Flowstone Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
$45, 14% alcohol, screwcap, Margaret River.
If there’s such a thing as a slurpy cabernet, then this is it. It has Drink Me written all over it. It tastes of blackcurrant and leather, bay leaves and cedar, and while there’s ample in-built complexity it feels soft and ready to be consumed. Of course there’s no hurry but you get the idea. This has just started to mellow, and can be consumed from now. 92 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.
Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.
