Punch Lance’s Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of punch lances cabernet sauvignon 2023.

Punch Lance’s Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2023
$45, 13.5% alcohol, screwcap, Yarra Valley

This is a cool cabernet with dust, leaf and herb notes liberally strewn through boysenberry, loganberry and forest berry fruit flavours. Elegance is its middle name but it does come complete with comparatively assertive tannin, which at this early stage is still resolving itself. This cabernet will become prettier and softer as it matures; its elegance though will remain. It has a future. Pop it in a cool, dark place for four or five years and you will be rewarded. 92 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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