Victory Point The Mallee Root Cabernet Malbec 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Victory Point The Mallee Root Cabernet Malbec 2023.

Victory Point The Mallee Root Cabernet Malbec 2023
$32, 14% alcohol, screwcap, Margaret River.

This is a medium-bodied wine of good fruit and good character. It tastes of blackcurrant, tobacco, chocolate, iodine and mint, though there’s an undergrowth-like note that helps give it a bit of extra interest. This is the kind of wine that is as equally at home on the couch as it is on the dinner table. It walks a middle road, in a positive way, and will suit and please most folks, in most situations. 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 both The Winefront site (founded in 2002, and the home of Australia’s best Australian wine reviews) and Mattinson Photography.

Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer 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 national 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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