Fraser Gallop Cabernet Merlot 2022

The winery is a 25 year-old star of Margaret River and the stars aligned in 2021 for this bordeaux blend featuring Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot

This was one of the cheapest wines to make this year's Halliday's Top 100 Wines, here's the review:

“A hand-picked 59/28% blend (with small amounts of cabernet franc and petit verdot) of destemmed, whole berries, 10 to 14 days on skins; matured for nine months in used French barriques. It’s succulent and juicy, awash with cassis, soft tannins quietly holding the wine’s shape.”  94 Points & Top 100 Wines of 2023 James Halliday

Established in 1999, Fraser Gallop Estate comprises 50 acres under vine on an elevated aspect six kilometres from the south west coast of Western Australia at the heart of the Wilyabrup sub-region of Margaret River.

Winemaker Clive Otto is a genuine Margaret River legend. After 16yrs at Vasse Felix he joined Fraser Gallop in 2006. In 2005 he was the Winestate Magazine's Australian Winemaker of the Year. In 2009 he won the Decanter World Wine Awards Trophy for the best Cabernet Sauvignon in the world for the 2007 vintage – his first wine he produced at Fraser Gallop Estate.

In breaking news, the Fraser Gallop winemaker, Clive Otto has been named Winemaker of the Year' at the 2023 WA Good Food Guide Wine Awards.