Freemark Abbey Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Freemark Abbey Cabernet Sauvignon 2021.

Freemark Abbey Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
AU$155, 14.5% alcohol, cork, Napa Valley/California.

What a beautiful wine. Soo cool, so balanced. Dried herbs, cloves, blackcurrant, just enough cream to generate the silk. Form but with flavour running through it. Elite tannin to be honest. A rolling parade. I’m not here to stereotype but this is the kind of wine that’s likely to go slightly under-appreciated in its own country, courtesy of its cool elegance. Maybe I’m wrong. In any case, for me, it’s a banger.  

95 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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