Flowstone Queen of the Earth Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Flowstone Queen of the Earth Cabernet Sauvignon 2020.

Flowstone Queen of the Earth Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
$86, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, Margaret River.

The aromatics here are pitch-perfect, in that they are lively, gently leathery, emboldened by blackcurrant and smattered with bay leaf notes. The palate is faithful to this first impression, adding boysenberry and cedarwood to the fray, and long lines of leafy tannin. This is a five-year-old Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon in a very good place; it has just started to mellow, but is still fresh and lifted. 94 points.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of both The Winefront site (the home of Australia’s best wine reviews) and of Mattinson Photography.

Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer since 1987. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the national Best Australian Sports Writing Award. In 2026 three of his photographs were short-listed for the World Food Photography Awards.

Campbell Mattinson is a storyteller. He is a journalist, a photographer, a filmmaker and a wine critic, and in all of these mediums his prime motive is to tell people's stories.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
Previous

Flowstone Moonmilk Pinot Gris Viognier 2024
Next

Flowstone Moonmilk Shiraz Grenache Viognier 2023