Brand & Sons Jim Brand Silent Partner Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Brand & Sons Jim Brand Silent Partner Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Brand & Sons Jim Brand Silent Partner Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
$40, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, Coonawarra.

This wine takes time to come around and benefits from a stint in a decanter. It’s awash with blackcurrant, gum leaf, cedarwood and tobacco-like flavours, but it’s the sturdiness of the tannin that really benefits from a bit of extra air. There’s no arguing though with the warm heart of flavour on offer here, nor with the softness of the texture or indeed with the length of the finish. 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 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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