From a certified organic and biodynamic vineyard tucked away at the northern tip of the cape, this Cabernet tells a story unlike any other. For years, the site was left completely untamed and unpruned, its vines sprawling freely alongside roaming pigs, geese, guineafowl and cows.
Facing north, the vineyard is split by a meandering creek, while native flowers and wild plants flourish beneath the vines. No herbicides or pesticides touch this soil — one of just four certified biodynamic sites in the region, and among the first to earn Demeter certification.
Fruit is hand picked and carefully cooled, then sorted bunch by bunch and berry by berry. By the time the grapes reach the fermenters, they appear almost like black caviar — dense, pristine and glistening. Fermentation unfolds naturally with whole berries in large-format barriques for 20 to 30 days, gently plunged by hand and left to rest on skins and seeds before being pressed directly back into the same barrels to finish.
The result is a smooth, full-bodied wine of remarkable depth and richness, brimming with dark, pure fruit — blackberry, blueberry, raspberry and strawberry wrapped in layer upon layer of silky tannins from the extended maceration. It is a wine that will cellar gracefully for at least a decade and truly shines when given time to breathe in a decanter.
Matured for 13 months in barrique and a further 3 months in tank before bottling, it is left unfined and lightly filtered — fully vegan friendly — preserving the integrity of site and fruit. A singular Cabernet, without peer in Margaret River.
'A vibrant, deep, dark red and youthful in the glass. Fragrant and lifted aromas of blackberry, bramble, mulberry, dried herbs, violets, cedar, wild thyme and lead pencil. Full-flavoured, mouth-filling and really pure and precise in flavour. Lashings of concentrated, brambly black fruits along with anise, briar and graphite. The tannins are shapely, granular and deliver fabulous mouth-feel and texture and the acidity is snappy and bright. A lovely example of Margaret River cabernet.'
- 95 Points Aaron Brasher 'The Real Review'
