Leconfield Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

The 2020 vintage in Coonawarra was a good one. It shows even though, at 14.5% alcohol, it might be considered on the riper side for both the grape and the region. Everything is nicely in place with some added oomph courtesy of the fruit ripeness that takes the Cabernet into warm and generous territory.  It makes for an inviting wine. Bright and lifted bramble, blackberry, chocolate and liquorice. All the good things. The strength of this wine lies in the concentration of fruit – black and red berries – which is impressive and grabs your tastebuds attention in league with a volley of dark spice, mint, cedar and leafy herbal notes. Tannins are round and approachable and up to the job. Enjoyable drinking now and in the medium term.

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