Cabernet sauvignon trail

Wise Wine

Perched high on Cape Naturaliste, Wise Wine has been crafting elegant, coastal Cab Sav since 1992. A true taste of the Margaret River Region, enjoy wine, food, and spirits all in one breathtaking location. If you are peckish, elevate the tasting experience with their restaurant’s seasonal menu from locally sourced produce, with dishes designed to pair seamlessly with Wise Wine’s selections.

Flametree Wines

The welcoming beach house design of Flametree Wines’ cellar door will make an impression before you’ve even tasted their award-winning wines. Relax by the open fireplace with a glass of cab sav or enjoy a platter outside on the deck while you watch your youngest or furriest travel companions play on the beautiful lawn.

Credaro

The next stop is to visit one of the oldest families in the region – the Credaros, who migrated from Italy to Margaret River in 1922. Green thumbs will be in for a treat if the wisteria canopy is in bloom at the Credaro cellar door. The family planted the first of their vines to produce table wine for family and friends, but these have since increased to over 110 hectares of vineyard and produce some silky smooth cab sav to start the day’s tasting with. Awarded 5 Star Winery Rating in the recent Halliday Wine Companion, their 1000 Crowns Cabernet Sauvignon 2023 was awarded Best Cabernet at the 2025 Royal QLD Wine Awards.

Rivendell

You’ll love Rivendell’s powerful expression of the cabernet variety from the hills of Yallingup. Rivendell Estate’s 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon won a gold Trophy at the Halliday Cabernet Challenge 2023. Take the fam, enjoy their succulent twice-cooked lamb with your glass, and watch the kids burn some energy on the playground.

Aravina Estate

Your next stop is Aravina Estate. If lunchtime is approaching, add the 3-course meal option to your tasting, which complements the matched wines beautifully. Aravina proudly consider their hand-picked cabernet sauvignon the ‘Hero of their Estate’. This award-winning wine displays primary notes of perfumed blueberries, boysenberries, dried bay and subtle oak nuances. A plush and powerful fruit-driven wine, which will cellar well for 15+ years.

Island Brook Estate

Tucked among tall trees, Island Brook Estate is a family-run estate where every bottle is hand-crafted from estate-grown fruit. Its small-batch cabernet sauvignon showcases the best parcels from the 100-hectare vineyard, hand-picked, award-winning, and true to the heart of Margaret River.

Whicher Ridge Wines

Don’t get discouraged by the drive out to Whicher Ridge Wines, as the reward will be well worth it. Explore the wine sensory garden, the first one of its kind in Australia, and enjoy the personalised service by the knowledgeable husband and wife team. The grapes for their flagship red wine, Elevation Cabernet Sauvignon, are grown 170 metres above sea level, and it’s the cool winds at night that add to the wine’s intensity and finesse.

Clairault Streicker

Here you’ll find a spacious cellar door with a café for those who might not have stocked up enough at the brekky table. With a number of different cabernets to sample, work your way to Clairault Streicker’s big guns with the 2013 Streicker Ironstone Block Old Vine Cabernet Sauvignon. This little beauty has won numerous accolades and is a luscious, dark-fruit-driven example of the region and the winemaking style.

Cherubino

It’s hard not to be captivated by Cherubino’s charm. With its terracotta stonewashed cellar door and a beautiful gated entry, this family-owned vineyard transports you to a scene straight out of the Mediterranean. Led by the award-winning grape grower and winemaker Larry Cherubino, they passionately craft Western Australian wines that beautifully reflect the land’s unique character. Take a seat on the balcony, immerse yourself in the panoramic views of the Margaret River vineyard, and indulge in a premium wine tasting and delectable antipasto board, enhancing the experience of their exceptional wines.

Moss Wood

This one’s a winery visit for true lovers of the vine. Be sure to book in advance, as it’s by appointment only and well worth planning for. Take the time to revel in all that Moss Wood has to offer on a guided tour through the winery, tasting wine from the barrel and exploring back vintages in the museum. The cherry on top is their exquisite cab sav, included in wine reviewer Matthew Jukes’s 100 Best Australian Wines 2018/19, with advice to “buy all you can”. We won’t be arguing with those instructions!

Fermoy Estate

Founded in 1985, Fermoy’s first vintage was a resounding success, establishing Wilyabrup as the ‘sweet spot’ of Margaret River. With its mild Mediterranean climate, afternoon sea breeze and ancient gravel soils, the region is ideal for growing Bordeaux and Burgundy grape varieties. In recent years, Fermoy has gained global recognition, driven by a renewed focus on sustainability, small-batch winemaking and crafting site-expressive wines. This journey reached a significant milestone with the prestigious Best in Show award at the 2024 Decanter World Wine Awards for Fermoy’s 2020 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon.

Cullen Wines

Taste the award-winning biodynamic wines at Cullen Wines, the only carbon-positive biodynamic winery in the region. Enjoy a glass of their renowned Diana Madeline while looking out over the expansive vineyards and bushland. Cullen’s philosophy behind winemaking is like no other in the region, so take the chance for a stroll through their spiral garden and brush up on the principles of biodynamic viticulture.

Juniper Estate

With a chocolate-box-pretty cellar sitting on the banks of Wilyabrup Creek, a visit to Juniper Estate in springtime will have you greeted by sprawling roses throughout their cottage garden. Be sure to spend a tranquil moment on the lawn before tasting their wine. Juniper has built its reputation on cabernet sauvignon and has one of the oldest vineyards in the Margaret River Region.

Howard Park

After a quick diversion into the Margaret River Chocolate Factory (their truffles make the perfect indulgent treat alongside a post-dinner glass of red), it’s back on the cabernet course down Tom Cullity Drive, destination: Howard Park. Named after the region’s founding winemaker Dr Tom Cullity, the drive takes you past some of the most iconic wineries in the region and the very first vines planted at Vasse Felix in 1967. Before hitting the end of the drive, however, turn left, and you will find the tree-lined entrance to Howard Park, home to the region’s foremost architectural cellar door and much-lauded winemaker Nic Bowen. With vineyards scattered throughout South Western Australia, here is your chance to taste the differences in terroir across their wide-ranging list of wines.

Cape Grace Wines

One of Margaret River’s great little family-run wineries, don’t be fooled by Cape Grace Wines’ humble tin farm shed – they produce some stellar cabernet sauvignon. Robert and Karri-Davies will take you through a guided tasting, spilling secrets on how they produce their wines and their favourite ways to best enjoy them at home. One of the few wineries in the region still using a traditional basket press technique, the result is reds with beautiful structure and fine, supple tannins.

Thompson Estate

Thompson Estate crafts some of Margaret River’s most highly rated cabernets, with previous vintages scoring up to 98 points. Three tiers of cabernet sauvignon plus a softer cabernet berlot blend showcase the estate’s precision and finesse. Tastings are held in the atmospheric barrel room.

LS Merchants

At LS Merchant’s super cosy, rustic shed, you’ll feel right at home. Sit down by the fireplace for a laid-back tasting and find out what makes the LS wines unique. Their fruit from a single-site, dry-grown vineyard in Wilyabrup and a minimal intervention winemaking approach allow the characteristics of the site and the quality of fruit to shine. Keep an eye on their socials for pop-up food truck takeovers during winter.

Vasse Felix

Vasse Felix is a founding winery and home to the region’s first Cabernet Sauvignon. Its historic vineyards, including the original Tom’s Plots in Wilyabrup, continue to produce world-class wines of purity and depth. Visitors can explore the acclaimed cellar door, restaurant and gallery — a complete Margaret River experience where heritage meets excellence.

Domaine Naturaliste

Specialising in Cabernet Sauvignon, Domaine Naturaliste offers at least three cabernets for tasting daily at its welcoming cellar door. Since their first release in 2012, these wines have earned acclaim both locally and internationally, helping to showcase Margaret River’s cabernet. A limited selection of museum vintages is also available exclusively on-site.

Passel Estate

One could argue that Passel Estate offers one of the purest expressions of Margaret River cabernet, as their highly awarded cab sav is single vineyard and single varietal. In celebration of their 10th vintage at Passel Estate, they are offering a back vintage reserve cabernet sauvignon from their museum stocks available to taste, one more reason to visit them on your trail.

Woody Nook

A former Warren Winiarski Trophy winner, Woody Nook crafts award-winning Cabernet from 45-year-old, dry-grown vines. The flagship Gallagher’s Choice Cabernet Sauvignon is a classic, rich and structured red. The BDX blend and Estate Cabernet Merlot complete a celebrated range of cabernet styles.

Lenton Brae

Renowned for its premium Wilyabrup Cabernet Sauvignon, Lenton Brae encapsulates the depth and elegance that define Margaret River reds. Family-owned since 1987, the estate combines tradition, precision and sustainability to craft wines of enduring regional character.

Amelia Park Wines

Whether you’re here for the wines or the views, Amelia Park Wines delivers either way. Both their polished cellar door experience and cellar-worthy wines have won multiple awards, and we can see why. Learn more about their winemaking philosophy in a casual tasting, or book a more exclusive private tasting. If you’d like to explore how their wines are best paired with food, an important consideration for any cabernet sauvignon, make a lunch booking at their on-site restaurant.

Fraser Gallop Estate

If Cabernet Sauvignon is at the heart of Margaret River, Fraser Gallop Estate offers a clear expression of its depth. Set within a single vineyard in Wilyabrup, the estate produces Cabernet defined by precision, structure and restraint. The range spans three distinct styles, from the purity of Estate, through the detail of Parterre, to the depth and longevity of Palladian, each reflecting a different expression of the same vineyard.

Snake + Herring

With vineyards across Wilyabrup and Yallingup, Snake + Herring is one of a few wineries that showcase three distinct expressions of cabernet sauvignon from the northern reaches of Margaret River. Based conveniently at their charming cellar door on Caves Road, a visit will fit into most holiday schedules. By working with less conventional combinations of region, sub-region and variety, they create organic wines that are both delicious and memorable.

Voyager Estate

The only thing more astounding than the beauty of Voyager Estate is the flavour in their broad range of wines. Sit down in the wine room and savour a wine flight accompanied by an iPad filled with in-depth tasting notes and knowledgeable staff on hand to answer all your cabernet questions.

Cape Mentelle

Home of the region’s annual international Cabernet Tasting since 1982, as well as some of the world’s best examples of the variety, it would be a shame to miss out on a tasting at Cape Mentelle. One of the founding wineries of the region, their original Estate Cabernet Sauvignon blocks, planted in 1970, helped them win the Old Vine Trophy at the International Wine and Spirit Competition in 2023. Grab a bottle or two from the cellar door and take a five-minute drive to the winery’s namesake – the actual Cape Mentelle, which looks out over the Indian Ocean. Fill your glass, and get ready to watch the sun set behind the Cape as you toast to a day of cabernet.

Mr Barval Fine Wines

Mr Barval Fine Wines are aiming to allow for their wines’ own individual voices to be heard most clearly, not to be the bearers of a heavy winery fingerprint. Taste cabernet in its purest forms, both as a standalone varietal and within a thoughtful blend. Crafted with no fining, filtering, or adjustments, these wines are wild fermented, capturing a true reflection of the vineyard, vintage, and grape varietal. Every decision they make is about preserving the integrity of the fruit from vine to bottle.

Amato Vino

Amato Vino delivers a different approach to the typical Margaret River cabernet style — soft, supple tannins highlight the pretty and delicate fruit flavours of the variety without the big structure. Based in the historic Witch and the Windmill building in Witchcliffe, they focus on lo-fi, minimal intervention wines where wild ferments, traditional processes, no adds, no fining and filtration are all central to the mix.

Brown Hill Estate

Cabernet sauvignon is the wine Brown Hill Estate was built on.  Every bottle begins with a family’s passion, precision, and a single vineyard site planted 30 years ago. Taste three award-winning cabernet sauvignons from Brownhill Estate’s carefully crafted ranges, all hand-picked and hand-sorted. Taste their different cabernets side by side inside a working winery, with a family member always on hand to pour, and Obi, our cellar door dog, on greeting duty.

Borrello Vineyards

One of the latest exciting additions to Witchcliffe’s growing wine scene is Borrello Vineyards’ new cellar door. Originating as a viticulture company, this small family business has grown to craft its own wines, transforming its finest parcels into quality drops alongside winemaker Paul Atwood. The goal: to produce small-batch wines that are both approachable and affordable, without ever compromising on quality.

Stella Bella Wines

Stella Bella captures the essence of Southern Margaret River cabernet sauvignon, with a range that reflects both place and precision. From the consistently awarded Stella Bella Cabernet Sauvignon to the elegant, age-worthy Luminosa and the powerful, coastal expression of Suckfizzle, each wine tells a different story of site and season. At the intimate cellar door, guided tastings offer a deeper look into these vineyards, with the opportunity to explore current releases alongside a rotating selection of museum wines. It’s a focused, authentic Margaret River experience – centred on exceptional cabernet and the people and places behind it.