Leconfield Coonawarra D.G.R. Cabernet Shiraz 2022

If you were expecting the wine’s initials to represent some prestigious, early Leconfield pioneer, you would be wrong. It’s a little more down to earth than that, indeed, it’s a Damn Good Red! It is a suitably appropriate title for a wine rich and warm in both scent and flavour and all- round comforting in its appeal. Aromas come in warm, toasty charry oak and spices, blackberry, cassis, black plum, acacia and earth. Boasts an unctuous, expressive palate based on a layer of tannin that is both understated and yet firm. Plenty of peppery spice and ripe black and blue fruits with chocolate, briar and dried leaves adding an autumnal warm feel. It’s a damn good red for enjoying now or for further ageing which is a damn good each way bet.

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