Haselgrove The Protector Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Haselgrove The Protector Cabernet Sauvignon 2023.

Haselgrove The Protector Cabernet Sauvignon 2023
$40, 14% alcohol, screwcap, McLaren Vale.

This is both a substantial wine and a very good one. It’s buoyant with flavour and structurally too it’s rock solid. It tastes of blackcurrant, boysenberry, cedarweood and vanilla cream, with mint top notes adding extra lift. Tannin here is firm, neat and appropriately proportioned to the volume of (fresh) fruit. What’s particularly impressive here is the length of the finish, which extends beyond the ordinary. 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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