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.
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.
