2022 Pierro L.T.Cf Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot, Margaret River

Black and red fruit, some baking spice, a little mint and dried flowers. It’s medium-bodied, quite gentle and stylish in presentation, a light grainy grip to tannin, balanced acidity, blue fruits in with red, a little bit nutty too, with a finish of good length. Nice wine. Pleasing to drink.

93 points Gary Walsh for The Wine Front, April 2026

Such a good drink on release, thanks to its approachability and core of quality fruit. Plenty of cassis, plums and mulberries doused in baking spices with a whiff of ironstone, fresh herbs and a little toasty oak. Mid-weighted at best, with neatly shaped tannins and fine acidity. Drink 2026 to 2032.

92 points Jane Faulkner Halliday Wine Companion, March 2026

As it happens, I just opened a bottle of the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot L.T.Cf. on Monday night for dinner, so I feel I have been made familiar with this wine again recently. Here, the 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot L.T.Cf. leads with strawberry, raspberry, star anise and sweet red licorice. The wine on the palate leads with an array of dried herbs, fresh acidity and layers of pliable tannins. The fruit int he mouth tastes as ripe as it is—there are notes of poached plum, date, summer fig and pomegranate molasses. These are interesting attributes in combination with the medium to light weight of the wine. Drink 2026 to 2032.

91 points Erin Larking for The Wine Advocate, April 2026

Mint, menthol, dark cherry, briar and pot-pourri aromas. Mid-weighted, blue and dark fruited, with firm, shapely tannins, drive and length. Fine and poised. Drink 2025 to 2035.

90 points Aaron Brasher for The Real Review, November 2025

There is a precision to Pierro that has made it one of Margaret River’s quiet overachievers, founded by Dr Mike Peterkin in Willyabrup with a focus on meticulous viticulture and low yields. The L.T.Cf blend, Cabernet Sauvignon with Merlot, is a nod to the classic Left Bank style, but shaped by the maritime influence of the region, where warm days are tempered by cool ocean breezes and those gravelly soils bring both structure and finesse.

Cassis and blackcurrant sit at the heart, with Merlot softening the edges through plum and a gentle chocolate note. There is a savoury lift of bay leaf, tobacco and a touch of cedar, all woven together with fine, polished tannins. It feels composed and balanced rather than showy, the kind of wine that builds slowly in the glass, revealing layers of fruit, spice and that subtle graphite edge that speaks clearly of place.

Already drinking well with a decant, though it has the bones to age comfortably over the next ten to fifteen years, gaining complexity and a more earthy, secondary character over time.

A great match for slow roasted lamb shoulder with garlic and thyme, beef short ribs with a rich jus, or even a charred mushroom and lentil dish that leans into its savoury side. This is a wine for long evenings and proper meals, where the conversation stretches as the bottle slowly disappears.