The 2021 Art Series Cabernet Sauvignon from Margaret River is elegant and balanced, with a cool vintage vibe. It’s packed with blackcurrant, blackberry, and cedar aromas, plus hints of tobacco and spices. Smooth tannins and fresh acidity make it juicy and easy to enjoy, with a nice touch of floral and mineral notes. A classy, well-rounded cab that’s ready to drink but will age nicely too.

The Wine Advocate | RP 96
Published: Mar 13, 2025
Drink: 2025-2041

The 2021 Art Series Cabernet Sauvignon is lighter in color and tannic intensity than the 2020 tasted beside it. No surprise for the vintages that birthed these wines. The latter was sunny, hot and dry, while the 2021 season was decidedly cooler, with more cloud cover and rain. This wine bears the fruits of the diligent labor in the vineyards and is one of the shining lights in the region this year. There are notes of raspberry and nori, moss and petrichor, blood and forest floor. This is a lighter style of Cabernet—and a lovely one at that.

Decanter | D 96
Published: Mar 15, 2024
Drink: 2024-2046

Immediately captivating: the nose is vibrant and energetic, while simultaneously the epitome of elegance and poise with restrained fruit power. This is a silk evening gown of a wine: form-fitting, precisely tailored, mellifluous and effortlessly chic. Abundant in aromatics and lifted perfume, fine red fruits include wild strawberry tip, bramble and just-ripe blackcurrant, alongside hints of piquancy: Szechwan pepper, clove and a fine dusting of deep, lightly toasted cocoa powder. There’s a charismatic iodine weave, the savoury and slightly saline minerality proving a foil to both the fruit flesh and the floral hues. Displaying extremely fine-grained tannins, it's firm, focused and delicate, with a graphite line, fresh acidity and plenty that will reveal itself in good time. Tasted pre-release.
Alcohol: 13.50%
Body: Medium
Oak: Oaked
Grapes: 98% Cabernet Sauvignon 2% Malbec

Jamessuckling.com | JS 95
Published: Oct 16, 2024

The nose is perfumed and lifted, showing aromas of blackcurrants, boysenberries, cedar, tobacco leaves and graphite. The full-bodied palate has finely integrated tannins and focused acidity, giving complex notes of mulberries, wild blackberries, mocha and spices. Wonderfully balanced and fresh with an underlying power. Drink or hold. Screw cap.

Leeuwinestate.com.au

Blackcurrants and dark cherries dominate the nose, alongside anise, clove, cardamom, and bay leaf. The wine is highly lifted and perfumed with lavender and basil flowers on show. Drive, direction and line form the shape and frame of the palate. Dark forest fruits surround cedar, olives, and graphite. There is distinct minerality threaded within, leading to a fine finish, with length and complexity delivered by ripe, silky tannins.

Region: Margaret River, Western Australia
Vintage: 2021
Type: Red Wine
Variety Composition: 98% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Malbec