Cain Sangiovese 2024
$36, 12.5% alcohol, screwcap, Adelaide Hills.
This is a lovely, light Sangiovese with juicy fruit throughout, attractive spice notes and excellent persistence through the finish. It’s an archetype of the variety, in the best of ways. Blueberries, red and back cherries, pebble-like characters and a thread of leafy, spicy, savoury dryness. It feels immaculate and drinks a treat. All the ducks are in a row here. 93 points.
Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.
Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.
