Blackstone Paddock Cabernet Sauvignon 2021: Review

Written By Campbell Mattinson

Blackstone Paddock Cabernet Sauvignon 2021. Bold, beautiful, structured and more. For $20.

I have no affiliation with Aldi stores, I get no kickbacks or favours, I bought this wine myself. I think the 2022 vintage is around, but in my local Aldi store we’re still on this 2021. This is a Cabernet Sauvignon from Margaret River and I have to say, given that it costs $20, that I got a bit of a shock when I tasted it. A good shock. It has genuine depth of fruit flavour, it’s balanced, it has a bit of grunt to the tannin and while it’s drinking beautifully now, you could cellar it. All for $20.

Reccomended?: Yes, highly.
Paid: $20.
Pros: Deeply fruited and grunty with tannin.
Cons: That I didn’t discover this sooner.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of the highly respected The Winefront site.

Mattinson has been an independent wine critic and photo-journalist since 1987. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the prized Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson, who is 100% independent, puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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