Freya and Jules Shiraz 2022

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Freya and Jules Shiraz 2022.

Freya and Jules Shiraz 2022
$10, 14% alcohol, screwcap, Clare Valley.

This is not a great wine – I would be about 88/100 if I was scoring it – but it’s fantastic value at the price. I mean, $10 and you get a well-fruited, well-balanced red wine with good plum-driven flavours, a subtle lift of mint, and a gentle creamy-ness to the mouthfeel. That’s not bad. Normally you’d be looking at closer to $20 for this quality. So yes, if you see this at Aldi stores in Australia, it’s well worth a shot.

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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