Chapel Hill Gorge Block Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Chapel Hill Gorge Block Cabernet Sauvignon 2023.

Chapel Hill Gorge Block Cabernet Sauvignon 2023
$70, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, McLaren Vale.

This is a dusty cabernet with blackcurrant, loganberry, spearmint and dark chocolate characters running all the way through to peppercorn and licorice. It has buoyancy, freshness and polish – all excellent traits – but ultimately it’s a rich and satisfying red with the balance to drink well now and the structure to age positively over the medium to long term. In fact everything about this wine is good. 93+ 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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