Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
- 92
- $60
- Drink by: 2024-2038
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Margaret River’s number one red variety is looking mighty at ease in the glass, especially so after a quick swish of air to help loosen it up. Structure is tight and there is clear intent that this will be a wine to age further – which it undoubtedly will – but there is also much to be enjoyed right now. The ’21 is sweet fruited with upfront appeal in black fruits, earth, briar, acacia, jalapeño and baking spices. The back palate is where the leafy herbals and crushed herbs dwell. Tannins, while firm are nicely controlled, coiled and waiting. In the meantime, there is much to enjoy.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
