Pirramimma Border Clan Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Pirramimma Border Clan Cabernet Sauvignon 2022.

Pirramimma Border Clan Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
$70, 14.8% alcohol, screwcap, McLaren Vale.

Sweet, dark, berried fruit flavour floods the palate here before dusty, twiggy, leafy varietal characters influence the finish. This is a textbook McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon, and a perfectly balanced one too. It sits on the bold side of medium weight, it explodes straight onto the palate and never lets up, and it’s well sustained. The tannin here is ripe and well judged too. Every post a winner. 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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