Driftwood Margaret River Artifacts Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
- 91
- $35
- Drink by: 2022-2028
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No denying the grape variety here nor, for that matter, the sense of place. It is immediately, resolutely Margaret River Cabernet from the lush black fruited intensity to the ever-present herbal presence. And then there’s the centrepiece, that rich vein of acacia, bush mint, black pepper that courses through the wine. The generosity of flavour is countered by quite a firm presence of sinewy tannins which comes to a halt fast. It could benefit from more time in bottle if you are of a mind.
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.
