Driftwood Artifacts Margaret River Malbec 2021
- 94
- $40
- Drink by: 2023-2031
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Malbec has a reputation in this country as a master blender, not a stand-alone grape variety. Here is a wine that dispels that theory. This is one seriously smart young Malbec. Dark purple hues lead to sweet, redolent berries in black cherry, blueberry and loganberry with baking spices in support. Super approachable, the palate is supple and plush in red fruits, dark berries and woodsy spice. Oak is well handed, paying attention to the fruit and never over-stepping its role. Springy tannins bring a bright freshness. This is a celebration of a grape destined to be a perennial support player in this country. Here, it stands up to be counted.
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.
