Why you'll love this wine
winemaker's note
This is one of the best wines that Deep Woods Estate makes. It's the one that I cellar for special occasions and also drink on a Tuesday with pizza.
Julian Langworthy, Chief Winemaker
Tasting Notes
colour
Deep crimson with purple hues.
aroma
Brimming with aromas of violets, blackberry bramble and bay leaf.
palate
Full and rich with notes of dark chocolate, bramble and cassis. Soft, ripe tannin abounds the palate and provides both structure and length.
cellaring
This wine may be enjoyed on release but is capable of ageing and gaining complexity for 10 years from vintage.
Technical
vintage
The 2020 vintage was a brilliant season in Margaret River. A warm and dry season with below-average crop yield allowed for perfect tannin development and an incredible intensity of flavour. The resulting 2020 wines show amazing brightness and clarity, intense and charming fruit character and a youthful exuberance, which ensure enjoyment as both young and older wines.
winemaking
Fruit was crushed into separate fermenters and pump-overs and delestage were used to extract tannin and colour. After 10-14 days, the ferments were pressed before completing primary fermentation to dryness in tank. The wine was then racked into tight grain, thin stave Bordelaise French oak barriques, 20% of which were new, and matured for 18 months before blending.
region
Margaret River
varieties
Cabernet Sauvignon 65%
Merlot 30%
Malbec 5%
analysis
- Alcohol: 14.0%
- Acidity (TA): 6.50 g/L
- pH: 3.50
Food Pairings
Slow cooked lamb shanks in a rich Italian tomato sauce, served on a creamy mash.
Awards
Wine Show of Western Australia 2022
Margaret River Wine Show 2022
Royal Queensland Wine Awards 2022
Perth Royal Wine Awards 2022
Margaret River Wine Show 2021
Sydney Royal Wine Show 2022
Reviews
WA Good Food Guide Top 25 Wines of 2022
Number 22
The judges found this the most pleasing, balanced blend. Gentle, soft and succulent, it’s elegant with long lines of tannin, plus palate-resetting acidity. While fruit-forward and youthful, it also feels fragrant and pretty with good intensity and concentration. A sense of finesse here.
Erin Larkin, Halliday Wine Companion 2023
2020 was a glorious vintage and it's here for all to see. Structural, dense, concentrated and broody, the length of flavour tails out through the long finish – in fact, far longer than any $35* wine has any business being.
94
*Please note this wine is $40
Ray Jordan Wine Guide 2023
A model of stylish expression, displaying the virtues of these two varieties in Margaret River in a very good year. It’s more medium bodied with a seamless integrated palate showing fine chalky tannins, fine well managed oak and leafy black fruits. A little violet and dark bitter chocolate adds further complexity.
92
Aaron Brasher, The Real Review 2022
Deep, youthful and dark colour in the glass. Brambly black fruit aromas, mulberry, tobacco, menthol and dried herbs. Powerful, yet balanced on the palate, lashings of blackberry, blackcurrant, a touch of mint and grippy, granular tannins. Impressive mouth-feel, firm, savoury and long. Real value here.
92
