulberry. The palate shows assertive tannin strength with oak sitting neatly in support. A savoury, almost meaty finish completes this serious...

Western Australia

Cabernet Sauvignon

This opulent, full-flavoured wine fits the Jarrah Ridge style, offering abundant fruit character throughout. Aromas of blackberry, blackcurrant and dark plum are complemented by dark chocolate and subtle creamy vanilla notes, with a slight leafy edge. The palate is neatly wound and integrated, supported by firm tannins and a measured hit of oak.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A stylish and generous cabernet from the '18 vintage. The extra time in bottle has allowed things to settle down nicely. Dark blackcurrant with a pronounced minerality of oyster shell and bay leaf merged with some regional black olive. The palate is tightly coiled but with good flesh and fruit intensity. Support comes from the fine powdery tannins and that...

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This has a slightly earthy black olive and ironstone character which is quite profound. The olive paste tapenade adds a layer of complexity. There’s a cutting ironstone oyster shell cracked seas shell character in there. Seamlessly structured and integrated with a long, poised palate.

Mount Barker

Cabernet Sauvignon

I’ve been waiting for this wine to emerge from the shadows of the cellar. This is a great vintage, and the result is one of the best wines, if not the best, yet from Forest Hill. This is a single dry-grown bock planted in 1975. This is cabernet in its most beautiful, structured and dominant form. Light leaf over blackcurrant...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

An elegantly crafted cabernet from this cooler vintage. On the nose aromas of bay leaf, blackcurrant and a seashell minerality reveal. The palate is medium to full bodied with excellent structure based on fine sinewy chalky tannins and fine-grained oak. Has a precise focus extending through to a long finish.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Oh gosh, this is a seriously impressive '19 cabernet. Peterkin has used a small amount of petit verdot presumably to get some acid support. The palate is such a complex weave of blackcurrant, gamey meats and rich syrupy chocolate. Fine tannins with a chalky seashell minerality hold it to its line as it extends to its very long finish. Seamless...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The richness and power of Margaret River in this vintage are well to the fore. The fruit comes from the Wilyabrup sub-region of Margaret River, and it’s just loaded with all that you expect from the blackcurrant, dark olive, subtle bay leaf and plum notes on the nose. And then the palate is so rich, with a degree of opulence,...

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A juicy and supple expression of cabernet from Frankland River, showing aromatic red and blue fruits on the nose with a trace of perfumed African violet. The palate leans toward medium-bodied but retains the variety’s structure with a firm thread of chalky tannin and some well-played oak. It’s bright and energetic, finishing with good length and definition.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A smoothly integrated and generous cabernet offering intense varietal fruit character combined neatly with fine chalky tannins and subtle oak. The palate is bright, vibrant, and seamlessly integrated, with good tannin structure that clearly speaks of cabernet.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

From a warm season in Margaret River, this cooler region allowed nice ripeness, producing an impressive cabernet. Aromas of blackcurrant leaf, chocolate and blackberry lift from the glass. The medium-bodied palate offers plush, supple fruit, supported by a firm core of tannin and oak. It will continue to evolve and is best enjoyed in the medium term.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The '23 vintage was another excellent year for cabernet sauvignon in Margaret River, producing wines of great depth and structure. This wine shows classic varietal characters of blackcurrant, cassis and a touch of mint, with a subtle influence of French oak adding complexity and finesse. The palate is full-bodied, with fine, integrated tannins and a long, elegant finish. A wine...

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Concentrated and expressive cabernet from a small block in Frankland River. The aromas burst open with blackcurrant and plummy liqueur cherry dominant, against a muted backdrop of lightly toasty oak. It’s more medium bodied but lacks nothing in power and firm cabernet structure. Firm grainy tannins and well managed oak shape and focus the finish.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

An impeccably stylish and beautifully poised cabernet from these old vines in a very good year. It's pure Margaret River with its blackcurrant and bay leaf graphite aromas displaying a distinctive regionality. The palate is linear and focussed with excellent intensity and depth. Fine chalky tannins and a well-managed oak regime complete a terrific wine that is great value.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A classically elegant and exquisitely presented cabernet from a vintage that combined fruit intensity and stylishness. The aroma has a distinctive lift of blackcurrant and slightly savoury olive tapenade with a deep dark chocolate character. Hint of bay leaf and oyster shell minerality. It’s finely balanced with fine-grained oak and firm fine tannins.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

An elegantly crafted and presented cabernet from this excellent season. Lifted leafy red berry with a little bay leaf and black olive augmented with more primary red fruits. The concentrated, balanced palate delivers with precision and focus. It’s a medium-bodied wine that is ideally suited to drinking in the first few years.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is such an exceptional wine, but then I suspected it was going to be. Here is elegance and style, with a touch of panache that provides an exemplary example of this vineyard, this region, and this vintage. Aromas of blackcurrant, leafy cedar, oyster shell, and subtle bay leaf nuances. The palate hauls it all in tight and close, and...