Showing off its youthful, vibrant nature with all manner of flavours from cassis, mulberries and redcurrants to baking spices, nori and a distinct whiff of licorice – even warm bitumen – and a flutter of leafy freshness. Fuller bodied but well composed with ripe, if slightly sandy, tannins and the cedary oak neatly tucked in, just giving off a slight green walnut note.

Showing off its youthful, vibrant nature with all manner of flDark red, youthful and bright in the glass. Classic cabernet aromas of cassis, bramble, dried herbs, cedar, tobacco, anise and bay leaf. Tightly bound, concentrated and pure in flavour. There’s lashings of blackberry, dark cherry, briar and cedar. The tannins are firm, seriously shaped and drying and the acidity delivers plenty of zip and zap. Archetypal Margaret River cabernet built for cellaring.vours from cassis, mulberries and redcurrants to baking spices, nori and a distinct whiff of licorice – even warm bitumen – and a flutter of leafy freshness. Fuller bodied but well composed with ripe, if slightly sandy, tannins and the cedary oak neatly tucked in, just giving off a slight green walnut note.

There’s a plush and juicy mood to this warm vintage, yet impeccably upholding the fragrant violet aromatics and tightly-coiled, fine-grained tannin profile that we love of Xanadu. Crunchy blackcurrants, cassis and graphite all abound, delightful from the outset and yet carrying every promise of ascending over the medium term. I love its long, bright finish of impeccably mineral tannin polish.

The 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon leads with glossy black fruits, dried mint, liquorice, pink peppercorn and blood plum. The tannins are chewy and supple and feel ultra fine in the context of the length of flavour and intensity thereof. Silty is another word. It’s a lovely wine, from a very good Cabernet vintage in Margaret River.