Winemaker Notes
Food Pairing: Flavour with lamb chops, char grilled with a bay leaf and smoked paprika rub, served with chickpeas or just drink with well-aged cheddar - Australian of course!
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: Over the last decade, I have become a fan of the Howard Park wines. The 2014 Miamup Cabernet Sauvignon shows up big-time with excellent richness. TASTING NOTES: This wine is vibrant and expansive. Its aromas and flavors of pert and precise red fruits stay long and zesty on the palate. Pair it with roast tenderloin of pork. (Tasted: September 13, 2019, San Francisco, CA)
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Wine Enthusiast
This wine is dusty and a little austere but is unmistakably Margaret River. Aromas of cedar, pencil lead, blackberry, baking spices and cocoa powder are followed by a drying palate wrapped in savory tannins. The fruit is slightly lost here, and things are still on the lean and mean side, but this should behave a little more generously with time in the cellar. Drink 2020–2027.
A noble variety bestowed with both power and concentration, Cabernet Sauvignon enjoys success all over the globe, its best examples showing potential to age beautifully for decades. Cabernet Sauvignon flourishes in Bordeaux's Medoc where it is often blended with Merlot and smaller amounts of some combination of Cabernet Franc, Malbecand Petit Verdot. In the Napa Valley, ‘Cab’ is responsible for some of the world’s most prestigious, age-worthy and sought-after “cult” wines. Somm Secret—DNA profiling in 1997 revealed that Cabernet Sauvignon was born from a spontaneous crossing of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc in 17th century southwest France.
Home to some of Australia’s most elegant and long-lived red and white wines, Margaret River is situated in the farthest reaches of Western Australia. Relatively warm and dry, the region is cooled by breezes from the Indian Ocean. Margaret River takes some inspiration from Bordeaux, producing top-quality Cabernet Sauvignons and Bordeaux Blends with firm structure, mouthwatering acidity, balanced alcohol and notes of herbs and spice. For white wines, refreshing blends of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon as well as complex, age-worthy Chardonnays are regional specialties.