2020 The Cartographer
"A stylish and quite suave blend of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, malbec and petit verdot from this excellent vintage. Black olive and blackcurrant dominate on the nose with just a trace of dried herbs and tobacco leaf. Finely integrated oak and tannin work seamlessly with the fruit. It’s medium-bodied and beautiful quality drinking at this price. 91/100" - Ray Jordan, The West Australian. March 2022.
"Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Malbec, Petit Verdot. Dark cherry, plum, a smattering of dried herb, and a fair bit of spicy cedar oak. Medium-bodied, dark berries and spicy wood, some black olive, grainy gravelly tannin offers firm grip, with a finish of dark red fruits and a little mint/leaf. Good wine. 91 points" - Gary Walsh, The Wine Front, Feb 2022
2019 Cabernet Sauvignon
TOP 10 - Rated in top 10 organic wines in 2021 Australian Organic Wine Show
SILVER - 2021 WA Boutique Wine Show
"A most complete and elegant wine, from the classically varietal aromas through to the medium to full-bodied palate with its excellent poise and integration. Has a typical leafy blackcurrant and olive tapanade that you tend to get from this part of Margaret River. Stacks up as a classy cabernet at this price. 92 points" - Ray Jordan, The West Australian, April 2022
"Quite like 2019 for reds in Margaret River, and when they’re good, they deliver a sort of brooding black fruit intensity and ‘mineral’ feel which is very appealing. On the other hand, sometimes they are a bit too dry and leaden. Well, that’s my take on it anyway. Black fruit, bay leaf and mint, cocoa and baking spice. It’s dense and quite sooty, with fleshy tannin, plenty of grip and depth, a savoury tobacco and black olive flavour, and a firm sage-laced finish offering dark fruit and some coal-like ‘mineral’ stuff along with coffee and spice. Good wine. Needs a little time, I’d say. 92 points" - Gary Walsh, The Winefront, Nov 2021
"A generous wine of vibrancy, with black and purple fruit compote, dried herbs and fine tannin. Vanilla and chocolate notes round out this fine example of Margaret River cabernet." - Gourmet Traveller Wine, May 2021
2020 Shiraz
SILVER - 2021 WA Boutique Wine Show
"Really brilliant savoury tannins in here. The fruit is plump and ripe...blackberry, spice, dense and powerful, lovely gravel and graphite, a beauty..." - Wine show judge's comment, WA Boutique Wine Show
