Fermoy Reserve Cabernet 6 Pack Vertical

Fermoy Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon Six Pack Vertical Case, containing - 

1x 2020 Fermoy Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 
Jane Faulkner, James Halliday.com “It might be a reserve wine, but there’s no need to wait. It would be hard to, anyway, as this is gorgeous. Superfine and long with powdery tannins; there’s latent power almost within yet it hovers around medium bodied. It’s structured and detailed, laden with flavour and the oak makes its presence known but not overtly so – it adds cedar and antique wood aromas plus another layer of tannins. There are also mulberries and blueberries and a kitchen cupboard full of spices. Take it all in. Slowly.”

1x 2019 Fermoy Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 
Erin Larkin, James Halliday.com “100% Houghton clone from Wilyabrup. Hand picked from 35yo vines, partial wild ferment, 3 weeks on skins, matured in French oak for 18 months (57% new). Houghton clone + Wilyabrup = a great match. Somehow the dirt and sky here combine with the clone to produce a decidedly red, supple, succulent style of cabernet. Also, it must be said here, Fermoy is on the up: watch this star rise. This is precisely as we hope: bright, spicy, layered with raspberry, pomegranate, red licorice and pink peppercorn. In the mouth it is exactly thus, with the added bonus of spring flowers, crushed graphite and Pink Lady Apples. Gold medal Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2021.”

1x 2018 Fermoy Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 
Erin Larkin, Robert Parker.com July 2023 “The 2018 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon is forthright, full-bodied and complex, shaped by a savory skein of tannin that thrusts through the mouth. There are notes of tobacco leaf, blackberry bramble, cassis and raspberry. This shows a balance and power that feels naturally inherent in the wine. The season was excellent, unmarred by heat spikes or weather events, the seemingly unending hunger of the silvereyes (birds) sated by the profusion of marri blossom during that summer. You can drink the 2018s now; they are plush and full of pleasure, but they are at the beginning of a very long road and are only just starting to hint at the potential to come. 14.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.
I specifically requested a vertical of both the Reserve Chardonnay and Reserve Cabernet, as I have been repeatedly impressed by both of these wines over the past several years. They show up extremely well in masked lineups (tastings, wine shows and the like) and did not let me down in this tasting. The Cabernets seem to be built around a core of pure cassis fruit and have a flow and clarity in the mouth that is most beguiling. The 2018 and 2019 wines are astoundingly good, and I am very excited to see these wines in a decade or more. Winemaker Jeremy "Jez" Hodgson is doing brilliant things here.

98 Points - Ray Jordan “Pure and powerful Margaret River cabernet from right in the Wilyabrup dress circle. Opens with a salvo of fruit nuances on the nose. Blackcurrant and blackberry with some interesting blue fruit touches. Then there is the lifted bay leaf and minerally oyster shell. It is so classically cabernet. The palate is elegantly presented but deeply intense with dark fruits lifted by that bay leaf and slightly graphite edge. Fine grained oak and fine firmish tannins hold the line to focus on a long finish”

Erin Larkin, James Halliday.com “Supple, briny cassis rises up to greet you on first sniff. In a word, pretty. Vibrant. Also joyful. The wine takes a very serious turn on the palate. This is finely structured, shaped by chalky tannins that carry ripe, medium-weight fruit over the tongue and through to the finish. Caresses more than it asserts, making it a subtly spicy, elegant and willowy cabernet, capable of years of grace in the cellar. Brilliant fruit”.

1x 2017 Fermoy Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 
Trophy for Best Older Red Wine at the 2021 Wine Show of WA
Gold 2020 Perth Royal Wine Show
Gold 2021 Decanter World Wine Awards
Ray Jordan "These old vines were some of the first on the property. Hand-picked and fermented before 18 months in oak. This is a most stylish cabernet that expresses its power and intensity with a certain elegance. Black fruits with a bay leaf graphite edge scream cabernet. The tannins are long and fine and the oak well managed to ensure it's cradled towards a very long finish. Cellar: 20 years"

Campbell Mattinson, James Halliday.com 18 June 2021 “A substantial red wine, but a svelte one. Creamy oak on curranty fruit with mulberry, tobacco and bay leaf as highlights. There's quite a lot of oak here, but the balance hasn't been thrown. Fruit quality is exemplary”.

1x 2016 Fermoy Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 
Winery tasting note. Nose: Fragrant aromas of mulberry, boysenberry and cassis combine with bay leaf and rosemary spice and graphite/dark chocolate richness.
Palate: Fully ripe tannins frame a palate of varietal cassis and bay-leaf, while lifted perfumes of violet and raspberry contribute a freshness to compliment the richness of cigar box, dark chocolate and cedar oak spice.
18 months maturation in a combination of 66% new and 33% 2nd-use French oak barriques from a selection of renowned Bordeaux cooperages.

1x 2015 Fermoy Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 
Ned Goodwin MW, James Halliday.com June 2021 “Red and blackcurrant, bay leaf, licorice all-sorts and a spread of tapenade open the attack. This is a full-bodied wine, allied with high quality French oak (75% new, 19 months) and maritime acidity. The overall impression is one of vinous savour; plush, expansive and long.”