Wirra Wirra Church Block Cabernet Shiraz Merlot 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson

Wirra Wirra Church Block Cabernet Shiraz Merlot 2023
AU$22, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, McLaren Vale.

As I’ve said previously on this site: “Wirra Wirra’s Church Block red blend has been a favourite of Australian red wine drinkers for decades. It’s a cabernet blend, it almost always punches above its weight, you can drink it right now or you can even cellar it, should you really want to.”

Wow this is good for $25. It’s mid weight, well balanced, well structured and well sustained. It tastes of berries, mint and chocolate, though it also carries a slightly dusty, gently autumnal edge. Fruit though is the mainstay. Excellent is the word. Top Value.

93 points – Campbell Mattinson.

Campbell Mattinson

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.

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