Jim Barry Spring Farm Block 74 Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Jim Barry Spring Farm Block 74 Cabernet Sauvignon 2021.

Jim Barry Spring Farm Block 74 Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
$200, 13.4% alcohol, screwcap, Clare Valley.

This is from a block planted in 1977. It’s a dry, cool, elegant Cabernet Sauvignon of enormous presence and remarkable freshness. It’s also tannic in the most laser-like of ways, its sheets of tannin flashing through the wine like light, or rather like light that can be felt, as if when you drink this wine you stand beside a light pole, and feel its beam, not to mention its sturdiness, and its standing. This is cabernet. This is the Clare. 96 points.

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This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, founder of The Winefront and mattinson, and former chief editor of Halliday.

When you pick up a wine book and see thousands of top-scoring wines, it’s hard to know which wine to choose. Mattinson guides you through this maze, giving you an honest view of the best Australian wines, the best wine stories, the best wine producers, the best value wines and simply, the best tasting wines. Importantly, Mattinson will tell you about the top-rated wines and also about the underrated wines. In short, Mattinson knows Australian wines inside and out.

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