Wine Making Philosophy

Where terroir is king
As pioneers within the Western Australia wine industry, Capel Vale wears its feathers with pride as the first family owned winery to identify and refine the viticultural potential in ALL of the best cool climate regions in WA; mature vineyards are owned in Geographe, Mount Barker, Pemberton and Margaret River.

While suiting a variety of consumers taste and needs, these individual wines reflect a winemaking philosophy of wines with balance, complexity and elegant fruit flavours; that gives rise to wines demonstrating distinctive regional essence of the finest four cool climate wine regions in Western Australia.

A winemaking philosophy of wines with balance, complexity & elegant fruit flavours...

From the company's creation in 1974 by Peter Pratten, to recent new and exciting developments guided by son Simon Pratten, Capel Vale has always been one of the leading family-owned and managed wineries in WA. However, not content to rest on their laurels and determined to continue to capture the imagination and passion of today's wine drinkers, Capel Vale set off on a brave new phase in July 2007 - with the launch of a refined and enhanced portfolio of 3 wine ranges, namely the Single Vineyard Series, Regional Series & Debut Series.