2020 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (Limited Prerelease)
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97 Points
6 Gold Medal
Reviews
95 Points, July 2023 Halliday Wine Companion - Jane Faulkner
“It might be a reserve wine, but there’s no need to wait. It would be hard to, anyway, as this is gorgeous. Superfine and long with powdery tannins; there’s latent power almost within yet it hovers around medium bodied. It’s structured and detailed, laden with flavour and the oak makes its presence known but not overtly so – it adds cedar and antique wood aromas plus another layer of tannins. There are also mulberries and blueberries and a kitchen cupboard full of spices. Take it all in. Slowly. Drink 2024-2040”
95 Points, October 2023 The Real Review - Houn Hooke
“Good depth of bright red, purple-tinted, the aromas meaty and faintly reductive, with deep-set dark berries, a hint of toasty oak, the palate full bodied and fleshy, rich and high-extract, with abundant tannins that are refined and smooth textured. Elegant but concentrated wine, with fine grained tannins in attractive harmony. High cellaring potential. 2024-2040”
94+ Points, July 2023 The Wine Advocate - Erin Larkin
"The 2020 vintage in Margaret River was warm, compressed (earliest starting pick and earliest wrap up—producers and viticulturists home for Easter) and low yielding. The wines, as a result, and specifically in the context of Cabernet Sauvignon, are powerful, tannic and lushly fruited. Here, the 2020 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon meets all of these vintage characteristics: black dirt, iodine, cassis, char, clove, pepper berry and graphite. The tannins are a highlight here and show the curve and density of both the region and the maturation vessel. It matured for 18 months in tight-grained French oak. 14% alcohol, sealed under screw cap. Drink 2023-2045"
Awards
Best in Show
97 Points, 2024 Decanter World Wine Awards - Judges comments "Do Cabernet Sauvignon and Margaret River go together? Well, it’s the fourth time that the combination has been featured in our Best In Show selection – so yes, they do. Three of those laureates, intriguingly, have come from the high-quality, low-quantity 2020 vintage – and if this wine is anything to go by, it’s a vintage which is taking its time to reach even early maturity. This wine remains an opaque black-red in colour, with admirably pure and restrained aromas of shapely blackcurrant lent freshening complexity by bush and scrub notes – a single sniff is transporting. The wine is concentrated and refined on the palate. Not merely fruity, though there is plenty of that ‘noble’ blackcurrant to enjoy, but the fruit is lent shade and nuance by the biotope allusions evident on the nose. The tannins and acids are measured and proportionate; the ripeness well-judged; and the wine moves through the mouth with easy, drinkable grace."
Gold medal
96 Points, 2023 Decanter World Wine Awards - Judges comments “Gentle perfume of dark fruits framing nuances of dark chocolate chip, violets, mint, sage and cedary undertones. Plenty of juicy fruit on the palate.”
Gold Medal
95 Points, 2022 & 2023 Melbourne Royal Wine Awards
Gold Medal
95 Points, 2023 Halliday Cabernet Challenge
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95 Points, 2023 Sydney Royal Wine Show
Gold Medal
95 Points, Wine Show of WA
Gold Medal
95 Points, 2022 WA Boutique & Single Vineyard Wine Show
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2020 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (Limited Prerelease)
Sale price$99.00
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Winemaker Jeremy Hodgson
Region Wilyabrup, Margaret River, Western Australia
Varieties Cabernet Sauvignon (100%)
Alcohol 14.0%
PH 3.58
Acidity 6.36 g/L
Residual Sugar 0.4 g/L
2020 -
Cellaring
Serving Temperature Room Temperature 15-18°C
Serving Suggestion