Lives large and ripe, the result of what was to all reports some intense Napa Valley heat during harvest. With...

Bin 407 is never my favourite red from the annual release – there is always better value, and more excitement,...

Cabernet Sauvignon (52%) takes the lead role – just – but this is very much a wine that celebrates two...

This is the fourth release of the French Wine Trial (FWT) sourcing Bordeaux Cabernet Sauvignon (56%), Merlot (41%) and Petit...

You get the sense that the French and American oak regime on 407 has been ever so slowly evolving, changing...

Marselan is one exciting addition to the Penfolds Chinese Wine Trial (CWT) programme, a French-bred cross of Cabernet Sauvignon and...

This vintage hails from vineyards in McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley and Padthaway. Maturation is in American oak for a year...

Always a star of the Collection, year after year. The blend, as it almost always is, falls marginally in favour...

There is one important and traditional – some might suggest, essential – voice missing in the 2023 Bin 707 and...

The fruit for this excellent wine comes from Bekkers Clarendon Vineyard Estate, which was planted back in the early 90s....

The 2023 Bekkers Cabernet Sauvignon, the first from their Clarendon Vineyard Estate is a fine and ethereal expression of the...

All Clarendon fruit and a cheeky 10% Cabernet Franc inclusion. This is all manner of blackberries, huckleberry, prune and plums....

Sourced from two prized vineyards in the Barossa and Eden Valleys, hence the overarching “Barossa” zone labelling. The 2021 vintage...

As well-structured and compelling as Cabernet Sauvignon off Coonawarra terra rossa soils can be. And there’s a sweet surprise in...

There’s no missing Cabernet on the nose. Dried Aussie bush leafiness, pastille, dusty violets, black olive brine and savoury bay...

This cooler season in the Barossa supports a wine of medium body, but still generous fruit characters. Captures the classic...

The Forest Hill Block 5 is one of the most underrated Cabernet Sauvignons in Australia. Each vintage I cannot believe...

Yes we are pure Cabernet territory, no mistaking that on the nose and nor should we. Here you’ll find cassis,...

The 2022 Cannonball Cabernet Sauvignon has a little Malbec and Merlot in the mix, offering up plump aromas of blackberry...

This quite serious 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon for the price opens with a burst of upfront cassis before diving into deep...

One portion is on skins for 19 days, the other for 10 weeks. Matured in 16% new oak for 15...

A strong year for Cabernet in Margaret River, and this limited-release wine from a great vineyard in the Wallcliffe subregion...

Open aromas of cedar, vanilla bean, and bay leaf kick things off, with oak very much at the fore. A...

Destemmed in open fermenters and matured for 18 months in 15% new oak barrels. Cassis, blackberries and spearmint leaf. Cigar...