Voyager Margaret River Cabernet Merlot 2004
An outstanding Voyager cabernet. It's beautifully balanced too. Deeply flavoured, well structured, softly textured and - dare I say it for an intense young cabernet - delicious to drink. It tastes of chocolate, cassis, liquid pencils and fresh cedarwood, the lot underscored by a throaty, gravelly, brooding intensity. Super wine. Has a long, long future ahead of it. Drink: 2012-2022. 95 points.Cambell Mattinson, The Winefront
A big wine from a big year. This is 81% Cabernet, 14% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot and 100% Margaret River. Of recent vintages it reminds me most of the brooding 2001 rather than the charming 2003.
Strong and ripe with blackberry, cherry, dark chocolate, violet, some eucalyptus and a good measure of cedar/vanilla oak. On the palate full bodied and generous with flavours of cherry, plum and mulberry, some chocolate richness, a bit of floral mouth perfume, a little tobacco savouriness and sweet vanilla oak in support. It has plenty of ripe earthy gravelly Margaret River tannin, balanced acidity and takes a long line through the mouth. A powerhouse with high potential. Be patient with this one - it needs time to unfurl before it really flies. Drink : 2014 - 2024+ 95+ points Gary Walsh, Winorama
Wine you’re most proud of having been associated with the making of? 2004 Voyager Estate Cabernet Merlot is the best red wine made at this estate. The 2006 Chardonnay, from the coolest vintage in over 50 years, is also very much in the Voyager Estate mould and our best to date. Winemaker Cliff Royal. Interview by Adam Catford for The Wine Front
Okay, sealed under screwcap. Weighs in at 14.2%. Cliff 'Casino' Royle on the back label reckons it will cellar for 20 years. The 007 double agent might be right.
Firstly, clean as a whistle, and no herb/green characters which have sometimes snuck their way into Voyager CM. Delightful nose of cassis, tobacco, gravel, oak and spice. This is a serious wine. The palate whilst more oppulent than any other Voygaer in the past, is remarkably refined and textured. Lovely dark black fruits coat the mouth and this wine does linger on the palate for quite some time. Screams Cabernet. Screams Margaret River. Screams class. Well done 'Casino', this is a wine for keeps. Cellar 2012/2025 95 points Anthony D'Anna
A classic Bordeaux blend of 75 per cent Cabernet Sauvignon, 20 per cent Merlot, 4 per cent Cabernet Franc and 1 per cent Petit Verdot. The wine is fermented in closed fermenters with pump-over, and 40 per cent is given post-fermentation maceration. It spends 2 years in small French oak barriques prior to bottling. James Halliday
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