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Woodlands Wilyabrup Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2004
Given that it sells for just $20 from the cellar door, this is perhaps the best-value Margaret River red on the market today. It’s a very pretty, flavoursome and brightly lit young wine perfumed with vibrant floral scents of dark cherries, plums, mulberries and cassis with polished, cedary oak beneath. Supple and juicy, its vibrant palate of juicy cherry/berry fruit and dark plums knits tightly with oak and silky tannin, finishing with a lively and persistent core of flavour. It should build beautifully in the bottle. The Watsons actually have some quantity of this wine, since the make was 2,500 cases.
Vintage
2004
Peak years to drink
2009 - 2012+
Jeremy's score
93 / 100
Seal type
Cork
Woodlands Wilyabrup Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot
Margaret River
Price Range at Release: $20-$29
Vintage: 2017
Alc %: 13.5
$ Rel: 28
Given that it sells for just $20 from the cellar door, this is perhaps the best-value Margaret River red on the market today. It's a very pretty, flavoursome and brightly lit young wine perfumed with vibrant floral scents of dark cherries, plums, mulberries and cassis with polished, cedary oak beneath. Supple and juicy, its vibrant palate of juicy cherry/berry fruit and dark plums knits tightly with oak and silky tannin, finishing with a lively and persistent core of flavour. It should build beautifully in the bottle. The Watsons actually have some quantity of this wine, since the make was 2,500 cases.
Last Date Tasted: 9/9/2019
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Cellar
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Maybe Too Old
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Vintage
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Score/100
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Score/20
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Year To Drink
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2017
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90 | 17.0 | 2022-2025+  |
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2016
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86 | 15.9 | 2018-2021  |
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2015
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91 | 17.5 | 2023-2027 |
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2014
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92 | 17.8 | 2019-2022+ |
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2013
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91 | 17.6 | 2021-2025+ |
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2012
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91 | 17.5 | 2020-2024+ |
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2011
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88 | 16.4 | 2016-2019 |
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2010
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91 | 17.6 | 2015-2018+ |
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2009
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90 | 17.1 | 2017-2021 |
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2008
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92 | 17.7 | 2013-2016 |
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2007
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90 | 17.1 | 2012-2015+ |
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2006
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90 | 17.3 | 2014-2018 |
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2005
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90 | 17.3 | 2010-2013+ |
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2004
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93 | 18.2 | 2009-2012+ |
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2003
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92 | 17.8 | 2011-2015+ |
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2002
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82 | 15.0 | 2007-2010+ |
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Winery
Woodlands
Established in 1973, Woodlands is still enjoying a stunning renaissance that shows no signs of slackening. It has developed its own house style - almost a prerequisite for greatness in wine - of deeply perfumed, pristine fruit integrated with fresh, fine-grained oak and underpinned by a classically fine, chalky backbone, often revealing the kind of dusty, dried herb qualities more often seen in Bordeaux than Australian cabernet. There's again an impressively even consistency and elegance about the current releases, as well as Woodlands' typical cellaring potential. Again, it's hard to pick highlights out of a collection of highlights.
Chief Executive(s):
David Watson
Winemaker:
Stuart Watson
Viticulturist:
Jaden McLean
Production Dozen:
12000
Tonnes Processed:
250
Address:
3948 Caves Road , Wilyabrup , Western Australia 6280 Australia
Cellar Door Open Hours:
By appointment
Principal Wine Region:
Margaret River
Telephone:
(08) 9755 6226
Facsimile:
(08) 9755 6236
Website:
Email:
