Margaret River
Australia
About Margaret River
Margaret River is a slim peninsula in the far south-west of Western Australia, with the Indian Ocean on three sides. Its climate is so close to Bordeaux that John Gladstones literally mapped them side by side in 1965 and concluded the same grapes would work. They did. The first vines went in at Vasse Felix in 1967; within a decade Moss Wood, Cullen and Leeuwin Estate were following. Today Margaret River is Australia's other Cabernet capital alongside Coonawarra and the country's premier site for Chardonnay, often blended with Sauvignon Blanc into the regional house style (the SBS). Six unofficial sub-districts run north to south from warm Yallingup down to cool Karridale, with the heartland at Wilyabrup.
Vintage Ratings
Rating:
95+
90-94
85-89
80-84
<80
PeakReadyHold
Outstanding Margaret River Vintages
The best recent vintages rated excellent or exceptional.
Red
White
Sub-districts
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Terroir & Character
Climate
MaritimeMediterraneanEven temperatureOcean influence
Terroir
GravelLateriteGraniteFree-draining
Map data: Wine Australia GI Register (CC BY 4.0) · Sub-district markers from OpenStreetMap (ODbL); Gladstones 1999 framework