Best’s Grampians Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Best’s Grampians Cabernet Sauvignon 2022.

Best’s Grampians Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
$15, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, Grampians.

$15 for a Cabernet Sauvignon from one of Australia’s best wine producers. On face value that’s a pretty interesting proposition.

Truth is that it’s not a great wine but that it drinks (very) well. In fact it’s pretty damn satisfying. Licorice, boysenberry and currant flavours team with mint and briar. It feels fresh and it feels sound, and it has no rough edges. It has decent regional/cabernet character too. 89/100.

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 a respected 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 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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