Flowstone Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
$45, 14% alcohol, screwcap, Margaret River.
This is a medium-weight, well-composed Cabernet Sauvignon with blackcurrant, redcurrant, bay leaf and black olive characters running attractively throughout. There’s a gentle creaminess from oak, some subtle secondary characters, and a general impression of cohesion. Satisfying is the word.
Score: 92 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.
