Flowstone Queen of the Earth Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Flowstone Queen of the Earth Cabernet Sauvignon 2021.

Flowstone Queen of the Earth Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
AU$86, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, Margaret River.

This wine is more about complexity than it is about out-and-out fruit power, and that’s a good thing. It’s going to develop very well over time. It shows pure blackcurrant and boysenberry, rushes of mint and tobacco, undergrowth notes and infusions of both smoked meat and cedar. Pencil and milk chocolate characters come through in whispers and the length of the well-framed finish is excellent. This is a wine that benefits greatly from decanting and similarly will benefit from time in the cellar.

94 points – Campbell Mattinson

Campbell Mattinson

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.

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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

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