We aim to have all wines be vintage specific. In the case the listed vintage is out of stock and you note you would like that particular vintage, we will inform you via email for approval to go ahead.
Decanter – Stunning cassis, floral and incense scents. The palate is youthful, structured and long; its vanilla and spicy oak is beautifully integrated, tucked in behind the veneer of polish. Fantastic potential here, along with a very long finish.
Robert Parker/Wine Advocate – Tasted as a barrel sample that is due to come out of oak in two to three weeks' time from tasting, the 2014 Matthew Cabernet Sauvignon shows deep garnet-purple in color. On the palate, it is rich, ripe and very intense, with firm ripe tannins and great length. This wine has great potential! 97 points Lisa Perrotti-Brown – Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate
About This Wine
Cabernet Sauvignon sourced from the original plantings of Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and Cabernet Franc on the caves road vineyard found on our south-facing slope. The soil profile of this slope is generally sandy loam over gravel and clay. The top of the slope, where the Cabernet Franc is planted, has significantly more gravel in its soil. These four small plots receive the greatest number of sunlight hours on our vineyard, but the east-west orientation of the vines ensures a slow fruit maturation. These are the last batches we harvest each year. Hand picked, the fruit was destemmed before passing over our vibrating sorting table. Once sorted and crushed, this wine was fermented in small closed fermenters. Following fermentation, the Cabernet Sauvignon must remained on skins for 28 days before being pressed for the secondary malolactic fermentation to occur. Afterwards, the wine was transferred into new French medium toast barrels to mature for 19 months.
Platinum and 97 points - Decanter World Wine Awards 2020
Type | Red Wine |
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Varietal(s) | Cabernet Sauvignon |
Country | Australia |
Region | Western Australia |
Appellation | Margaret River |
Brand | Woodlands |
Vintage | 2014 |