2017 Vasse Felix Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Margaret River Australia 750 ml

We love Cabernet of many different styles, but cool-vintage Cab, in the hands of the best, yields finery of a different breed. Light on its feet but still broad and powerful, the 2017 Vasse Felix Estate offers up this rare balance at an even rarer price. 

Australia’s top critic, James Halliday, called the 2017 vintage in Margaret River “outstanding” and his publication ranked the Vasse Felix Estate Cabernet Sauvignon among its best, writing, “Sure it has the exuberance of youth, but this will age gracefully… It's refreshing and lively. And like seasoning in cooking, the glug of malbec and petit verdot adds another dimension.”

Wine Enthusiast poured on the praise, adding, “It's a heady mélange of aromas and flavors such as black currant, sassafras, mint, cloves and green peppercorn. The tannins are taut and talc-like in texture, weaving seamlessly around the fruit, earthy herbs and spices, propelling them towards a long finish.”

Vasse Felix’s 95-point 2017 hits a rare sweet spot for Cab, one that we’re always searching for. We adore its elegant, understated black fruits powerfully supported by cassis, blackberry, gravel, graphite, and cigar smoke. The product of a chilly and (for winemakers) seemingly endless vintage—one that teetered on the brink of peril just enough to produce absolute magic—the 2017 Estate delivers a near-impossible balance of richness and restraint, vibrancy and oceanic depth. 

As Wine Enthusiast wrote after handing it Editors’ Choice honors, “This bottling of Margaret River's most longstanding wine wears the long, cool vintage on its sleeve...Power and elegance are intertwined here.” Don’t miss this.