With a unique combination of climate, geography and geology, Devil’s Lair celebrates wines of great clarity, delicacy of fruit and elegant structure.
The philosophy of Devil’s Lair is to make wines that define the region, respect the variety and above all, make complex, interesting wines.
The Devil’s Lair Cabernet Sauvignon gains complexity from the terroir of individual vineyards and the winemakers handle and blend each batch of fruit to make a wine that best represents the Devil’s Lair style.
Varietal | Cabernet Sauvignon |
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Vintage | 2020 |
Country | Australia |
Region | Margaret River |
Volume | 750 mL |
Closure | Screw Cap |
Alc/Vol | 14% |
Peak Drinking | Now - 2029 |
Winemaker | Matt Godfrey |
Gold | 2022 Margaret River Wine Show |
Silver | 2022 Sydney Wine Show |
Bronze | 2022 Perth Wine Show |
92 Points | Erin Larkin, Halliday Wine Companion 2023 |
Classic Margaret River Cabernet. Cassis, mulberry and logan berries with polished cedar and regional bay leaf.
Margaret River’s jarrah and marri forests give way to sun, surf, sand – and since the 1970s, some of the most powerful, yet elegant Cabernets and Chardonnays around. It’s also famed for sumptuous Semillon Sauvignon Blanc blends.
Abundant winter rainfall preceded a burst of warm spring sunshine and ideal summer weather. Excellent flowering conditions promoted naturally balanced vine canopies showing great promise. A brief top up of rain in late January ensured the grapes continued to build flavour and fruited tannin through March and April. Autumn was characterised by ideal warm days and cool nights. Cabernets showed supple tannins, perfumed elegance and a generous savoury texture.
After graduating in 1996 and after a short stint in a local winery in the Hunter Valley, Ben Miller travelled and worked in the most coveted winemaking regions of the world like Bordeaux, Champagne, Alsace, Rhone and Burgundy. This experience has served him well as senior winemaker at Devil’s Lair, where his philosophy has been to create outstanding examples of Margaret River’s leading varietals.