Xanadu

Xanadu is a Mattinson 10-Star Winery.
Only the best of Australia’s best wineries are ranked as a Mattinson 10-Star Winery.

Top Margaret River wine producer Xanadu has long been the source of interesting wines but what winemaker Glenn Goodall has done here since taking the reins in 2005 is staggering to say the least. In short he’s taken this winery from very good to excellent to outstanding, and he’s done this by improving the wines across the board – as much as this is possible – every year. The surge towards quality at Xanadu is relentless. Xanadu’s reputation is built on Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon and it’s the latter that inspired me – in my review of the Xanadu Cabernet Sauvignon 2023 – to write: “Xanadu Cabernet Sauvignon is to Margaret River wine what Wynns Coonawarra Estate Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon is to Coonawarra. It’s the affordable Cabernet Sauvignon that cellars like a charm and, indeed, it’s the affordable Margaret River cabernet that has the ability to knock off all comers. Xanadu Cabernet Sauvignon did, after all, once win Australia’s most prestigious wine award, the Jimmy Watson Trophy. Every Australian cellar should include Wynns Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon and every Australian wine cellar should also include Xanadu Cabernet Sauvignon. Xanadu Cabernet Sauvignon is that good, and that important.” We are in rare air with Xanadu. It has come to occupy the territory known as the backbone of Australian wine.