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

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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