The ocean-breeze-cooled Margaret River is Australia's finest wine region. Here, Virginia Willcock, one of the most awarded winemakers in Australia, makes this delicious Cabernet-Merlot blend. Expect excellently woven hints of plum, mocha and cedar.
Winery notes (2022 Vintage)
"‘Son of’ the Vasse Felix Cabernet Sauvignon. This regional blend incorporates more opulent fruit from each of the Vasse Felix Vineyards. Generous portions of Merlot contribute to a succulent wine with approachable tannins.
An elegant perfume of blackcurrant jam, raspberry pip and a hint of forest tree bark. Savoury notes of fresh focaccia with sundried tomatoes, dusty rosemary and traces of hot wet stone round out the fine fruit aroma. Deliciously soft and creamy with bright fruit and medium palate weight, it finishes fragrant, dry and powdery."
Rated Excellent & 94/100 Cameron Douglas MS, October 2024 (2022 Vintage)
"Great colour and aromatic intensity with dark berries and a hay, dried herb signature. The core scent within the bouquet is that of stones and clay then fruit and wood. Excellent weight and intensity on the palate with core flavours reflecting the bouquet, there’s an abundance of tannins and acidity supported by core fruit flavours of berries and plums, wood spices and some earth smoke qualities. Well made, complex, dry and lengthy. A wine that is still very youthful needing cellar time to bring together all the attributes. Best from 2028 through 2036+."