Woodlands Wines
Woodlands Wilyabrup Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot
Margaret River
$32.30
The Woodlands Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot, from the Margaret River is a Bordeaux style blend. Bursting with blackcurrant, blackberry and red cherry aromas and flavours. Soft velvety tannins and lively acidity. Ideal with roasted duck, BBQ ribs or slow cooked lamb.
Min. Quantity: 2
The Woodlands Wilyabrup Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot blend is grown in the renowned Margaret River region, where Cabernet Sauvignon is widely planted and often blended with Merlot, in a classic Bordeaux-style blend. The warm maritime climate brings out the best in both Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, resulting in a wine that has an abundance of blackcurrant, blackberry and red cherry aromas and flavours. Beautifully balanced with soft velvety tannins and finishing with lively acidity, this wine is ideal with roasted duck, BBQ ribs or slow cooked lamb.
Expert Reviews & Awards
"A 50/50% blend that spent 14 months in barrel. The colour is light but bright, the palate an elegant assemblage of red and blue fruits, the tannins lined up in controlled support." 93 Points (on the 2019 vintage).
Halliday Wine Companion - August 2022 (NG) — 93 Points
"A swab of black olive. Thyme and dried scrub. Earthen. A gentle whiff of cassis emerges from beneath the leafy foliage of an immensely savoury, mid-weighted cabernet. My wine of choice on Qantas Business Class. Aussie Petit Chateau." (On the 2018 vintage).
Halliday Wine Companion - 2021 (NG) — 92 Points
This wine was harvested in small batches. Once harvested and in the winery, the fruit was gently destemmed, then passed over a vibrating sorting table, before making its way to small stainless-steel fermenters. Following fermentation, the wine was matured in French oak barrels for 14 months, where 5% of the barrels used were new.
The Wilyabrup Valley blend comprises 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, 8% Malbec, 6% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot.
Cellaring Notes
Drink now or up to 15 years after release.
Producer
Woodlands Wines
Woodlands vineyard was established in 1973 by David & Heather Watson and was one of the first five vineyards to be planted in the Margaret River Wine Region. David and Heather aimed to create wines to emulate the great vineyards of Bordeaux. Woodlands produces wines from its two vineyards, both located in the Wilyabrup Valley. The original vineyard is located on Caves Rd, while the Woodlands Brook Vineyard is located just two kilometres away to the northeast. Woodlands Vineyard is dry grown and maintained by hand using traditional and biodynamic methods. Attention in the vineyard includes hand weeding, cane pruning, bunch thinning and hand picking. Woodlands Cabernet Sauvignon is rated ‘Outstanding’ on the Langton’s Classification of Fine Wines.
Variety
About Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon is grown in many of the world’s wine regions, such as the Napa Valley in California, Hawke’s Bay in New Zealand, Colchagua Valley in Chile and Stellenbosch in South Africa. In France, Cabernet Sauvignon is the classic grape of the Haut Medoc, in Bordeaux, and it makes some of the world’s most highly prized and age-worthy wines. The red wines of Bordeaux are mostly a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. They are incredible wines, known throughout history as being the pinnacle of red wine making. Cabernet Sauvignon is also found in the Super Tuscan wine blends. In Australia, there are pockets of excellent Cabernet Sauvignon growing in regions such as the Eden Valley or the Adelaide Hills. However, Cabernet Sauvignon really excels in the Yarra Valley, the Margaret River and the Coonawarra. Interestingly, there tends to be a maritime influence in the top Cabernet Sauvignon wine regions. Viticulturalists say that this keeps the vineyards cool enough to retain the acidity in the grapes, while also allowing enough sunshine to develop good fruit flavours and to ripen the grapes. The Coonawarra also has the famous strip of red, ‘terra rossa’ soil, which is ideal for producing intensely flavoured and well structured wines. Australian Cabernet Sauvignon usually shows aromas and flavours such as blackcurrant, black cherry, dark chocolate, mint, black olive, eucalyptus or cassis, in any combination. The wine usually has firm tannins and a good acidity, ideal for helping Cabernet Sauvignon to age well. Overall, Australian Cabernet Sauvignon has a total abundance of flavour and it goes extremely well with prime cuts of beef – on a chilly night.
Region
About Margaret River
The Margaret River produces outstanding Chardonnay, Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc as well as Bordeaux style red blends made from Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Located 200 kilometres south of Perth, the Margaret River has a warm maritime climate. This results in grapes that have concentrated fruit aromas and flavours while still retaining high levels of acidity, due to the cooling ocean breezes. This also allows the Margaret River to offer fresh, elegant and restrained wines as well as full-bodied and powerful wines.
Details
Closure: Screw Cap
Country: Australia
Wine Body: Medium Bodied
Wine Sweetness: Dry
Size: 750mL
Non Alcoholic: No
Delivery
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