The Sheoak vineyard makes expressive, medium-bodied, silkystructured wines. This, for me, is the perfect incarnation. Dark fruit flavours and high notes of cassis and warm spice frame this fine and completely poised vintage of the Nocturne SV. While it’s remarkably accessible on release, this wine would love 5 to 8 years of further maturation, which will really make this amazing wine shine.
The 2024 Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon hails from the Sheoak vineyard in Yallingup, in Margaret River's northern reaches, and leads from the glass with an abundance of dark fruit, exotic spices and tapenade. In the mouth, the wine is structurally firm, populated by succulent Cabernet fruit, and pliable in texture. There are notes of dried bay and tobacco, graphite, lead pencil and blackcurrant pastille. It is really good. 14% alcohol, sealed under screw cap. 96 points.