92 Points

The Wine Front

I think this cabernet from Margaret River might qualify as mellifluous. Which is not a word usually associated with this variety. Tobacco leaf, clove and gum leaf notes add sparkle, or at least complexity, to a pure, medium-bodied ooze of curranty fruit. Said fruit is the main driver. This is a perfectly balanced red, pitch perfect from start to finish. Accordingly it is good now, and should develop well over a good deal of time.

Balance and Value

Winsors's Choice Blog

The Vasse Felix cabernets are Australian classics, benchmark Margaret River wines at the very pinnacle of what Australia can do. Now the Vasse Felix Heytesbury and Vasse Felix Cabernet Sauvignon, current release 2013, have a baby brother in the 2014 Filius Cabernet Sauvignon. Designed as a more approachable, less-demanding sibling this offers immediate drinking pleasure at a very reasonable price. It still has the great fruit and savoury notes but without the structure that sometimes demands years in the cellar. I loved this wine, which also has a smidgen of malbec and petit verdot in the mix, for its fruit forwardness (nearly all the oak used is older barrels) inkiness, balance and value. Great work from winemaker Virginia Willcock.

Intense

Gourmet Traveller

Filius is the "second label" for Vasse Felix, but there are plenty of winemakers who would be happy to have this as their "first" wine, intense purple fruit, aromas of gum forest at dusk, fine grippy tannin.

Deep and Dark

Drinkster

This Vasse Felix Filius Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 seems dense and moody and deep and dark and if you suck hard - nose not mouth - you'll find a tickle of stuff like Bergamot mint and vague violet and meaty blueberry. These pretties get more cheeky as the wine airs. Sometimes I swear it even breathes a tiny zephyr of wintergreen.

3.5 Stars

The Herald Sun

"This first release is actually 85% cabernet sauvignon, 13% malbec, 2% petit verdot. "Filius" translates to "son of" in latin, reflecting the relationship between this approachable wine to the original and much loved Vasse Felix cabernet sauvignon."

95 Points

The Post - Erin Larkin

Epic tasting last night of Margaret River's finest... And this one reared its head to gain equal highest points! 2014 Vasse Felix Filius Cabernet Sauvignon new to the Filius range: cassis, wild strawberry, creamed blackberries, black pepper, earth, soil and slate. Delicious!

92 Points

Decanter Magazine

An intense nose with a whiff of green pepper and baked damp earth. Smoky oak and vanilla combine with dark fruit and grassy undertones. The fine mouth-coating tannins are still showing youthful muscle, and there's a graphite infused finish. Drink 2017-2021

The Georgia Straight

This West Australian winery is going to have to make room on its ever expanding trophy shelf, as it's just been named Wine Enthusiast Magazine's New World winery of the year. Although it's quite the distance and cost to venture all the way around the world to visit, all you have to do is put your nose in a glass of winemaker Virginia Willcock's Filius Cabernet Sauvignon and you'll be instantly transported. That fresh, salty sea air! Those eucalyptus trees swaying in the breeze! It's these elements that catapult the wine's dark berries, roasted red bell pepper, and Provençal herbs to great heights. Well-balanced acid with pitch-perfect oak, tannins, and alcohol makes this a showstopper of a wine at a more than fair price.

Girls Go Grape

'Filius' Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 Margaret River, Western Australia - For the Cabernet Sauvignon lover on your list, here is a wine that over delivers. With a lengthy finish and structured flavour profile of blackcurrant, sweet cedar, and dried sage, there is a reason that Margaret River is one of the best places in the world to grow and craft exceptional Cabernet Sauvignon. $27.99

93 Points

WBM Australia

Fragrant, crunchy and exactingly varietal and regional, this is a great value Margaret River Cabernet that captures fragrant violets and back and redcurrant fruit and frames it all majestically in fine, gravelly tannins.