Monty’s Leap Appleseed Red 2024

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Monty’s Leap Appleseed Red 2024.

Monty’s Leap Appleseed Red 2024
$25, 14.1% alcohol, screwcap, Great Southern.

This is a blend of cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon and merlot from the Great Southern region of Western Australia. It’s a medium-weight red with loganberry, black cherry, mulberry and redcurrant flavours flowing attractively through the palate, mint and cut grass notes floating over the top. There’s a whisper of vanilla too, and a good spread of fine-grained tannin. The drinkability factor here is high, and it’s decidedly food-friendly too. 91 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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