Winemaker Notes
The generous palate is packed full of juicy fruits of the forest, cassis and red currant characters. Medium to full-bodied, the fleshy fruits are supported by moreish, supple and ripe tannins. A balanced wine, with a persistent fruit finish with beautiful regional savory inflections of bay leaf, black olive and licorice and subtle oak influences.
Blend: 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc, 4% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot
Professional Ratings
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Australian Wine Companion
What more could you possibly want from a $20 cabernet (that's not a question). This has earthy tannic structure, cassis-laden fruit and licorice through the finish. It's not complex, but what it's doing, it's doing well.
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Wine Spectator
Delivers dense mocha, blackberry and black currant flavors and rosemary, black tea and cedar notes that are balanced, concentrated and focused on the long, velvety finish. Drink now through 2030. 6,800 cases made, 2,500 cases imported.
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.