Flowstone Queen of the Earth Sauvignon Blanc 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson

Flowstone Queen of the Earth Sauvignon Blanc 2023
$49, 13% alcohol, screwcap, Margaret River.

There’s restraint to this wine, elegance too, but it builds power nicely as it travels through the palate and the finish, then, is both structured and well prosecuted. This sauvignon blanc really shows how it’s done. It tastes of stonefruit, ginger, slate, woodsmoke and cream, with whispers of lemongrass too, but the wine’s slatey dryness is in many ways its signature attribute. This is an impeccable white wine. 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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