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Perfume abounds, with heady florals, juicy peach, vanilla bean, candied grapefruit and subtle toast. But wait, there’s more! Detailed spice, honeysuckle, ginger, lemongrass, frankincense, cedar...

2024

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CullenMargaret River

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On the nose, this is classic Margaret River. Savoury hues of rock salt, curry leaf, lemon and mandarin pith, yellow nectarine, coriander seed, white blossom...

2024

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McHenry HohnenMargaret River

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A fine and detailed nose, with plenty more to offer given time to open. Lemon pith, white blossom, salt dust, frankincense and everlasting florals. The...

2024

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Vasse FelixMargaret River

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Can a nose be considered delicious? I’d argue it can, and this is a prime example with its inviting flinty lemon pith, coriander stalk and...

2024

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XanaduMargaret River

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A little closed at first, hinting at more to come. A slight flinty funk, preserved lemon, white blossom, pith, toasted sourdough, green spice and frankincense....

2024

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FermoyMargaret River

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Compelling nose of curry leaf and mandarin oil, with hints of reduction and char, waves of sea spray, crushed shell minerality, lemon blossom and green...

2024

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Fraser GallopMargaret River

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A creamy nougatine nose of oriental spice and florals, frankincense, ylang ylang and frangipane, French floral oak, lemon pith, tangelo, curry leaf, salt dust and...

2024

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TraitMargaret River

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A hug for the senses. Toasty oak, cinnamon, salt-baked nectarine, baked hay, apple spice, frankincense, rounded out with a flinty wink. The palate is mouthfilling,...

2024

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Windows EstateMargaret River

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Give this quietly seductive wine time to open and you’ll be rewarded with red fruits, a hint of nori and rose petals, an iodine breeze,...

2023

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CullenMargaret River

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An early-morning brightness of purple fruit, mulberry, plum, salted cassis and hints of aniseed, crushed minerality, quartz and graphite. It’s very inviting, with inky black...

2023

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Moss WoodMargaret River

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Classic Cabernet. On the nose, mulberry with a hint of cassis and baking spice, a little bay leaf and graphite nib. The midweight palate is...

2023

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Devil's LairMargaret River

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A rather shy nose at first, opening into a deeply layered and compelling, complex Cabernet. Blackcurrant and inky depths of blue fruit. A hint of...

2023

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McHenry HohnenMargaret River

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Ripe mulberry and savoury red fruit on the nose, sundried tomato skin, nori, slate and cocoa powder. Still holding its cards close, with a smattering...

2023

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Windows EstateMargaret River

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A very neat nose with the corners tucked in; give it time to unfurl. Blackcurrant, blackberry leaf, inky candied violets, liquorice root, black olive, tobacco...

2023

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Brown Hill EstateMargaret River

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Sundried tomato and redcurrant, pepper berry, crumbly dark chocolate woven through with a savoury graphite note. The palate has real fruit ripeness, rotund and gravelly...

2023

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Cape MentelleMargaret River

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Lovely and inviting on the nose, deep red-fruited, a blackcurrant frame, wild herbs and slatey minerality, plenty of grunt, with toasty oak playing a supporting...

2023

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CherubinoMargaret River

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Rather dense and quiet at first. Salted plum, sea spray, nori, slate and deep black fruit, a touch of Vegemite and charcuterie reduction, mulberry, pressed...

2023

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Domaine NaturalisteMargaret River

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Oodles of blackcurrant on the nose. There’s a real choc-mint character, slightly sappy with purple fruit pastille, inky violet, glossy aniseed and an obsidian graphite...

2023

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Evans & TateMargaret River

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Juicy on the nose. Black-fruited, blackcurrant and raspberry, fleshy ripe wild strawberry, crushed black olive and bay, red florals, punchy crushed aniseed, dried herbs and...

2023

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FermoyMargaret River

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So much prettiness on the nose; bright and fine but a little reserved in its youth. Rose petals, thyme blossom, red- and purple-berried fruit, a...

2023

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Fraser GallopMargaret River

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Bright fruit, cranberry, tart pomegranate and sour plum, pretty florals. The palate is fresh and lively, the fruit in a pert spectrum but not underripe...

2023

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Howard ParkMargaret River

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Inky blackcurrant, forest floor, Black Forest gateau, black olive brine, charcoal, liquorice and bay leaf. A Cabernet that speaks of Margaret River, with a savoury,...

2023

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La KookiMargaret River

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Concentrated and seductive, with fragrant red, savoury fruit, tomato, violet, purple plum skin, green olive brine, dried thyme, oriental spice, iodine and crushed pencil shavings....

2023

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NocturneMargaret River

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Red-fruited and savoury on the nose, a slight iodine character, sundried tomato skin, dried violet, saltbush and wild thyme, hints of nori. Brilliant intensity of...

2023

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TraitMargaret River

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Firm and red-fruited; think strawberry, mulberry and brambles. As the nose opens, a bit of iodine, lifted spice, black florals and graphite, cassis and rose...

2023

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Victory PointMargaret River

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Purple-fruited, with lightly toasted oak, graphite and salt dust, a touch of nori and sundried tomato skin, blackcurrant and black olive brine, bay leaf and...

2023

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XanaduMargaret River