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Woodlands Cabernet Merlot Margaret River

Woodlands Cabernet Merlot Margaret River 2006

Australia

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£18.75
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Product details

  • Winemaker

    Stuart Watson

  • Variety

    Cabernet Sauvignon
  • The colour is an intense crimson. The nose displays blackcurrant, cassis and complex cedary oak. The palate follows with brooding brambly fruit and classic varietal Cabernet Sauvignon characters of blackcurrant and red berry fruits. The wine shows a lovely balance of fruit, acid and oak. The finish is long and intense.

  • Alcohol

    13

  • When to drink

    Drink now or keep for 2-3 years

  • Bottle

    75

  • Style

    Richly Textured & Full Bodied Red
    • Screwcap

Press ReviewPress

When I have to conduct comparative tastings - New World versus Old World - I often pit a good Bordeaux against a similarly priced, or cheaper, Cabernet Merlot from Western Australia. And the Australian usually wins, not because it tastes Australian, but because it tastes how you hoped the Bordeaux would taste. The Margaret River has only had wines for about 40 years, but the site was chosen because of its climatic similarities to Bordeaux in a good year and its ability to produce restrained, elegant flavours amid the flood of brash Aussie bruisers. This proves the point brilliantly. With its fresh basil and thyme perfume, its blackcurrant fruit sharpened by apple acid and the tang of blackcurrant leaves and softened with pastry, this is lovely now. But it will gain depth and beauty over the next few years, without losing its orchard bark and summer earth freshness, and be ideal for calm, contemplative aging.

Oz Clarke 250 Best Wines 2009

Bright and clear red-purple; a very fragrant bouquet with red fruits and a touch of leaf; an elegant, light- to medium-bodied unforced palate; best drunk while young. Screwcap. 13° alc. Rating 91 To 2010

James Halliday Wine Companion 2009

Winemaking

The 2005 Cabernet Merlot was picked in early April from the west facing plantings of Merlot and Malbec and the east facing planting of Cabernet Sauvignon. 14% of this wine is made from Merlot sourced from a plot on a neighbouring vineyard. This neighbouring plot is located 300 metres from Woodlands on a gravelly north-east facing slope. Shoot thinning and leaf plucking ensured all fruit was fully ripe and full flavoured

  • Vintage

    2006

  • Producer

    Woodlands

  • Additional Varieties

    Merlot

  • Closure

    Screwcap

  • Case Size

    12

  • SKU

    68180106

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Customer Reviews

  1. Oz was spot on! Review by Matt

    Wow - frest fruit, plums, hints of pastry, blackcurrant and smoke.
    More of the same on the patate, concentrated with that 'orchard bark' (that Oz Clarke mentioned, along with the pastry - its all there!)
    There was a lovely hint of leafyness, but in a good way, balanced against the depth of fruit all adding to the overall sum of the wine. (Posted on 10/10/2009)

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