Jack Estate Mythology Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
$55, 15% alcohol, screwcap, Coonawarra.
Ten years old and ready to be consumed now. Autumn leaves, brown tobacco, briar bush and bay leaf notes run through leather, boysenberry, redcurrant and mint. It doesn’t offer a great deal of flavour through the mid palate but it builds as it moves through the mouth, and has an attractive burst of bright flavour as you swallow. 90 points.
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.
