Winemaker Notes
Pair with quality roasted, pan-seared or slow cooked meats. Beef is ideal, but duck, lamb or venison can be just as good. Crumbly aged cheddar and Manchego are great cheese pairings.
Blend: 91% Cabernet sauvignon, 6% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Here is a wine with balance and velvet texture. What a beautiful red. Full and harmonious.
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Wine & Spirits
An elegant Margaret River red, this wine’s precise tannins frame black currant flavors and lend them lasting clarity. Its time in oak (50 percent new) boosts the wine’s sappy richness, an element that should integrate with the fruit as the wine ages.
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Wine Enthusiast
This is labeled as Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot, but be realistic about your expectations: This is 94% Cabernet, with only 5% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot. Cedar, cassis, sage and bay leaf notes are classic Margaret River expressions, as is the wine's medium body and streamlined feel. It's a harmonious if not particularly flamboyant wine that will be at home with a variety of dishes. Drink now–2025.
One of the world’s most classic and popular styles of red wine, Bordeaux-inspired blends have spread from their homeland in France to nearly every corner of the New World. Typically based on either Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot and supported by Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot, the best of these are densely hued, fragrant, full of fruit and boast a structure that begs for cellar time. Somm Secret—Blends from Bordeaux are generally earthier compared to those from the New World, which tend to be fruit-dominant.
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.