Frankland Estate Olmo’s Reward 2022
- 95
- $95
- Drink by: 2025-2041
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As usual, Cabernet Franc takes the lead role in Olmo’s Reward, but at 90%, it remains one of the highest percentages we have seen in the Bordeaux blend for some time. It is joined by Cabernet Sauvignon (7.5%) and Mourvèdre (2.5%). The aromatic charm of Cabernet Franc is on full display with its arresting aromas of briar and rose, pepper and dried herbs with plum and black cherry fruits. It’s a powerfully persuasive wine, it’s also a wine intended for further ageing. The Smith family has found that Cabernet Franc cellars “spectacularly” well, hence, the promoted role of the grape and, with its pronounced, sandpaper fine tannins, it delivers structure and great potential for age. Not that Olmo’s Reward can’t be enjoyed now, it certainly can. There is a depth of flavour already well in place, medium bodied and expansive in red fruits, crushed herbs, pepper, earth and a spiciness that lifts and engages immediately.
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.
