The 2021 Diana Madeline is composed of Cabernet Sauvignon (91%), Merlot (4%), Cabernet Franc (3%) and Malbec (2%). The only other time since the first 1995 vintage of this wine (formerly labeled as the Cabernet Merlot) that the percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon has crested 90% or higher was the 2016 vintage, which saw 93% Cabernet Sauvignon. The 2021 vintage in Margaret River was an interesting one, with several climate curveballs thrown at viticulturists during key times during the harvest season. Here, the fruit was handpicked on biodynamic fruit and flower days across five picks from the middle of March to the Super Moon flower day two weeks later. The wine was matured in French oak for 15 months (50% new). This 2021 is a lean, mineral rendition of the Diana Madeline, with bay leaf, rose petals, cassis, bramble and black tea forming layers that settle in the mouth. The tannins are grippy and very fine, causing one to chew slightly as one drinks. This is ethereal, as these wines often are, yet with line and length that belies its pretty curves and textures. The perfect, ideal apogee for this wine's drinking window is in the future. Get it while you can.

This has dense flavors and tannins, but there's also an air of elegance and effortlessness, with velvety wild blackberry, huckleberry and plum notes and accents of spices, tobacco and dried black olive that linger. Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink now through 2030. 100 cases imported.??–MW??Region: Australia / Western Australia / Margaret River Select to Add

Dense and concentrated, displaying polished notes of cassis, kirsch, green olives and plump blackberry, all balanced with spicy cedar, tobacco and malty Assam black tea notes. The tannins firm up on the finish. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot. Drink now through 2037. 100 cases imported.??–MW??Region: Australia / Western Australia / Margaret River Select to Add

This distinctive red shows terrific finesse, with gunpowder tea and malty, toasty notes mingling with a dense core of currant and spiced plum flavors. Ends with tobacco and spice flavors on the finish, with a note of salty black licorice. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec and Petit Verdot. Drink now through 2035. 100 cases imported.??–MW??Region: Australia / Western Australia / Margaret River Select to Add

The 2018 Diana Madeline is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (79%), Merlot (10%), Cabernet Franc (6%) and Malbec (5%). The Cullen vineyard is in the Wilyabrup area of Margaret River, and the fruit was handpicked across five biodynamic fruit and flower days, from the Moon opposite Saturn event in late February to the full moon in early March. The wine was matured in French oak for 15 months (50% new). Despite the powerful 2018 vintage, this wine has a core of delicate purity: red fruits in abundance, with skeins of mineral tannins interwoven through its very fabric. There are notes of crushed graphite, ironstone, summer raspberries, licorice root, a hint of leaf (bay leaf and salt bush), even samphire. It echoes and reverberates, but for all of this, it is ethereal and supple. The tannins are ductile and fine boned... a marvelous wine. The restraint and power that go hand in hand are hallmarks of all great Margaret River Cabernet.