Cape Mentelle

5 Star Winery - Halliday Wine Companion
"Outstanding" (Cabernet Sauvignon) - Langton's Fine Wine Classification IV

"As one of Margaret River’s ‘founding five’ wineries, Cape Mentelle pioneered many of the region’s renowned wine styles and today is a benchmark for the quality of the region’s wines... Cape Mentelle Vineyards, established by David and Mark Hohnen and now part of the Moet Hennessy Wine Estates, is a specialist producer of premium wines in Margaret River in the south west corner of Western Australia. One of the country's finest wine regions, Margaret River enjoys a maritime location, with the added advantage of a long dry growing season.Cape Mentelle was one of the first vineyards established in the Margaret River region. First planted in 1970, there are today over 90 hectares under vine and the winery, constructed in 1977, crushes about 1,000 tonnes of fruit from estate vineyards and contract grown fruit sourced from within the region. Primary plantings are of cabernet sauvignon, semillon and sauvignon blanc with smaller amounts of shiraz, zinfandel, merlot and chardonnay." - Cape Mentelle

"...Cape Mentelle is one of those knocking on the door of the Winery of the Year Award." - James Halliday

  • Cape Mentelle Zinfandel 2012

    [SOLD-OUT] Cape Mentelle Zinfandel 2012

    Region: WA- Margaret River

    Campbell Mattinson 94 Points!"Cape Mentelle zin is a very good wine nowadays. The burly days are well over, though of course it still gives as good as it gets. It's bold but tidy. Tar, raspberry, tobacco, raspberry and an assortment of dried herbs...

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  • [SOLD-OUT] Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 2010

    [SOLD-OUT] Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 2010

    Region: WA- Margaret River

    Tyson Stelzer 97 points! "Eye-popping complexity, understated generosity, immense longevity, and all at refreshing 13.5% alcohol. A honed structure crafted to exacting precision promises to hold it in great stead for a very long time." Tyson Stelzer,...

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    $95.00
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  • Cape Mentelle Chardonnay 2009

    [SOLD-OUT] Cape Mentelle Chardonnay 2009

    Region: WA- Margaret River

    Campbell Mattinson 94+ points! "They've changed the label desgin of the Cape Mentelle wines again " I have a feeling that they are going to keep changing it until they end up with the design they started with. This version of the label is gold on the...

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  • [SOLD-OUT] Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 2008

    [SOLD-OUT] Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 2008

    Region: WA- Margaret River

    Gary Walsh 96 Points!"Redcurrant and blackcurrant, subtle choc-vanilla oak and a bay leaf perfume. It's medium weight, lively and fresh with finely etched pixelated tannin and impressive flow and length. A second day's tasting revealed more complex,...

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  • Cape Mentelle Zinfandel 2010

    [SOLD-OUT] Cape Mentelle Zinfandel 2010

    Region: WA- Margaret River

    Jeremy Oliver 96 points! "An outstanding wine that reflects its varietal point of difference as well as its regionality. Heady, spicy aromas of blackberries, blueberries, sweet vanilla/cedary oak and dried herbs are lifted by a scents of rose petals and...

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  • Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 2007

    [SOLD-OUT] Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 2007

    Region: WA- Margaret River

    Campbell Mattinson 94+ Points!"This is one of the better Cape Mentelle cabernet releases. Beautiful texture and tannin. Good weight of dark fruit flavour too. Lots of fragrance. Mint, vanilla, blackberries and bracken. Some smoky oak too. Has a bit of...

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  • Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

    [SOLD-OUT] Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

    Region: WA- Margaret River

    - Blackcurrant and red fruits, cedar, capsicum and a leafiness typical of the cold year -has an aniseed sweetness in there that's lovely though. Not heavy or full bodied but has some richness and chocolate flavour as well as crisp fresh acidity and a...

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    $90.00
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  • Cape Mentelle Zinfandel 2009

    [SOLD-OUT] Cape Mentelle Zinfandel 2009

    Region: WA- Margaret River

    APPEARANCE:Dark red and crimson.NOSE: Prunes, blackcurrant, aniseed, dark chocolate and roasted coffee.PALATE:Inky, rich and full bodied with ripe black fruits complemented by delicate cinnamon spice and a savoury structure. The fruit intensity is...

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  • Cape Mentelle Zinfandel 2007

    [SOLD-OUT] Cape Mentelle Zinfandel 2007

    Region: WA- Margaret River

    Jeremy Oliver 96 points! "America, look out! This astonishing zin has an explosively floral fragrance of blueberries, blackberries and sweet charry, perfumed oak backed by spicy, meaty undertones. Deep and alluring, it's silky-smooth but stacked with...

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    $48.00
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  • Cape Mentelle Shiraz 2002

    [SOLD-OUT] Cape Mentelle Shiraz 2002

    Region: WA- Margaret River

    Jeremy Oliver Rating 92"Ripe, meaty, spicy and slightly alcoholic shiraz with an earthy, slightly vegetal and spicy bouquet of briary plum and cassis fruit, cinnamon and cloves. A herbal thread lies beneath its smooth, sumptuous palate of dark plum,...

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    $45.00
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  • Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 2001

    [SOLD-OUT] Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 2001

    Region: WA- Margaret River

    - Jeremy Oliver Rating 95!Cape Mentelle's return to prominence with cabernet sauvignon continues with this alluringly complex and tightly crafted long-term wine. Its dusty, cigarboxy bouquet of cassis and dark plums, dark olives and cedar/vanilla oak...

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    $85.00
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  • Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 1999

    [SOLD-OUT] Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 1999

    Region: WA- Margaret River

    Jeremy Oliver Rating 93!A wine played in two parts. At once meaty, wild and leathery, but also with a tightly-knit underswell of succulent, brightly flavoured small berry fruits. There's a herbal, capsicum-like note to its briary aromas of cassis and...

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    $75.00
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  • Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 1998

    [SOLD-OUT] Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 1998

    Region: WA- Margaret River

    "This wine was voted the BEST CABERNET IN AUSTRALIA in the June 2002 issue of Australian Gourmet Traveller Wine. Peter Forrestal, who was on the panel, writes: "This seriously impressive red is arguably the best wine yet made at Cape Mentelle, the star...

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    $85.00
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  • Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 1996 (Damaged Label)

    [SOLD-OUT] Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 1996 (Damaged Label)

    Region: WA- Margaret River

    Deep crimson. A very muscular wine with minty, seaweed, black olive/oil skin aromas with some background sweet fruit, mocha notes. The palate is sinewy with choco-mint, black olive flavours, pronounced - almost bitter - tannins and some savoury oak...

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    $65.00
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  • Cape Mentelle Zinfandel 1995

    [SOLD-OUT] Cape Mentelle Zinfandel 1995

    Region: WA- Margaret River

    Medium deep crimson. Dark chocolate, leafy, juicy fruit, minty aromas with hints of leather, tobacco. Concentrated dark chocolaty, juicy fruit, musky flavours and earthy complexity, ripe tannins and good flavour length.Drink now - 2008Cape Mentelle

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    $48.00
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