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Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A powerful statement of Margaret River with the oak and tannin integration very good. It's cabernet with 9% malbec and gets 44% new French oak. It matured for 20 months in oak, yet the oak has been completely integrated into the palate. The tannins are quite sinewy and there's a slightly dried bay leaf and herb character lurking. This mostly...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The 2022 vintage was one that produced some very expressive and powerful statements of Margaret River cabernet. And this one delivers it all. Black fruits, a little leaf, black olive on the nose, with a trace of subtle raspberry red fruits. Palate is seamlessly integrated with the fine tannins and oak, delivered with real polish. Effortless and stylish through to...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Like so many cabernets from this vintage, it displays elegance and style, but at the same time, there is structure and poise. A little petit verdot and malbec have been introduced, making an important contribution, but in the main it’s all about the blackcurrant and blackberry notes, even with a touch of dark chocolate. There’s brightness and energy, with deep,...

Mount Barker

Cabernet Sauvignon

This excellent medium to full bodied cabernet was sourced from Mount Barker. It is a cracking example of an elegant wine from a vintage that was conducive to this style. Blackcurrant and graphite on the nose with a little oyster shell minerality. The palate is still quite tight with the tannins and new oak in control but the fruit sits...

Cabernet Blend

This is a 78% cabernet dominant wine from a single vineyard in the Napa Valley. The colour is incredibly deep with an almost black opaqueness. The aromas show lifted black fruits with a lifted perfumed aromatics. This gets 100% new French oak, and yet the palate has taken it up easily. It’s an effortlessly long and defined wine. Minerally notes...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A thoroughly brilliant example of the ’23 vintage in Wilyabrup. The unmistakable aromas of blackcurrant with a lift of violets, crushed berries and oodles of dark, syrupy chocolate spell out Wilyabrup. The palate is medium-bodied, but my oh my, there is some deep, concentrated fruit here. It’s brilliant and bright with a firm thread of chalky tannins and precisely integrated...

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

This is cabernet from some of the older vines in the region, with the addition of small amounts of petit verdot, cabernet franc and merlot. It’s a most stylish wine from a vintage that tended to produce wines of a more linear framework. Lifted notes of bay leaf and black olive float across the typical blackcurrant and a little oyster...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a lovely wine and certainly delivers great value. The dominant cabernet has been supported with a little petit verdot, cab franc, and malbec. And the oak was kept to about 15% new. It all heightens the varietal aromatics of floral, black currant, with some subtle plummy influences and a light edge of bay leaf. The palate is quite...

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.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

There's flavour in abundance in this excellent cabernet, which begins your journey into the full Domain Naturaliste range. Lashings of blackcurrant and dark plum, with a liberal dollop of chocolate and some further black olive nuances. And then the palate delivers with its rich coating of dark fruits, chalky tannins and well-managed oak. It all sits comfortably together in a...

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The elegance and sublime structural beauty of Frankland River is vividly on display in this super classy cabernet. Strikes that perfect balance of power and refinement that delivers through a long and focussed palate. On the nose the blackcurrant of cabernet emerges, but then there is a little minerally graphite. The palate is still holding its tight line through to...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This was made when we had that little matter of Covid. It was a very short and quick warmish vintage in Margaret River, and the fruit was excellent. This is bright and vibrant from the start. Aromas of plummy, minerally blackcurrant with a lifted bay leaf and black olive nuance. The palate is more medium bodied with a fine thread...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This was such a great vintage, so little wonder the guys have found plenty of raw material to create this masterful wine that captures everything that was good about the season. It’s powerful but delivers on the medium bodied side of full. So, it’s elegant and most stylish with poise. Dark blackcurrant and bay leaf with a thread of minerally...

Great Southern

Cabernet Sauvignon

Small volume deluxe cabernet sourced from Frankland River. It's just starting to move into its work now to reveal the beautiful qualities from this region. Aromas of blackcurrant and dark plum with a subtle cedary oak influence. The palate is silky smooth yet immensely powerful. A wonderful expression of vineyard and place with the potential for extended ageing.

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

An elegant and slightly angular wine that strongly reflects this vintage in Frankland River. The cascade of black currant washes through the palate as the fine tread of tannin and fine-grained oak works through. A slightly savoury, minerally bay leaf and black olive nuance add further layers.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet was such a standout variety in this season and this one is right on the money. Lifted notes of cedary blackcurrant with overtones of seashell and black olive. The palate is smooth and poised with fine chalky tannins and fine grained understated oak threading through to the finish.

Frankland River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Griffiths has moved outside the Swan Valley, as he sometimes does, to source fruit for this cabernet sauvignon. It's a beautifully expressive wine that captures the region perfectly with the medium weight of the fruit and that subtle, very slight graphite and ironstone character. The aromas are bright, blackberry with a little even blue fruit influence. Seamlessly structured and integrated...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Comes from some of the oldest cabernet vines in Wilyabrup. You talk about elegance and refinement; well, here it is in spades. Lifted floral perfumes on the nose with distinctive red berry and light tobacco leaf. Just a little of that minerally oyster shell character. The palate is sublime. Tannins are silky and fine, the oak brilliantly understated, and the...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A delightfully presented cabernet from this excellent vintage. Has a pretty perfumed nose of blackcurrant and leafy African violet with a trace of black olive. Seamlessly integrated oak and fine tannins gentle caress the palate. It’s poised and medium bodied with flavours of dark chocolate and black fruits rounded out with some really attractive integrated oak.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Colour is deep, but quite brilliant. The nose is pure essence of cabernet with a mix of blackcurrant, bay leaf, subtle minerally oyster shell, and some deeper plummy black olive nuances. There's an effortless feel to the palate and yet it's powerful and deeply intense. Captures the dark fruits of cabernet, but there's a little lift of red fruit to...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Captures the cooler vintage and the southern vineyard impact, presenting an elegant and most stylish cabernet expression. Leafy blackcurrant aromas with plummy blackberry influences. The palate is smooth and seamlessly structured with fine tannins and fine-grained oak in support. So well balanced with a very long palate.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is classically defined southern Margaret River cabernet. It’s linear and slightly angular, with structure and poise. It’s mostly cabernet, with tiny contributions from merlot and petit verdot. There’s a leafy aromatic with bay leaf and oyster-shell characters. The colour is quite brilliant and bright. The palate has a chalky oyster-shell combination contributing to its structure and poise. Has the...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This 100% cabernet comes off the Scholar Vineyard, which each year produces some of the best cabernets from Wilyabrup. There is power and elegance here, features which seem synonymous with the vineyard. Power-packed blackcurrant, bay leaf and dark chocolate with a delightful floral violet lift. Seamlessly structured palate with fine linear tannins and ample oak. A wine of great polish...

Blackwood Valley

Cabernet Sauvignon

A cabernet from the Blackwood Valey displaying masses of dark berry, with blackberry and plummy notes dominant. The palate is plush and smooth, striking a good oak and tannin integration. Ideal drinking in the shorter term.

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

The smooth and powerful elegance of this great Margaret River vintage is on display in this excellent example of the year. It is a typically tighter and more restrained expression with a close-knit of fine chalky tannins and fine-grained oak. It’s in the medium-bodied zone with a long almost, effortlessly presented finish.

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is cabernet from the Napa Valley. It’s a brooding monster, powerfully framed and structured yet poised and polished at the same time. The aromas are more in the dried herb and sage like zone, with traces of meat and charcuterie evident. The palate is still tightly wound with a lifted red fruit and cherry cola characters. Dry and savoury...

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...

South Australia

Cabernet Sauvignon

One of the most individual of all Australian cabernets in that it is matured in 100% new American oak. It’s a blend of Coonawarra, Barossa, Padthaway and McLaren Vale. This is one of the best with the oak influence less profound than some previously. Loads of dark fruits merging seamlessly with cedar and black olive, with a slightly meaty gamey...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This really shows some vibrant juicy sweet red fruit character which is a product of the vintage. The tannins have a firm astringency on the finish. There's a raspberry red cordial character here with vibrant high energy fruit flavours. A very pretty wine of lifted perfumes. Minerally graphite and perfumed. It also contains a small but important amount of malbec...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A slightly lighter bodied wine reflecting this vintage. Captures a mix of red fruits with typical black currant. The tight core of oak and fine chalky tannins holds things to a very long finish. Just starting to develop a leathery secondary character.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Quite beautiful cabernet from this excellent year. IT’s generous and opulent with a tremendous intensity of dark fruits, led with blackcurrant black olive dominance, and then yielding to blue and red fruit characters. Has a slightly bay leaf nuance with a cracked sea shell minerality. It’s firm and bold with the structure and power to handle extended cellaring.

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

Now a 10-year-old cabernet, and it’s just starting to enter that next phase of development, with subtle leathery spiciness emerging. The primary black fruits are now ceding to secondary characters of chocolate, mocha and bay leaf, with a gentle tobacco complexity. This was always an elegant and stylish vintage, and this wine captures that perfectly. Still has time ahead in...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is a most impressive cabernet which comes from Wilyabrup in the heart of Margaret River. An opening blast of leafy blackcurrant, black olive and light bay leaf greet initially on the nose. The palate is elegantly structured with a tight weave of fine-grained oak and fine chalky tannins. Retains an elegant medium body but there is serious cellaring potential...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The vintage has contributed to a stylish and elegantly structured cabernet. It has just 2% each of merlot and petit verdot. Perfumed note of blackcurrant and sage-like dark fruits combine with intrigue on the nose. The palate is still quite firm with controlling fine chalky tannins and fine-grained oak working in perfect harmony. As it breathes sweet dark fruits emerge...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Comes off the back of the powerful and opulent 2018 vintage and shows the influence of this cooler season. Has more of that bay leaf and black olive mix cutting through the varietal blackcurrant flavours. It is a controlled and focused wine that will continue to evolve.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Smooth, seamless, elegant, refined. You get the picture. A cabernet of such poise and polish, yet one with great power from this generous powerful vintage in Margaret River. Opens with a salvo of blackcurrant, dark chocolate and black olive fanned with a bay leaf and oyster shell minerality. The palate delivers with some presence, yet it does so with restraint...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

You're getting tremendous bang for your buck with this classy cabernet from the '24 vintage. The nose is unmistakably Margaret River. Lashings of blackcurrant, black olive, a little bay leaf, dark chocolate — it's all in there. But then the palate delivers with perhaps the most structured and classically defined expression of Margaret River cabernet yet under this label. It's...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A pure varietal expression of Margaret River cabernet. Loads of blackcurrant and dark chocolate on the nose with traces of light graphite and bay leaf. There’s power here and there’s a degree of elegance. Medium to full bodied wine of concentration and persistence. Classy wine.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

The cooler vintage has contributed to a wine of style and elegance, yet still displaying the essential varietal blackcurrant and light bay leaf characters. A little graphite minerality emerges on the nose. The palate is so well balanced with chalky tannins complementing the mix of black olive and blackcurrant fruit flavours. Nice subtle use of oak.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is largely hand-picked, estate-grown Cabernet Sauvignon from the Bordeaux clones, but then it has smaller components of Merlot and Petit Verdot. It's hand-held all the way, Cabernet, and like the Merlot, it also receives two years in French oak. And yet this is anything but an oaky wine. It's perfectly balanced, with good fruit intensity and concentration, lots of...