Winemaker Notes
The 2018 Miamup Cabernet Sauvignon balances power and elegance in an ideal harmony, with a remarkable intensity of perfume ranging from cocoa dusted blackberries, violets and hedgerow herbs, cassis and coffee, and sweet earth. The palate reveals ample and succulent fruit tannins that promote an array of rich and persistent forest fruit and dark plum flavours, overlaid with regional bay leaf and black olive characters, while French oak delivers accents of savoury spice and mocha. An immensely satisfying and moreish young Cabernet with the depth to reveal further complexity with 5 or more years in the cellar. Another concrete example of the outstanding 2018 vintage in Margaret River.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Very beautiful cabernet with blackcurrants, currants and mint. Very intense spicy aromas. It’s full-bodied with chewy tannins and a fresh, driven finish. Very linear tannins that run the length of the wine and give it drive at the end. Some tile character at the end. Needs time to soften.
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Australian Wine Companion
A blend of Houghton clone and 126, fruit from Wilyabrup. All vineyard blocks vinified separately, matured 18 months in French oak. Chocolate, red licorice and pink peppercorn on the nose. Fruit is restrained and red, tannins are fine but elicit a drying effect on the palate. All things come around, drawing out into a long finish. The full impact occurs at the end, once all the components have come together.
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Vinous
Saturated ruby. Spice-tinged aromas of cherry, dark berries, licorice and pungent flowers, along with a touch of licorice. Juicy and seamless in texture, offering lively dark berry, bitter cherry and rose pastille flavors that show very good clarity and spicy back-end lift. Fine-grained tannins lend gentle grip to the persistent finish, which echoes the floral and spice notes.?
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Wine Enthusiast
Heady fruit aromas of black cherry and red currant take the lead supported by dark chocolate, eucalyptus and ocean brine notes. Margaret River's distinctive tannins—granular yet fine and chiseledwork in harmony with lifted acidity. The characters of the nose linger on the palate as well.
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.