Dense black as night heart with a deep dark red black hue. Wafting from the glass are potent scents of ripe blackcurrant, liquorice and cigar box trailed by some black olive, earth and spicy dried herb notes. Medium bodied the palate is filled with rich blackcurrant fruit which overlays a back drop of liquorice, cigar box, black olive and spicy dried herb characters. Providing ample structure are sturdily built fine grained tannins. The long generously fruited conclusion complexed by notions of cigar box and spicy dried herbs. Cellar 6-8 years. Alc. 14%

LEEUWIN ESTATE Prelude Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaret River

This 2012 vintage Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon from Robert Stein Vineyard brilliantly expresses the characteristics of the 37-year-old vineyard site. The fruit was carefully handpicked and pressed, followed by fermentation in open vats along with gentle hand plunging. Exhibiting a deep red hue and giving off dark berry aromas from the nose, the textural and medium-bodied palate is a delight to consume. This elegant red wine has a cellaring potential of about 15 years, and it is recommended that one decants this wine before serving it. Suggested food matches with this red wine include Beef Tenderloin, meatballs, venison and lamb ribs.

With the oldest cool climate vineyard in Western Australia, Forest Hill consistently presents boutique wines with strong regional characters. Their Estate range represents the varieties for which Great Southern is famous such as elegant Cabernet. This full red coloured Cabernet presents dense currant and light cedary oak aromas. It has a beautiful deep, dark core of fruit with ripe yet firm tannins and elegant persistence. Dark and brooding, it will cellar well.

Australia's oldest family owned winery continue to produce wines from the famed Coonawarra terra rossa strip that offer quite simply amazing value. Considered by many to still be the region's best kept secret, The Cigar is a truly delightful Cabernet Sauvignon with lifted violet and blackcurrant aromas with a balanced note of cedar and tobacco. Known to many as the 'Baby Menzies', the Cigar is a brilliant modern take on Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon and has always shown a propensity to sell out quickly each vintage.