Hirsch Hill Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Hirsch Hill Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2021.

Hirsch Hill Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
$52, 13% alcohol, screwcap, Yarra Valley.

When Yarra Valley cabernet is good it’s a thing of absolute beauty and this cabernet from Hirsch Hill is good. It tastes of blackcurrant, black olives, bay leaves and smoked cedar but it’s the velvety glide of it, the medium-bodied elegance and the way it swings so confidently and with such ease through the finish that really marks its quality. This wine is excellent now but it will cellar beautifully too. 94+ points.

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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