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  • Country ranking ?

    234
  • Producer ranking ?

    3
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    Now-2022
  • Food Pairing

    Grilled lamb fillet with thyme sauce and gnocchis

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The Story

2015 featured generous winter and spring rainfall, leading us to hope for a bountiful harvest. However, high winds at flowering led to very low crops of Merlot, Malbec, and Cabernet Sauvignon. But of all the Woodlands Vineyards, the ‘Margaret’ Cabernet Sauvignon hill was hit worst – resulting in the loss of half the production. There were warm sunny conditions and little rain from November until mid-March, leading to wonderful flavour developm...

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Wine Information

2015 ‘Margaret’ is a blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Merlot and 9% Malbec. The colour is an intense and bright garnet. The nose displays and array of red and blue fruits, violet, and French oak. The palate is tense and mineral – revealing layers of blue fruits, cola bean, cherry, anise, aniseed and dark chocolate. The finish is cool and mineral, and each glass leaves you wondering about the next.

 

More than perhaps any Margaret we ha...

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Latest Pro-tasting notes

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Tasting note

color

Medium and Purple

ending

Long, Lingering and Spicy

flavors

Blackberry, Blackcurrant, Voluptuous, Toasty, Smoky and Floral

nose

Youthful, Complex, Ripe and Charming

taste

Average in Acidity, Perfectly balanced, Concentrated, Well-structured, Youthful, Full-bodied, Harmonious, Elegant, Fresh and Dry

Verdict

Impressive

Written Notes

Good looking normal size bottle. Colour is purple and medium. On the nose it is open, intense, youthful, complex, ripe and charming. The taste is fresh, harmonious, elegant, vivid, refined, and dry, and average in acidity, full-bodied, with perfectly balanced, well-structured, concentrated structure and youthful. On the palate it is layered and has blackberry, blackcurrant, spice, floral, smoky, toasty and violet flavours. The finish is long, lingering, spicy and vibrant. This wine is impressive. Perfectly stored bottles are still very worthy and will last well for another 10-15 years and decant at least over 4h before tasting.
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Origin

Western Australia, Margaret River

Glass time

2h

Drinking temperature

16-17C
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