Winemaker Notes
Vibrant and approachable, this medium to full-bodied Cabernet offers blackberries, mocha chocolate and cassis with wonderful persistence of fruit framed by quality oak.
Blend: 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc, 5% Petit Verdot
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2020 vintage was a compressed one in Margaret River, one of the shortest on record. The red wines (i.e., Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz, to name a few) were typified by plentiful tannins (dry year, small berries) and lush fruit. This is no exception to that generalization. The 2020 Vinework Cabernet Sauvignon is possessed of a gloriously brambly and minty nose and layers of cassis and raspberry that tumble over each other in the mouth. A fantastic value proposition here...
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Wine Enthusiast
Currant, mint and tobacco take the lead, with a seaweed umami character and some vanillin oak influence, too. The palate offers supple, satiny fruit gently tugged by savory, granular tannins. A modern Margaret River Cab for drinking now and over the next several years.
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.