Cabernet Sauvignon

2009 Cabernet Sauvignon

  • GOLD 2011 Royal Melbourne Wine Show
  • Finalist 2011 Royal Melbourne Wine Show - Best Claret Style or Cabernet Sauvignon trophy
  • Finalist 2011 Royal Melbourne Wine Show - Douglas Seabrook Single Vineyard Trophy
  • SILVER 2011 International Wine Challenge

  • SILVER 2010 Sydney Royal Wine Show

    "A cabernet that reflects the excellent season in Margaret River. It's muscular and powerful. You get that from the first sniff and then the first tentative taste. A firm thread of tannin and substantial oak provides a rigid spine. The black olive and dark blackcurrant cabernet is so tightly wound at this stage. It is a wine that has some excellent cellaring potential." 94 Points. Ray Jordan, The West Australian, 28th April 2011

"This showcases another piece of Margaret River prowess with plenty of richness and concentration, structure and poise. Cassis, leaves and cedary oak make for an attractive, to-the-point nose, while the palate delivers tangy acidity amid plum and blackcurrant fruit flavours. Tannins flow smoothly through the finish." - 92 points.
Nick Stock, Good Wine Guide 2012

"Concentrated oak spice with mint and vanilla notes. Dense on the palate".
Judges in blind tasting, International Wine Challenge 2011

"Balanced, elegant and complete...aromas of cassis, raspberries and dark cherries are knit with cedary oak and backed by slightly herbaceous influences. Smooth and supple, it's long and restrained, with fresh brightly lit fruit, fine tannins and a levely acidity". 91 Points. Jeremy Oliver, The Australian Wine Annual, 2012

"Red fruits, dried herbs - very attractive. Firm, full bodied and tightly structured. There are a lot of tannins, but it is ripe and of high quality. A strong cellaring wine". 90 Points. Huon Hooke, Gourmet Traveller Wine, June 2011

2008 Cabernet Sauvignon

  • GOLD 2009 Margaret River Wine Show

"Elegance and style captured perfectly with the distinctive regional mix of sinewy tannins, lengthy black currant and black olive fruit and some nice savoury French oak. Impressive long finish and a structure that seems to sum up what was a very good vintage throughout Margaret River" 92 Points. Ray Jordan, The West Australian, 22nd April 2010

"A top vintage for this maker: Medium to full-bodied fruit-driven Cabernet flavour of cassis and blackberry, a touch of crushed leaf and elegantly structured. Taut without being astringent. Now to 12 plus years" 90 Points. Huon Hooke, "Top 50 Winter Wines" Sydney Morning Herald, 25th May 2010

2007 Cabernet Sauvignon

  • SILVER 2009 Royal Perth Wine Show
  • SILVER 2009 Decanter World Wine Awards
  • SILVER 2009 Boutique Wine Awards

"Stylish, balanced and harmonious, with a dusty, lightly herbal fragrance of dark plum, blackberries, dark cherries and fresh cedar/vanilla oak backed by nuances of cigarboxes, tobacco, mint and violets. Its elegant and fine-grained, smooth and supple, with piercingly pure small berry, plum and cheery flavour tightly knit with firmish but pliant fine grained tannins, finishing long and persistent." - 94 Points
Jeremy Oliver. 2010 The Australian Wine Annual

"Essency blackberry, cassis and violet aromas with typical regional lacing of seaweed; a pristine cabernet with delicious, perfectly ripened fruit and persistent, fine-grained tannins providing excellent structure. A real bargain" 94 Points, ***** Huon Hooke, Gourmet Traveller Wine Oct / Nov 2009

2006 Cabernet Sauvignon

  • SILVER Scoop Magazine, winter 2009

"This intriguing wine's minty bouquet carries through onto the palate; its ripe mid palate fruit weight and stylishness impressive. Lovely to drink now, but should cellar well in the medium term". Scoop, Winter 2009

2005 Cabernet Sauvignon

  • SILVER 2008 Royal Sydney Wine Show

"Elegant style of cabernet that retains the regional almost house style for this variety and vineyard. Herbals and leafy with some nice tobacco leaf. The palate is packed with tight firmish tannins with flavours of blackcurrant and black olive. An alternative to the bigger more opulant styles. 90/100" – Ray Jordan

2004 Cabernet Sauvignon

  • GOLD 2006 Small Winemakers Show
  • GOLD 2007 Scoop blind tasting, Winter
  • SILVER 2006 Royal Queensland Show
  • SILVER 2008 International Wine Challenge

"This classic Bordeaux interpretation is a very impressive style from Margaret River North that combines elegance and poise." – Pick of the tasting and Gold medal, 19 points - Scoop Magazine Winter 2007 blind tasting

"Stalky blackcurrants on the nose lead to ripe blackcurrants on the palate. This is a well-balanced wine with good oak" - International Wine Challenge 2008

2003 Cabernet Sauvignon

"Big rich style of Cabernet chock full of blackcurrant, black olive flavours and plenty of savoury oak with fine firm tannin to support" – Ray Jordan

2002 Cabernet Sauvignon

  • SILVER 2005 Royal Melbourne Show
  • SILVER 2005 Qantas Mt Barker Wine Show
  • SILVER 2004 Sheraton Wine Awards (18.5 points)
  • Nominated as one of top 100 Australian wines exported in 2005, by Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation

"Almost pure Cabernet with a touch of Merlot and Shiraz. Medium weight. Tight and linear. Minerally cassis notes. Fine tannic edge. Cellar up to 2009 " RATING *** - James Lawther

"This is a very attractive example of a medium to full bodied Margaret River Cabernet. Has beautiful minty red berry smells mingling with dusty and slightly cedar oak. The palate has a firm spine though the tannins are fine. Elegant and lingering. An impressive wine 92/100" - Ray Jordan

2001 Cabernet Sauvignon

  • SILVER 2003 Perth Royal Wine Show

"Definitive Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon and intentionally made to an elegant rather than robust style. There's sweet/savoury blackberry fruit, a touch of cassis, an earthy base and beautifully integrated oak. It is smooth and supple enough to enjoy as a youngster but will accept medium bottle age." - Bill Thomson