2022 Fraser Gallop Estate Parterre Cabernet Sauvignon 750ml

Overview

Fraser Gallop Estate Parterre Cabernet Sauvignon is a single-vineyard Margaret River Cabernet blend built around dry-grown, hand-picked fruit. The 2022 combines concentrated dark berries, savoury complexity and premium French oak with supple texture, structured tannins and excellent long-term cellaring potential.

Winemaking

The blend comprises 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Malbec, 5% Petit Verdot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Merlot. Dry-grown fruit was hand picked and selectively sorted before cold soaking and whole berry fermentation. Gentle cap management was used throughout fermentation to preserve structure and finesse, and the wine was bottled without fining.

The wine matured for 18 months in French oak barriques sourced from selected Bordeaux cooperages, with approximately one-third new oak.

Producer Tasting Notes

This medium to full-bodied wine showcases vivid crimson hues and fragrant notes of red berries, plum, and dark cherries. Layers of vanilla custard oak and tobacco pouch add complexity, while a seamless mouthfeel enhances the overall balance. Flavours of plum compote, baking spices and chocolate with some earthiness. Grainy tannins with savoury umami and fantastic length completes the wine for the long haul.

Critic Reviews

95/100 — Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion
“Mulberries and blackberry compote, cassis and currants with fresh mint and bay leaves… The palate is supple.”
Tasted 20 December 2025
Published 27 January 2026

95/100 — The Wine Advocate
Tasted June 2024

95/100 — The Real Review
“Really complex aromas of dried herbs, bramble, blackberry, dark cherry, olive tapenade and a woodsy earthiness.”
Tasted 21 October 2025

95/100 — Decanter
Tasted January 2025

Awards

95 Points — International Wine & Spirit Competition 2025

95 Points — Decanter World Wine Awards

Specifications

• Vintage: 2022
• Producer: Fraser Gallop Estate
• Range: Parterre
• Country: Australia
• Region: Wilyabrup, Margaret River, Western Australia
• Grape Varieties: 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Malbec, 5% Petit Verdot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 2% Merlot
• Vineyard Attribute: Single vineyard
• Viticulture: Dry grown
• Harvest: Hand picked, 19–25 March 2022
• Fermentation: Cold soak, whole berry fermentation, gentle cap management
• Maturation: 18 months in French oak barriques
• New Oak: Approximately one-third
• Fining: None
• Alcohol: 14.0%
• pH: 3.51
• Total Acidity: 6.2 g/L
• Residual Sugar: 0.45 g/L
• Bottling Date: 16 November 2023
• Drinking Window: 2024–2042