Awards

Awards Some of our 65 AwardsOver the past fifteen years, Woody Nook has collected more than 160 awards, including 28 Gold and 46 Silver medals in some of the country’s most prestigious wine competitions, not just in Western Australia, but also in Queensland, Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales.

Our Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc have been the most consistent high achievers with a total of 21 Golds between them. We were particularly thrilled, in January 2002, to win our first international medal, a Gold for our Cabernet Sauvignon 1999 at the Winpac competition held in Hong Kong. Our Chenin Blanc was best in its class for five successive years (2001-2005) at the Royal Perth Wine Show in Western Australia.

With congratulations to our winemaker Neil Gallagher, we proudly list firstly the amazing medal count of his Gallagher’s Choice Cabernet Sauvignon 2004, followed by two judges’ assessments of this wine. Other 2007 successes follow:

2004 Cabernet Sauvignon “Gallagher’s Choice” 2004 Shiraz

W0ODY NOOK'S 'GALLAGHER'S CHOICE' CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2004

Winewise Small Vigneron Awards Gold
Royal Melbourne Wine Show 2007 Gold
Qantas Mt. Barker Wine Show 2007 Gold
Australian Small Winemakers Show 2007 Gold
Australian Small Winemakers Show 2006 Silver
Cowra Wine Show 2007 Bronze
Murrumbateman Cool Climate Wine Show 2007 Bronze
Boutique Wines of Australia Wine Awards 2007 Bronze
Commonwealth Bank 2006 Margaret River Wine Show Bronze
Rutherglen Wine Show 2006 Bronze
Royal Melbourne Wine Show 2006 Bronze
Macquarie Margaret River Wine Show 2007 Bronze

This is what the judges said of this wine at the 2006 Winewise Small Vigneron Awards: "This wine shows a range of classic Cabernet Sauvignon characteristics from cassis and tobacco right through to a suggestion of leaf. The palate is particularly long and the tannins are fine-grained. Very Stylish. Highly Recommended."

These are the notes of the judging panel at the "Three Region Cabernet Tasting" conducted by Winewise: "Outstanding: 2004 Woody Nook Gallagher's Choice (Margaret River) shows powerful cassis aromatics together with a subtle dusty complexity. The palate is firm, satisfying and strongly varietal. Another great success for this very consistent producer."

OTHER 2007 AWARDS

2004 Shiraz

Murrumbateman Cool Climate Wine Show Silver
Boutique Wines of Australia Awards Bronze
Royal Melbourne Wine Show Bronze
Cowra Wine Show Bronze
Rutherglen Wine Show Bronze

CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2005

Winewise Small Vigneron Awards Silver

SHIRAZ 2005

Royal Melbourne Wine Show Bronze
Rutherglen Wine Show Bronze