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2020 Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon, Cape Mentelle Your Store

2020 Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon, Cape Mentelle

Margaret River, Australia

“The Comeback Cabernet”

This is Margaret River Cabernet doing what it does best, polished, perfumed and quietly brilliant. The 2020 opens with mulberry, cassis and bright red berries, layered with blueberry, cranberry, nori and baking spice. There is warmth and comfort to the fruit, but it arrives with real freshness and lift, making the wine feel immediately inviting rather than overly serious.

On the palate, it is medium-bodied, fine and beautifully composed. Cabernet Sauvignon leads with clarity and structure, while small portions of Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Merlot add detail, fragrance and shape. The tannins are superfine, giving the wine a long, elegant line, and the fruit remains wonderfully pure throughout. This is classic Margaret River, all finesse, savoury nuance and effortless drinkability, with enough pedigree to age gracefully if you have the patience.

For when you want Cabernet that feels refined, reassuring and ready to impress.
Pairs with roast lamb, ribeye, mushroom Wellington or a proper Sunday table.
If this wine were a mood, it would be relaxed confidence, smart, understated and impossible not to like.

Cape Mentelle is one of Margaret River’s pioneering estates, with a long history of producing benchmark Cabernet Sauvignon since the early 1970s. The 2020 release continues that legacy, showcasing the estate’s gift for balancing varietal purity with elegance and structure. With 95 points from James Halliday Wine Companion, and praise for its fragrance, finesse and length, this is a wine that suggests Cape Mentelle is not just maintaining its reputation, but quietly reclaiming its crown.

Whats in the bottle
95% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot, 1% Merlot.

Notable Awards
95pts, James Halliday Wine Companion    "Lots of positive changes are afoot at Cape Mentelle, and I've a feeling it’s regaining its crown in the region. Nothing broken, just fine-tuning. A glass of this and all’s well. Fragrant with mulberries, cassis, nori and baking spices, the medium-bodied palate is superfine and long with textural tannins adding to the pleasure."

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As one of Margaret River’s ‘founding five’ wineries, Cape Mentelle pioneered many of the region’s renowned wine styles and today is a benchmark for the quality of the region’s wines.
The winery takes its name from the nearby Cape, named by the French ‘Baudin Expedition’ which charted the coast of Western Australia in 1801. They named the Cape after two notable French scientists, geographer Edmund and his cartographer brother Francois-Simon Mentelle, who lived in Paris in the early 1700’s.
Wine industry pioneer David Hohnen and his brothers Mark and Giles established Cape Mentelle Vineyards in 1970. Our phenomenal Cape Mentelle journey started small with just 16 hectares of vines planted on what is now referred to as the ‘Wallcliffe Vineyard’. In the early years David Hohnen experimented with grape varieties including shiraz, cabernet, zinfandel, sauvignon blanc and semillon. Many of these original plantings are the source of the distinctive wines that have come to characterise Cape Mentelle. The winery’s flagship Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced primarily from the original Wallcliffe Vineyard.

After destemming, the selected vineyard batches were lightly crushed to closed top fermenters and individually fermented with selected yeasts. Cap management operations were gentle and maceration periods reached up to 24 days. At the desired balance of fruit perfume and soft tannins, each batch was basket pressed, with the pressing wine kept separated.  The major portion of the blend was assembled within six months of harvest, allowing the wines and pressings to integrate harmoniously through ageing. The wine was matured in a barrel for 15 months with limited racking, 26% new French oak was used to complement the fruit. The final blend remained unfined and was filtered before being Estate bottled in September 2021.


Country
Australia
Region
Western Australia
Producer
Cape Mentelle
Grape
Cabernet Sauvignon
Size
750ml
Sub-Region
Margaret River
Vintage
2020
Types
Red Wine