2024 L.A.S. Vino Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet from a certified biodynamic site at the northern tip of Margaret River, made with zero fluff and maximum care.

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Nic Peterkin famously held off on making a Cabernet for years until he found a site that matched his "wild" philosophy. He found it in a certified biodynamic vineyard at the northern tip of Yallingup - a place where the vines are untrellised, unpruned, and left entirely to nature. This 2024 release is a pure, 100% Cabernet statement, free from the traditional Merlot blending partners usually found in the region.

To get the complexity that other winemakers find by blending, Nic relies on serious vigneron grunt work. The fruit is sorted berry-by-berry until it looks like "black caviar" before undergoing a month-long whole-berry fermentation in large 500L barrels. This extended time on skins and seeds builds layers of silky tannin without the need for heavy-handed extraction. After 18 months of maturation, the result is a wine with immense depth but a surprising, lifted freshness.

On the palate, it’s a full-bodied powerhouse of blackberry, blueberry, and forest fruit, backed by a structure that is both smooth and incredibly detailed. It’s a Cabernet with swagger,  built to age for at least a decade. If you’re opening it now, definitely give it a good decant to let those layers unfurl.

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The Vineyard

A certified organic and biodynamic site at the northern end of the cape. For the previous few years the vineyard had been completely unkept and unpruned with no trellising. The vines sprawl everywhere where pigs, geese, guineafowl and cows roam free.



The site faces north with a little creek running through the middle of the vineyard. Native flowers and plants grow under the rows with no herbicides or pesticides sprayed. It is one of only four certified biodynamic vineyards in the region and was one of the first to receive Demeter certification.



Winemaking

The fruit was hand-picked and cooled, followed by bunch and berry sorting by hand. This led to to an almost black cavier apparence of fruit in the fermenters. The fruit was naturally fermented as whole berries in large format barriques for 20-30 days. Plunged by hand and left to ferment at ambient cellar temperature with skins and seeds for 20-30 days prior to pressings directly back to the same barrels the wine fermented in.



The wine matured for 13 months in barrique and 3 months in tank prior to bottling. No fining and a light filtration (vegan friendly).



The Wine

A smooth, rich full bodied wine with dark rich fruit flavours of blackberry, blueberry strawberry and raspberry. Layers and layers of silky tannin through the extended maceration. A wine that can be put down for at least 10 years and comes into its own by decantering. A cabernet without comparison in Margaret River.



Made with certified organic and biodynamic grapes.

Price Bracket $51 to $100
Type Red
Body Full Bodied
Variety Cabernet Sauvignon
Country Australia
Region Margaret River
Australian State WA
Size 750ml
Vintage 2025
Closure DIAM Cork

L.A.S. Vino

Nic Peterkin’s blood runs red with Margaret River wine.

The son of Pierro founder, Dr Mike Peterkin and Shelly Cullen, of you guessed it, Cullen wines fame, the force is strong with this one. His wines are out there, challenging the status quo of one of the country’s most respected wine-producing regions. This is the “New Guard” of Margaret River, and the wines are coming out all guns blazing.

Nic is playing with some varieties off the beaten path of classic Margaret River. The Chardonnays and Chenin Blancs are stellar, as is the Cabernet but the likes of Touriga Nacional and Sousao all find a home amongst his eye-catching range.

There's some serious substance to his project, being named as the 2016 Gourmet Traveller Young Winemaker of the Year for his eclectic and tantalising releases and recently named the Dark Horse of the Year at the 2023 Halliday Wine Companion Awards. Nic is one of the most creative and boundary-pushing winemakers in the country, without question. His Margaret River range is truly unlike anything else you will find in Australia.

Winemaker Nic Peterkin horsing around L.A.S. Vino

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