Leconfield Coonawarra Cabernets 2022
- 96
- $50
- Drink by: 2025-2040
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This is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc, which were all co-fermented, and the result is a wine that integrates and captures the subtleties and distinctive contributions of the three varieties. The colour is deep red with faint hints of crimson. The aromas display some lovely floral perfume notes, while the palate, while powerfully presented, has a charming elegance about it and that contribution from the other varieties to Cabernet is probably contributing to that. Hangs together so well, the tannins are so fine, the oak is liberal but well integrated, and the fragrance is just as well balanced. The fruit retains its powerful intensity. It’s a wine that has tremendous cellaring potential.
Ray Jordan has been writing about wine for more than 40 years. His first articles were published in the early issues of national wine magazine Winestate in the late 1970s when he worked in Sydney as a newspaper correspondent. From 1989 Ray wrote more than 3000 columns as a regular newspaper wine columnist. He currently writes a regular column for the special business publication Business News and is one of the main contributors to national wine platform Wine Pilot. In 2017 Ray co-authored The Way it Was – A History of The Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry and previously wrote Wine in the Blood: Australia’s Family Wine Estates, published in Mandarin and English. In 2011 Ray was awarded WA Wine Press Club Jack Mann Memorial Medal for his contribution to the WA wine industry. His love of wine is as strong as his love of the blues and tasting the thousands of wines that cross his bench each year allows him to indulge in both.
