Capel Vale Wines Wine Awards & Reviews

Capel Vale Wines Wine Awards & Reviews Summer Edition 2020

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Single Vineyard Wines represent the ultimate expression of varietal fruit flavour and winemaking excellence from Capel Vale. They are only released in years when the highest quality standards are achieved.

‘The Scholar’ Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2017

Silver Medal It doesn't hold back with its cassis, Rating: Bronze Medal International Wine & Spirit currants, herbs and black olive flavours Competition 2018 making a firm statement as to its International Wine Challenge provenance. There's sweet, cedary oak London Tranche 1 2020 lingering in the background on this firm Bronze Medal Bronze Medal yet more medium-bodied red with grip to Asia Decanter Wine Show 2019 International Wine Challenge London the emery-board tannins that need more May 2019 time to mellow out. Rating: 95 points James Halliday 2020

‘Whispering Hill’ Mount Barker Shiraz 2018 An outstanding wine from this The Mount Barker tradition with Shiraz may not be as well known as others in Australia, but this super vineyard in Mount Barker.In fact, I have to say this is the finest complex, enticingly scented midweight red stakes a I have seen under this label. Heady convincing claim to the fine-wine high ground. floralnotes on the nose, with spices, It's dark but not saturatedly deep in colour; precise and enchanting floral scents and sweet spices rather Rating: Gold Medal mocha and chocolaty notes. There’s even a hint of orange peel and than sumo-like fruit dominate the aromatic profile. Gourmet Traveller International The palate brings those floral and spice notes Wine Competition 2019 thyme. The palate is generous with gravelly supporting tannins. It’s a together once again, and it's just a spoonful or two complete wine with tremendous of tar and earth rather than tannin which bring potential. complexity to the pomegranate and damson fruits. Soft, naturally articulated acidity completes the Rating: 97 points & happy picture. “Best of the West Shiraz” Ray Jordan Rating: 97 Points Wine Guide 2020 Decanter Asia Wine Awards 2019 Best in Show and 97 Points Decanter Asia Wine Awards Silver Medal Vivacious and youthful colour, bright purple 2019 Wine Show of WA from centre to rim. Savoury and spicy aromatics Show 2019 of rhubarb, pepper, dried herbs and toasty oak. Rating: Gold Medal Bronze Medal There's freshness and vitality when sipped - purple International Wine berries afford it sweetness and charm. Only just International Wine & Spirit Challenge London a little more than medium-weight. Cool climate, Competition London 2019 Tranche 1 2020 Rhôney pepper, and sapidity. Terrific winemaking. Bronze Medal Top 100 Blue Gold Perth Royal Wine Show 2019 Rating: 94 Points Sydmey International Bronze Medal The Real Review ~ Huon Hooke Wine Competition 2019 Adelaide Royal Wine Show 2019 Nick Butler 2019

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‘Whispering Hill’ Mount Barker Riesling 2018 Consistently a very good Riesling, but Pristine. Pure. And oh-so elegant. when you get a good year like this it Nothing out of place with its white Silver Medal goes into another zone. Has a distinct blossom and flutter of citrus on the Royal Hobart Wine Show 2018 floral and citrus aroma with a minerally palate. It’s moreish as it glides to a energy. The palate is crunchy and convincing finish, and dry but finely lip-smacking with so much flavour so. JF 12.5% alc. intensity held on a tight fine line to a Rating: 96 points long finish. Great cellaring potential. James Halliday 2020 Australian Wine Companion Rating: 94/100 Silver Medal Ray Jordan’s Wine Guide 2019 Tangy Meyer lemon, green apple, International Wine & Spirit honeysuckle and cantaloupe melon all Competition 2018 sing from the same page, still as fresh Bronze Medal as a daisy. Royal Queensland Wine Show 2018 Bronze Medal Lemon rind, freshly squeezed Asia Decanter Wine Awards nectarines, white pepper and herbs. Silver Medal 2019 Medium-bodied and lightly textured 91/100 with some nice acidity and a zesty Decanter World Wine Awards finish. Drink now. London 2019 Rating: 92 points James Suckling May 2019

‘Whispering Hill’ Mount Barker Riesling 2019 Bronze Medal This is a terrific vineyard that punches out some Decanter Asia Wine mighty impressive Rieslings. This is a crunchy Awards 2019 and juicy thirst slaker with so much spicy lime juiciness. Has some nice floralnotes, and the fine, Bronze Medal delicate acid sustains the palate through to a very Wine Show of WA 2019 long finish. Has some cellaring potential too. Bronze Medal Rating: 94 points Canberra International Ray Jordan Silver Medal Silver Medal Riesling Challenge 2019 Wine Guide 2020 Gourmet Traveller Royal Hobart Bronze Medal International Wine Wine Show 2019 Light straw hue, with dried floral and passionfruit Competition 2019 Royal Melbourne Wine aromas, tropical and fragrant, if not that strong Show 2019 on classic riesling character. Flowery lavender Rating: Commended Bronze Medal notes later, the palate lean and delicate and built Bronze Medal to age, while the acidity is admirably seamless. International Wine International Wine Challenge London & Spirit Competition Royal Queensland Wine Rating: 90 points Tranche 1 2020 London 2019 Show 2019 Huon Hooke The Real Review 2019 www.capelvale.com James Halliday 2020 Wine Companion Top 5 Red Stars & Top 101 Wineries in Australia Summer 2020 edition Capel Vale Wine Awards & reviews Our much loved Black Label Series is back to express an exalted selection of our best vintages. The outstanding Cabernet Sauvignon & Chardonnay our from the family owned Capel Vale Margaret River Scholar Vineyard .

Black Label Margaret River Chardonnay 2018 Some gently reductive nuances on the Trophy nose that lead to a palate with a very Best Full Bodied White Wine composed, mango and nectarine core. 2020 Sydney International Great depth and freshness. Purity of wine competition fruit is a highlight, too. Drink or hold. Rating: 93 points Trophy James Suckling May 2019 Best chardonnay Wine of show 2019 Royal Queensland Wine Show Commended International Wine Challenge London 2019 Trophy Fruit off two sites in Wallcliffe and Karridale, Best White Table Wine of show hand-picked, whole-bunch pressed, wild 2019 Royal Queensland Wine Show fermentation but no malo, in French oak, 50% new, and on lees 7 months. The sweet Gold Medal oak is apparent and needs to calm down to 2019 Royal Adelaide allow the fruit to come to the fore. Hint of Wine Show peach, pink grapefruit, lots of spicy nuances and flavoursome, with a palate that's not mean but certainly lean from the shot of Gold Medal acidity. Appealing though. 2019 Royal Hobart Rating: 93 points Wine Show James Halliday 2020 Australian Wine Companion Gold Medal Silver Medal 2019 James Halliday Decanter Asia Wine Awards 2019 Chardonnay Challenge Bronze Medal Royal Melbourne Wine Show 2019

Gold Medal Silver Medal 2019 Perth Royal National Wine Wine Show Show of Australia 2019 Sourced from Margaret River. The aromas are all butterscotch and lemon with a peach stone Gold Medal fruit influence. The palate delivers deep rich 2019 Wine Show of flavours held with fine-grained oak. Retains a Western Australia Lively acid and minerality which helps focus and sustain a long palate

Rating: 92 points Gold Medal Ray Jordan 2019 Margaret River Wine Guide 2020 Wine Show www.capelvale.com James Halliday 2020 Wine Companion Top 5 Red Stars & Top 101 Wineries in Australia Summer 2020 edition Capel Vale Wine Awards & reviews

Our much loved Black Label Series is back to express an exalted selection of our best vintages. The outstanding Cabernet Sauvignon & Chardonnay our from the family owned Capel Vale Margaret River Scholar Vineyard .

Black Label Margaret River Chardonnay 2017

An exquisitely styled chardonnay; the wine shows white flesh nectarine, lemon peel, vanilla, cedar and subtle Light, bright yellow colour, oatmeal characters on the nose, appropriately restrained, while the leading to a beautifully rounded palate bouquet is complex and has the full that is silky and flowing. It is refined Top 100 / Blue Gold complement of chardonnay aromas, and complex, promising to evolve Sydney International including butter and honey. Lovely gracefully. At its best: 2019 to 2023. Wine Challenge 2019 wine, the palate fruit-driven and fresh,

with good acidity and energy, the Rating: 94 points Silver Medal flavours spanning the gamut of citrus. Sam Kim October 2018 Wine Show Mouth-watering finish and aftertaste, which falls away a fraction. Very of Western Rating: 92 points Australia 2018 attractive, and good value. James Halliday 2019 Rating: 91 points Australian Wine Companion Bronze Medal Huon Hooke 2018 Bronze Medal Royal Melbourne National Wine Show Wine Awards 2018 Silver Medal of Australia 2018 Margaret River Wine Show 2018

Black Label Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

Bronze Medal Sourced from Margaret River in this Melbourne outstanding cabernet year. Bursting with International blackcurrant and juicy satsuma plum. The Wine Competition Scholar Vineyard in Wilyabrup produces great 2019 fruit and this has been expertly harnessed into a classy wine. Balanced, combining power and elegance. It also has good cellaring potential.

Rating: 95 points Ray Jordan Wine Guide 2020

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Capel Vale’s Cellar Exclusive wines are limited releases of exceptional varietal wines developed at the “cutting edge” of viticulture in the cool climate vineyards of Western Australia married with modern wine making techniques used to exemplify the unique flavours and aromas from these grapes.

Cellar Exclusive Margaret Cellar Exclusive River Chardonnay 2017 Mount Barker Riesling 2018

Beautifully ripe and elegantly Rating: 92/100 Gold Medal Bronze Medal expressed, the inviting bouquet shows Wine Orbit Wine Show Canberra stone fruit, rockmelon, nougat and New Zealand of Western International vanilla aromas, followed by a succulent August 2018 Australia 2018 Riesling palate that is pristine and finely Challenge 2018 textured. The wine offers elegant fruit Gold Medal intensity backed by creamy mouthfeel It's in an austere, tight and lean phase 93/100 and bright acidity, leading to a with a ramrod of acidity. It's not Wine Showcase persistent fine finish. At its best: now giving much away, some lemon notes, New Release to 2021. wet pebbles before it races off to a very Tasting 2018 dry, minerally finish. Rating: 93 points Rating: 93 points Sam Kim October 2018 Bronze Medal National Wine Show James Halliday 2020 of Australia 2018 Australian Wine Companion

Cellar Exclusive Cellar Exclusive Cellar Exclusive Margaret Rosé 2017 Geographe Malbec River Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 2017 The inviting bouquet shows red apple, watermelon, Bronze Gold Medal citrus and floral notes, Geographe Wine 94/100 leading to a juicy palate Show 2017 Wine Showcase New Release that is elegantly fruited and Tasting 2018 finely textured. A delightful rose offering vibrant fruit Rating: 93/100 flavours with crisp acidity, Wine Orbit finishing persistent and New Zealand juicy. At its best: now to August 2018 2019. Rating: 92/100 Wine Orbit New Zealand September 2017 Silver Medal 92/100 Wine Showcase New Releases 2017 www.capelvale.com James Halliday 2020 Wine Companion Top 5 Red Stars & Top 101 Wineries in Australia Summer 2020 edition Capel Vale Wine Awards & reviews

Regional wines are elegant and graceful wines. They are high quality wines that reflect varietal and regional characteristics. Perfectly approachable upon release, they will however, reveal their strength and pedigree with further appropriate cellaring.

Mount Barker Regional Series Riesling 2018

Gold Medal: Bronze Medal Spot on rizza with its waft of florals, 94/100 Canberra International cinnamon and wet-concrete fragrance. Melbourne Riesling Challenge 2018 And the lime-lemon and stone fruit International juiciness and fresh acidity across the Wine Competition Bronze Medal palate is almost thirst-quenching. 2018 Perth Royal Rating: 93 points Wine Show 2018 Silver Medal James Halliday 2020 International Bronze Medal Australian Wine Companion Wine & Spirit Royal Hobart Bronze Medal Competition 2018 Wine Show 2018 National Wine Show of Australia 2018

Mount Barker Regional Series Riesling 2019

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Margaret River Regional Series Sauvignon Blanc 2018 Fresh, vibrant and fabulously expressed, Excellent intensity and freshness. Bronze Medal the bouquet shows grapefruit, Gala Sourced from a vineyard to the south Sydney Royal apple, sweet basil and lime zest of the Margaret River region. The Wine Show 2019 characters. The palate is juicy and barrel ferment influence is clear but lively, displaying lovely fruit purity the pungent enthusiasm of the fruit and intensity, brilliantly structured by has it holding the floor. Can't go mouth-watering acidity. Delightfully wrong here. attractive and tasty. At its best: now to Rating: 93 points 2021. James Halliday 2020 Rating: 92 points Australian Wine Companion Sam Kim October 2018 Bronze Medal Bronze Medal Wine Show Royal Melbourne of Western Australia 2018 Wine Awards 2018 Bronze Medal Perth Royal Wine Show 2018

Margaret River Regional Series Sauvignon Blanc 2019

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Margaret River Regional Series Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2018

This is instantly appealing on the nose This has gelled and morphed into Bronze Medal showing ripe stone fruit, kaffir lime an harmonious wine with the right Margaret River and fresh green herb characters with amount of spice, zesty citrussy Wine Show 2018 a touch of beeswax complexity. The flavours, fresh herbs and hay. Its ultra- palate delivers excellent fruit intensity refreshing acidity keeping it buoyant and vibrant mouthfeel, brilliantly and satisfying. structured by crisp acidity, making it Rating: 93 points highly enjoyable. At its best: now to James Halliday 2020 2023. Australian Wine Companion Rating: 93 points Sam Kim 2019 Bronze Medal Margaret River Wine Show 2018

Margaret River Regional Series Chardonnay 2018

A beautifully expressed chardonnay; A straight-up chardonnay with Gold Medal the complex bouquet shows golden cooked-apple and lemon character, Royal Hobart peach, rockmelon, grapefruit and medium body and a crushed-stone Wine Show 2019 roasted hazelnut characters with a and light peach finish. Drink now. touch of gun smoke. It is focused and Screw cap. concentrated on the palate, displaying Rating: 91 points excellent focus and mid-palate weight, Winestate Chardonnay Wine Show James Suckling May 2019 wonderfully enhanced by succulent Tasting 2019 fruit flavours and bright acidity. At its Rich yellow in hue from centre to rim. best: now to 2023. An unpretentious fruit-driven wine Aromatics are equally rich - powerful, with an appealing savoury overlay. Rating: 94 points peach-driven chardonnay fruit, Ready to pour and satisfy. Sam Kim 2019 honeysuckle, toasty oak also obvious. A lovely sweetness to this - purely Rating: 91 points

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Margaret River Regional Series Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

Bronze Medal Asia Decanter Wine Show 2019

Mount Barker Regional Series Shiraz 2018

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Commended International Wine Challenge London 2019

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Debut wines are fresh, fruity, exuberant wines which remain true at all times to their varietal origin.

Debut Sparkling Brut NV Debut Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2019 Silver Medal 91/100 Palest straw colour, fresh and Wine Showcase youthful. Green notes of Magazine July 2015 asparagus and canned peas - herbaceous rather than fruited. A subtle dose of sugar on the This is part of a consistent value range palate affords it charm. A well- from this impressive WA producer. made, commercial style. Good Lifted aromatics with a surprising value. intensity and driving palate. Nice creamy, fluffy finish and plenty of Rating: 88 points persistent flavour. The Real Review Nick Butler Rating: 89/100 Ray Jordan Top 100 Sparklings West Australian 2014

Ducks hold a special place in the hearts of Australians, not sure why, but they also hold a special place in our stomachs, as does this. Rating: 8.5/10 Max Crus - Grape Expectations

Debut Shiraz 2017 Debut Cabernet Merlot 2017

Gold Medal One of the best wines under this range Gold Medal 91/100 within Capel Vale. Ripe fleshy fruit 94/100 Wine Showcase with stacks of blackberry and mulberry Wine Showcase New Release Tasting 2018 flavours augmented with a little oak New Release Tasting 2018 and supported by chalky tannins. Fits the ‘drink now’ category perfectly. Berry and mushroomy scents with touch of black cherries. Very Rating: 89/100 pleasant flavours with distinctive Ray Jordan’s Wine Guide 2019 taste, abundant yet not exaggerated. Excellent silky-smooth tannins.

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