Murdoch Hill

Murdoch Hill is a Mattinson Ten Star Winery.

Murdoch Hill is a Mattinson 10-Star Winery.
Only the best of Australia’s best wineries are ranked as a Mattinson 10-Star Winery.

Murdoch Hill reaches for the stars. When its wines are good, they are spectacular. The wines of Murdoch Hill have been routinely impressive over the past decade but the Murdoch Hill Orion Oakbank Syrah 2022 and Murdoch Hill Apollo Pinot Noir 2022, both tasted in 2024, took the reputation of this producer to a new, higher level. Murdoch Hill’s The Landau Syrah has, too, become an anticipated release each year. Murdoch Hill is the finely-tuned face of modern Australian wine.

Recent tastings of Murdoch Hill The Landau Syrah 2023 and Murdoch Hill Orion Oakbank Syrah 2023 only enhance this producer’s reputation further.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of the highly respected The Winefront site.

Mattinson has been an independent wine critic and photo-journalist since 1987. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the prized Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson, who is 100% independent, puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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