Arlewood Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Arlewood Cabernet Sauvignon

Arlewood Cabernet Sauvignon 2023
$50, 14% alcohol, screwcap, Margaret River.

It smells like cabernet, tastes like cabernet and feels like cabernet. Blackcurrant, gum leaf, toast and tobacco characters create a strong impression. There’s a dry, sinewy, slightly meaty aspect to this wine but there’s also ample fruit to make it work. Give this a little more time in bottle and it should develop more flesh and flow, and be all the better for it. But without or without that extra time this wine has all the hallmarks of a fine Cabernet Sauvignon. 92 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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