Flowstone Queen of the Earth Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Flowstone Queen of the Earth Cabernet Sauvignon 2022.

Flowstone Queen of the Earth Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
$86, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, Margaret River.

This is a highly savoury, smoky, meaty expression of Cabernet Sauvignon with sweet-smoked tobacco notes running through charred blackcurant and peppercorn. The nose shows pure fruit expression but the palate is alive with myriad savoury inputs. Dry tannin also sits prominent in this wine. There’s plenty to enjoy about this wine but there are also aspects that will polarise. 90 points.

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.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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