A quintessential cabernet whose heady bouquet of cassis, violets, dark cherries and fresh cedar/vanilla oak reveals smoky, meaty undertones and a hint of dark chocolate. Long and evenly paced, with a plush, perfectly ripened expression of classic cabernet flavour, it’s tightly knit with fine-grained chocolatey oak and supported by a firm, gravelly backbone, extending towards a lingering finish of focus and freshness. A long-term classic offering equal parts of power and charm. World class.
It’s still in the first spring of youth, but this artful, elegant and presently fruit-driven chardonnay will evolve wonderfully over time. It opens an alluring fragrance of white peach, nectarine, melon and green apple skin backed by smoky, creamy vanilla oak and suggestion of mineral. Smooth and silky, its pristine palate drives with style and focus down a fine, powdery spine towards a gentle finish of refreshing acids.
An excellent mid-market Margaret River cabernet blend that punches well above its price. Its vibrant bouquet of dark cherries, cassis, dark plums and cedar/chocolate oak reveals a smoky hint of tobacco and dried herbs. Long and refined, it’s polished and approachable, with refined presence of plump berry-like fruit and oak underpinned by a loose-knit spine. Drink now or later.
Very stylish and shapely, this is more of a Sancerre-like sauvignon than a WA fruit bomb. A faintly herbal expression of gooseberries, melon and a hint of lychee dextends long, round and flavoursome down a fine, chalky palate, finishing dry and almost savoury with briny notes of oyster shell and mineral.
If ever you’ve been curious enough to explore exactly what petit verdot contributes to a Bordeaux blend, here is your opportunity. Lifted by a whiff of violet, it reveals a confiture-like bouquet of mulberries, cassis, dark plums and toasty vanilla oak. Effortless, smooth and creamy, its chocolatey presence of dark berries and cherries is framed by a loose-knit grade of grainy tannin. Like most reds made 100% from this grape, it’s for the short to medium term.
Made in a contemporary white Bordeaux style with contributions from both oak and semillon, it’s mouthfilling, tangy and savoury. A scent of guava, gooseberries and lychees backed by smoky suggestions of vanilla oak and creamy yeast-derived nuances reveals a whiff of musk and dried herbs. It’s long, luscious and refined, with a wonderful depth of fruit that drives over a pithy crunchiness towards a lingering finish that hints of brine and minerals. A terrific food wine and certainly a sauvignon blanc for adults!
While Margaret River doesn’t immediately spring to mind as a region ideally suited to shiraz, Peccavi has a long history of crafting savoury, Rhone-inspired expressions of this variety of genuine class. This vintage reveals a musky perfume of cassis, raspberries and blueberries knit with smoky cedar/vanilla oak and lifted by scents of cinnamon, white pepper, violets and red flowers. Smooth and seamless, its succulent core of translucently clear fruit knits perfectly with a fresh oak interface, finishing with style and lingering flavour.
Peccavi’s top level cabernet bucks the Australian trend, for it’s based on quality and purity of expression rather than additional ripeness, oak or extract. A heady, essential perfume of cassis, redcurrants, raspberries and dark plums backed by suggestion of dried herbs, minerals and blueberries is deftly supported by gentle cedar/cignarboxyoak. It’s plush and luxuriant but emplashises purity and elegance as it glides down a pliant but chalky spine of grainy tannins, culminating in a lingering finish of remarkable length and balance.
High octane merlot indeed, from Australia’s finest label of this variety. Opulent aromas of dark cherries, plumcake and fresh vanilla oak lifted by heady aromas of red flowers simply shriek their varietal purity, while the sumptuously flavoured, long and polished palate delivers a pristine, international level of merlot expression without ever exceeding a medium to full-bodied framework. Framed by a fine grade of powdery tannins that become more firm and grainy with aeration, it’s gentle and refined, finishing long and pure. Made entirely from the lastest Bordeaux selection of merlot clones.