Situated within the auspicious dress circle of fortuitous mesoclimes, encompassing some of Margaret River's most stately wineries, Xanadu is a pioneer with a long history of producing the most elegant and intensely flavoured Cabernet Sauvignon. Exmoor is an approachable entry to the prestigious flagship range of distinguished Xanadu vineyard wines, representing the essential experience in Margaret River Cabernet, endowed with solid structure, firm tannins, fragrant dark berry fruit characters and refined, stylish oak.

The essential Margaret River Cabernet in epic Medoc styling, solid and statuesque, reflecting the intensity of fruit flavours that flourish within the rich, free draining gravel soils of the vineyard. Xanadu now has a long history of producing wines of distinction, regional classics and some of the most memorable vintages in Australian Cabernet Sauvignon. By the early 1980s it had already established a reputation as one of the finest wineries on Margaret River. A generous, robust Cabernet with firm, ripe tannin backbone and warm lingering finish.

Xabregas manage the finest vineyards in the greater Mount Barker area. They are contract grows for Houghton, Howard Park and Forest Hill, the choicest parcels of Merlot and Cabernet however are retained and earmarked for their own label. It is the belief at Xabregas that the alchemy of vinification takes a back seat to the quality of fruit coming from their three estate vineyards. The growers and winemaking team work side by side to preserve the expression of terroir, achieving a wine with excellent colour, soft, beautifully integrated tannins and maximum fruit intensity.

The archetypal west coast Bordeaux style, a vibrant cepage of Cabernet and Merlot, Malbec and Franc, picked off the first vineyards ever planted to Margaret River. A component from the younger Woodlands Brook site contributes structure and aromatics. Woodlands remains an enigma, as the vineyard team place great trust in the quality of fruit, the finished wine can be both pretty and powerful. Vinified exclusively of Wilyabrup parcels, painstakingly hand sorted, berry by berry, the graceful tannins continue to soften, as the fruit begins to sing.

Very few vineyards yield the quality of fruit that merits vintaging into a statuesque wine dominated by the prettily fragrant Cabernet Franc. Woodlands were established from the ground up with a view to achieving limited harvests of the arcane Bordeaux varietals, only a few hundred cases of good red wine per vintage. There are now two estate vineyards, located within two kilometres of each other in Wilyabrup Valley, dry grown and farmed through traditionally organic techniques. The sanctity of soil yields a vividly varietal Cabernet Franc of finite peerage.

Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and Franc. Woodlands have observed that some parcels of their vineyard produce aromatic ferments, while others are more structured. The finest pickings are treated to small open fermenters enhancing aromatics. Parcels showing greater structure are vinified in small closed fermenters. The best of both worlds, a Cabernet that retains vibrant aromatic fruit whilst gaining structure and adding weight. After a year in exclusively new French oak, the best barrels of vintage are determined and set aside for the final assemblage.

A stately accord of the most superior Margaret River fruit, offering great concentration while displaying an exemplary integration of tannins and oak. Woodlands Vineayard is bequeathed with plantings of elite Cabernet vines established 1973. Whilst much of their resplendent fruit finds its way into some of the better known estate flaghips of Margaret River, the pick of the crop is kept back and vinified under the Woodlands label. An assemblage of the best barrels Merlot and Malbec around a backbone of the finest Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon.

Cabernet Franc finally takes the lead, dominating the cépage at almost half the final blend, followed closely by Merlot, a tenth of Malbec and soupçon Verdot and Sauvignon. Emily is an emulation of the immensely satisfying Crus of Saint-Émilion, formulated at a time when Woodlands were selling all their Cabernet Sauvignon to other brands, all that remained were parcels of Merlot and Malbec, Verdot and Franc. Deep and brooding, cherries and dark chocolate, bay leaf, charcuterie, and vanillin oak, a luxurious velvet texture, rich, chewy tannins.

Clémentine is sourced entirely from Woodlands Brook Vineyard, established to Merlot and Malbec, Verdot and Franc, a superior northwest facing site on free draining Wilyabrup soils. A block of Cabernet vines were later added to a patch of auspicious heavy gravel clay soils, perfect for the realization of powerful Cabernet Sauvignon. Salinity, cocoa and clove, blood orange and river silt, the elegant palate brimming with ripe red fruits, a lovely mix of floral elements and winegum lozenge complexity, Clémentine lingers endlessly on a line of lively mineral acidity.

Cabernet with Merlot is the way of red wine from Margaret River. You'll hear some arguments from the Shiraz dudes but don't pay any attention. Vinified from fruit grown to the best sites, inaugural release was a winner at the London International. Add the plum and plush of Merlot to flesh out the opaque muscularity of Cabernet Sauvignon, Brad is hard to beat and this is pretty smart stuff. Have it alongside good food, this is gonna do some great things to your social life, so you should get some into you today.

Deep scarlet colour. Bouquet of raspberries and blackcurrant, followed by sweet and spicy vanillan with hints of cigarbox and pencil from the new French oak. A currant and bramble, plum and cocoa flavoured palate, seasoned with fragrant oak spice and supported by lengthy, savoury tannins. Long memorable finish of fragrant blackberry cassis notes and refined, fresh acidity.

Frankland River is a region that's well known for the quality of its graceful Cabernet Merlot wines. West Cape Howe have spared no expense in acquiring some of the oldest established Frankland River vineyards. The finest harvests are treated to minimal intervention, for the realization of stately Cabernet Merlot wines. Hannan Hills is pure Frankland River, from estate properties which are closely managed to encourage strong vine development and achieve perfect yields of evenly ripened fruit, endowed with refined tannins and a concentration of flavour.

One of the things that West Cape Howe do best, is to find the perfect site for each varietal grape and style of wine. They are certainly fortunate to be based within Australia's largest and most propitious winegrowing region, but their viticultural team demonstrate an uncanny feel for matching the ideal mesoclime to every wine. Mount Barker yields Cabernet Sauvignon of exceptional character. West Cape Howe take the pick of the crop, to create a profoundly structured red wine, offering remarkable intensity of flavour and stately, long lived tannins.

Originally identified and reserved for the express purpose of growing only the finest grapes and crafting world class wines, the Watershed vineyard is endowed with the most idyllic viticultural and climactic conditions, for realizing harvests of the most splendid Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Shiraz. Crafted by one of Margaret River's most experienced winemaking teams and assembled into a single wine, Shades is brimming with aromatic fruit and replete with ripe, stylish tannins.

The Watershed property is strategically positioned within the most precious winegrowing terroirs, along the major arterial highway for traffic travelling to and from Margaret River township. Senses has accumulated an impressive list of wine show competition awards. Watershed's vineyards are fortuitously positioned astride some of the best soil compositions in Margaret River, where the vines yield harvests of Merlot and Cabernet endowed with exemplary varietal characters, an intensity of flavour and the finest, showroom tannins.

A flagship Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon which claims distinguished national and international accolades with every vintage. The Watershed label was designed by Roland Butcher and incorporates a purple room with a four paned window on the wall. Green vines can be seen looking out of the window, the main focus is a ray of light streaming through the glass and diffusing across the floor, symbolizing a human being's stream of consciousness, a creative but almost uncontrollable thought process, spurred on by small inspirations, an Awakening.

Watershed's superior vineyards span across an immense area of the choicest soils on Margaret River, the best eighty hectares were established from the ground up, with a view to vintage the most spectacular wines in the Australian west, the finest parcels of estate grown Cabernet Sauvignon are assembled for the Awakening.

Voyager are all about hard work in the vineyard rather than improving the quality of harvest through clever winemaking. Traditional techniques are essential to crafting great wines but the basic principles most common to the world's most memorable vintages are all about what goes on in the vineyard. The highest standards of husbandry and a minimal intervention remain cardinal. A wonderfully aromatic wine, redolent of violets and cassis, the fragrant ripeness of dark bramble berries. High quality French oak for definition and soft tannin structure. The artful articulation of Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon.

Excellent Langtons Classification. Voyager Estate began life as Freycinet, the inaugural vines were established 1978, they are now into their fourth decade and yield vintages of the most intensely flavoured Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon. Voyager's odyssey remains the same, to make the best possible wine out of the most exquisite harvests in all Margaret River. The character and eloquence are ultimately defined in the vineyard, each vine is treated as an individual, every grape is examined before inclusion, excellence is uncompromising.

A collation of fruit from the Voyager North Block and Weightmans vineyards at Margaret River, enhanced by a choice component from the eminent precinct of Wilyabrup. Vines planted to gently rolling gravel hills and managed to restrained yields achieve the finest harvests. Girt by Sea is a seemless Cabernet Merlot wine in suave Margaret River styling, vigorously fruit driven and seductively soft, its ripe tannins offer sensational early drinking, it will thrill all who indulge in this most satisfying West Australian accord of noble red grapes.

Everything at Voyager Estate is done with reverence for the land, mother nature rewards those best who treat her endowments with respect. The viticulture is completely natural and fully organic, a compact has been made with the vines to provide the highest standards of nurture and care, in exchange for a harvest of the most exceptional quality. An illustrious regional icon which defines the lofty Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon style, Voyager is distinguished by its compelling presence of fruit, limousine oak and stately tannins.

Vasse Felix were briefed in the 1970s by Dr Tom Cullity, Margaret River's founding vigneron, to make the best possible wine. Tom Cullity is the Margaret River flagship Cabernet Sauvignon, the articulation of several decades viticulture at Vasse Felix. Balance, elegance, complexity and restrained power are the hallmarks, the direct result of an uncompromising approach to quality. Among the first estate plantings were Cabernet and Malbec,Tom Cullity is crafted from the fruit of these eminent old vines, the ultimate elocution of Margaret River Cabernet.

For as long as Margaret River has been famous, it has been famous for Cabernet. Vasse Felix is the region's original winery and protagonist of the stately Cabernet Sauvignon genre. A measure of Merlot and Malbec can be added in varying proportions from vintage to vintage, softening the tannin profile and contributing perfumed, floral lift to the beautifully fragrant nose. The structure is fine and firm with a freshness of acidity that makes the mouth water. Rich, dusty tannins support a wine of great power, persistence and length.

The great structural elements of Cabernet Sauvignon are embraced with the dark fruit of Malbec, a collation of superior harvests from the northern parts of Margaret River, the pick of elite blocks, whence optimal ripeness is assured with each and every vintage. The weighty structure and determinedly drying tannins of Cabernet are mellowed by the softness of Malbec, bringing the whole assemblage forward, making Filius, ripe and ready for those anxious aspirants who adore the Margaret River style but are unable to await the distance.

Excellent Langtons Classification. Vasse Felix are known for their profound and compelling vintages of Cabernet Sauvignon, performing well whatever the vagaries of growing season, by virtue of auspicious soils and propitious clime. Intense, yet elegantly structured, the first red wine ever released from within the nascent Margaret River, it remains to this day, the elder statesman of the region. Fruit is sourced from the best vineyards in Wilyabrup. Cabernet is a robust variety, ideally suited to Margaret River's balmy maritime climate and superb, well drained soils.

It was as recently as 1965 that Dr John S Gladstones brought the world's attention to Margaret River. Two years later Dr Tom Cullity planted vines and Vasse Felix was born. The profoundly perfumed and structured bond of Merlot and Cabernet is synonymous with Margaret River. Cabernet's firm tannin structure is mellowed by the generosity of Merlot and Malbec, contributing remarkable aromatics, flavour and sound structure. Vasse Felix craft this fashionable accord to strike the perfect balance and deliver a deeply satisfying experience to all red wine enthusiasts.

Valley of the Giants can source grapes from the best West Australian vineyards, retaining access to the quality of fruit which can translate into stunning everyday wines. But but this does not mean the team can't do better. It's a priority to preserve and enhance the gifts of the vineyard through an attention to detail and minimal handling throughout the vinification. The uniquely Aussie cepage of Cabernet, Merlot and Shiraz, offering a mouthfilling palate and early drinking tannins, ideal with pizza or tapas, barbeques and grills.

Not just another pretty pink wine, The Sum is fashioned to a satisfyingly drier style, as beautiful to see at as it is to sip. This is true Saignée, a ferment of noble red grapes which are drained early off the musts to extract the ideal rosé complexion, for a comely pink drink. Brimming with a concentration of juicy pink fruit flavours, titillating with crisp, apple jack acidity, its delicate deep salmon blush and bright magenta hues go down perfectly alongside tasty nibbles and cheery company.

Tassell Park is situated in the Treeton Valley, four kilometres east of the township of Cowaramup, hub of the Wilyabrup subregion in Margaret River. This is the heart of the country which has given birth to one of the world's great Cabernet Sauvignon appellations. The Tassell Park property is closely managed by a highly skilled viticultural team who spend many hours tending the vines by hand and caring for the local ecosystem to make it all happen. A brilliant rendition of Cabernet Sauvignon with pronounced varietal character and intense aromatics.

Amongst the on screen romances of varietal wine blends, Merlot would play Bacall to Cabernet's Bogart. Cabernet in its youth can be slightly aggressive and rough around the edges, evolving qualities of earth and tobacco as it matures. Merlot is voluptuous and approachable with sweet aromas and big fruits. On their own they are memorable, but together they are an item. Tassell Park is a mostly Cabernet wine with a third of Merlot, already proving to be an outstanding performance, enjoy with your favourite partner, the finest food and a great old movie.

The stylish Margaret River accord of Cabernet and Merlot, with a timely inclusion of the rakish Petit Verdot. The Swings & Roundabouts team purposely leave the fruit to ripen on the vine for the longest time allowed by nature, encouraging the development of fully developed tannins and sugars alongside heightened varietal characters. They then have to fight with the kangaroos over possession of these deeply flavoured grapes. A vigorous red wine to match aged cheddars, stronger cuts of meat or well prepared game.

Streicker make single estate wines of great distinction, from fruit grown to elite sites along Margaret River. Established 2002 by John Streicker after his acquisition of the Yallingup Protea farm and vineyards, the estate now operates two other distinguished sites, the elite Bridgeland and Ironstone Vineyards, with a total of 153 hectares currently under vine. The holy grail of balance of power, balance and finesse in Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon, the finished Ironstone is treated to eighteen months in a high proportion of the finest new French oak barriques.