Frankland Estate Olmo’s Reward 2023

Olmo’s Reward gives itself away with a note that hums along in perfect tune, an irresistible inflection, in harmony with its surrounds. It is a lilting note of black pepper and it tells you exactly where you are, Frankland River in the Great Southern. Off an exceptional vintage, the ’23 Olmo’s Reward arrives fully formed and in harmony. The Bordeaux blend, led by Cabernet Franc, is pronounced in mixed black and blue berries, plums, surrounded by earth, leafy autumnal notes, wild herbs and peppery spice with a quiet violet floral note in train. Carries impressive intensity and weight with a supple, fleshy presence and ripe, savoury tannins that sweep across the palate. Finishes on a dry, cherry pip note. Will cellar brilliantly.

Jeni Port

Wine critic at Winepilot

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.

Wine writer and critic