A Best in Show winner at Decanter World Wine Awards 2025. From a great vintage, this is a considered blend of old Cabernet vineyards in Treeton, Wilyabrup and Wallcliffe, with 5% each of Malbec and Petit Verdot; spending 14 months in French oak. The palate is deep and detailed, with a fine texture and beautiful purity of black fruit, layered with hints of dark chocolate, pencil shavings and savoury nuances, plus a refined seam of granite minerality. So harmonious and elegant – proof, if it were needed, that Margaret River's Cabs are simply world-class.
97 points, Julie Sheppard, Decanter (Nov 2025)
The 2022 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced from a variety of vineyards in Margaret River, and so it provides the antithesis of the single-vineyard Steven's Road Cabernet tasted alongside. Here, the Reserve leads with eucalypt and pink peppercorns (with that citrus, blood orange tint to it), tobacco, cedar and pencil shavings, and the oak is currently a feature. The wine has 5% each of Malbec and Petit Verdot, and these provide further structure, florals (wet roses and violets) and spice. Routinely a beautiful wine, it's no different in this vintage, and it will reward careful cellaring for decades to come. Matured in French oak for 14 months, 40% new.
96 points, Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate (Sep 2025)
The 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve is powerful, confident and composed, rippling with cassis, olive, chocolate and blackberry aromas. The palate is tense, mouthfilling and beautifully balanced, with firm acidity and chewy tannins driving a strong finish of fabulous length.
95 points, Angus Hughson, Vinous (Jan 2026)
Lifted and perfumed notes of wild blackberries, mulberries, licorice, coffee beans and cedar. The palate is full-bodied with seamless tannins and focused acidity, giving notes of blueberries, blood plums, baking spices and graphite. Incredibly integrated and balanced with an underlying tension. Pure class. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
95 points, James Suckling (Oct 2024)
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