Watkins Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Watkins Cabernet Sauvignon 2021.

Watkins Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
$25, 14% alcohol, screwcap, Langhorne Creek.

This is a mid-weight red wine with just enough velvet to the mouthfeel to make you think that you’re onto something good. It tastes of blackcurrant, mint, plum and dried herbs, though really it just tastes and feels seamless and cohesive. There’s a salty, olive-like note to the aftertaste but there’s also ripe fruit flavour there too. The take-home here is: this is a good, mid-weight wine, and good value. 90 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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