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

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 the highly respected The Winefront site.

Mattinson has been an independent wine critic and photo-journalist 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 prized Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson, who is 100% independent, puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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