Woodlands ‘Margaret’ Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Malbec 2020
$72.00 inc. GST
AROMA: Violets, cedary oak, mulberries, nori and Dutch licorice.
PALATE: Trade mark velvet texture and mouthfeel, a single vineyard, single site wine with an elegant, powerful structured frame, which will cellar really well.
FOOD MATCH: BBQ lamb chump chops with shaved truffle and rosemary oil.
Grape Variety: 68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Malbec and 10% Merlot
Drinking window: 2025-2040
Alc. 13,50%
120 in stock
Description
Founders David Watson and wife Heather had spectacular success with the cabernets he made in ’79 and the early ’80s. Commuting from Perth while raising a family became too much and for some years the grapes from Woodlands were sold to other Margaret River producers. With the advent of sons Stuart and Andrew in ’02–05 (Stuart primarily responsible for winemaking), the estate bounced back to pre-eminence, expanding with the purchase of the 17ha Woodlands Brook Vineyard in ’07. The top-end wines primarily come from the original Woodlands Vineyard, where the now-certified organic vines are 50+yr.
‘Margaret’ 68% cabernet, 22% malbec and 10% merlot blend. Such a good vintage captured perfectly to reveal all the power and concentration with a deft hand creating an elegant and finely tuned finish. Super intense cabernet fruit dominates with that graphite and slightly oyster shell minerality helping to focus and present through its long finish. The oak has been beautifully handled.
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Reviews/Awards/Ratings
Woodlands Margaret 2020
This is a personal favourite.
It’s a 68% cabernet, 22% malbec and 10% merlot blend. Such a good vintage captured perfectly to reveal all the power and concentration with a deft hand creating an elegant and finely tuned finish. Super intense cabernet fruit dominates with that graphite and slightly oyster shell minerality helping to focus and present through its long finish.
The oak has been beautifully handled.97 points – Ray Jordan
68/22/10% cabernet sauvignon/malbec/merlot.
A lovely Margaret with its heady aromas of violets, cedary oak, mulberries, nori and Dutch licorice. It feels cool across the fuller-weighted palate, lots of tannins yet shapely and fine bolstered by oak tannins, too.
A pop of fruit sweetness comes up and the acidity pulls it all together through to a long finish. A complete wine now but will last some distance. 96 points – Jane Faulkner
Deep colour with a tinge of purple in the rim and aromas of blackberry, mulberry and cassis, with a high-note of sweet violets. The wine is full bodied and firmly structured with plenty of firm tannins and notes of briar and cedar that linger on the extended palate. An elegant and quietly powerful red that has the structure to cellar really well. 95/100 – Huon Hooke
