Premium Cabernet Selection

This might well be our new benchmark for Coonawarra cabernet. From an absolute Mofo favourite producer, and the ripping 2018 vintage - this is as good as Coonawarra cabernet gets around here. A wine that gets the utmost attention at every stage of the winemaking process: the vineyard is hand-pruned, keeping yields low and flavours concentrated. Only hand-selected new French oak is used for ageing. This has been resting in perfect conditions in the winery’s cellar for nearly a decade, so what was, in it’s youth, a massive, nearly explosive wine, to the point of perfect drinking with mind-blowing complexity and length. If you’re after the finest that Coonawarra can achieve, then this is it right here.

From Coonawarra's 'mid-west' comes a cabernet with down-to-earth character that slowly but surely ruins all other Coonawarra cabs. Weighty but vibrant, brimming with cherry, blackcurrant, after-dinner mint and that unmistakable chocolate ripple biscuit richness. Ripe berry fruit lifted by juicy acidity, framed in fine tannins that tighten beautifully at the finish. Cool, lingering freshness woven with blackcurrant pastille and powdered chocolate - this is textbook contemporary Coonawarra. Plush, powerful, persistent. Dense blackberry pastilles and mulberry with tobacco, mocha, fennel and clove complexity. Dusty tannins coat the palate from coast to coast, while judicious oak hints at where bottle age will take this beauty - give it a good decant and you'll be well-rewarded... leave it a few years and you'll be in heaven.

2022 was an outstanding vintage in Margaret River - a cold, wet winter followed by a warm, generous summer produced fruit of exceptional concentration and quality. And in Xanadu's hands, that fruit has become something genuinely outstanding. Blackcurrant, mulberry and dark fruit at the core, with cedary oak and a firm, fine-grained tannin structure that gives it both immediate appeal and real cellaring potential. Powerful and energetic, but with an elegance and focus that stops it from ever feeling heavy-handed. Drink it now with something from the grill or put it away for a few years and watch it develop. Either way, for Margaret River Cabernet at this level, the price is an absolute gift.