2023 Xanadu Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
To celebrate its brand-new 98-point score from Jane Faulkner of Halliday Wine Companion, we absolutely had to pull the “glorious” 2023 Xanadu Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon back into the spotlight. Faulkner’s rating, which arrives alongside the major accolade of 2027 Cabernet Sauvignon and Red Wine of the Year, marks a phenomenal third consecutive 98-point score for this release, cementing its status at the absolute pinnacle of Margaret River Cabernet.
For those who follow the benchmark wines of Western Australia, this comes as no surprise. Xanadu consistently crafts some of the most precise, structural, and elegant Cabernets in the Southern Hemisphere. Under the meticulous stewardship of winemakers Glenn Goodall and Sophie Ward, this flagship wine has exceeded the highest expectations of the critics in what Angus Hughson has hailed as a “landmark vintage.” Available at £309 IB per 6x75cl, this “tremendously impressive” release is a cellar essential from Halliday’s Winemaker of the Year 2023.
2023 Xanadu, Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaret River 6x75cl
Why Buy?
- The Halliday Wine Companion has just awarded this release an extraordinary 98 points and crowned it the 2027 Cabernet Sauvignon and Red Wine of the Year, with critic Jane Faulkner calling it “a glorious cabernet.”
- The 2023 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon represents Margaret River at its very best, securing 98 points from Ray Jordan who calls it a “really first-rate example of cabernet from this season.”
- The legendary 2023 vintage in Western Australia is already being whispered about as an outstanding year – hailed by Vinous critic Angus Hughson as “a Landmark Vintage”.
- Xanadu is a benchmark producer in the region and their 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon provides exceptional value, at close to £50 IB per bottle, when compared to Margaret River peers such as Leeuwin’s Art Series.
More on Xanadu
Xanadu Wines was founded in 1977 by Irish doctor John Lagan, who planted the first vines in Margaret River, establishing one of the region’s earliest estates and releasing the inaugural Cabernet Sauvignon in 1981. Since then, the estate has grown under the ownership of the Rathbone family, who acquired Xanadu in 2005, maintaining a focus on premium wines that reflect the region’s maritime climate, gravelly soils, and coastal freshness. The original Lagan Estate remains central to production, with Cabernet Sauvignon and Semillon forming the backbone of the vineyard alongside later plantings of Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, and other Bordeaux varieties…