Juniper Estate Three Fields Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
- 91
- $32
- Drink by: 2024-2027
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A Bordeaux blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (91%), Petit Verdot (5%) and Cabernet Franc (4%), attractive and upfront in fruit, keeping the momentum going strong through to the finish. Rises above the average and into silver medal territory by staying true to, and focused on, the quality of the fruit – it’s a relatively simple algorithm, but one not often adhered to. And, as it offers such good drinking now and the ability to age and improve further over the short term, it is one versatile young Cabernet at the price. Black cherry, black plum, cassis, tobacco, crushed herbs, smoky oak and some aromatic lift courtesy of violet florals. The aromas sing. Solid fruit projection on the palate joined by gentle oak and a sinewy tannin presence. Good depth and top marks for the integration of French oak.
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.
