Woodlands ‘Margaret’ Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Malbec 2020
$72.00 inc. GST
‘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. Ray Jordan
Description
WOODLANDS MARGARET RIVER MARGARET 2018
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Vintage: 2018
Score: 96
A classy and subtle blend of currants, blackberries, black chocolate and hints of hazelnut throughout. Medium to full body. Firm and polished tannins. Fresh acidity. Some ash and cedar undertones to this. 80% cabernet sauvignon, 10% merlot and 10% malbec. Drinkable, but better in five or six years. Screw cap.
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Additional Information
| size | 750mL |
|---|---|
| brand | Woodlands |
| vintage | 2018 |
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
