Estate
Flametree, Margaret River. James Halliday Five Red Star (top 2%).
Region
Wilyabrup is the heart of Margaret River and the source of most of the region's most celebrated Cabernet. Free-draining gravel soils tighten the wine's structure.
Variety & Style
One sub-region, one variety, no blending. Wilyabrup Cabernet typically shows cassis, bay leaf and cedar over dense, fine tannin, with acidity built for the long term.
What to Expect
This is among the wines in the collection that most needs time. Opened now it will read tight and closed. It is a wine to cellar, or a wine to decant at length. If you are not in a hurry, this is the best-value bottle here to put away.
Serving
18°C, decant 1–2 hours. Aged beef, lamb. Drinking window extends past 2035.