Best Value: Kirrihill Regional Series Shiraz 2022

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Written By Campbell Mattinson

Kirrihill Regional Series Shiraz 2022 is, at $19, better-than-average value, so long as you’re prepared to give it some air.

In pure quality terms this isn’t as good as the 2023 riesling in the same range. It tastes a bit (too) commercial and the alcohol sticks out a bit. But either decant it or give it a little air, and pretty quickly you start to see the appeal. Raspberry, red licorice, dry spice and bloody, ironstone-like flavours make for a pretty interesting drink. The RRP here is $19 but shop around and you’re in business. There’s sweet, ripe fruit here and plenty of it.

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Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, founder of The Winefront and mattinson, and former chief editor of Halliday.

When you pick up a wine book and see thousands of top-scoring wines, it’s hard to know which wine to choose. Mattinson guides you through this maze, giving you an honest view of the best Australian wines, the best wine stories, the best wine producers, the best value wines and simply, the best tasting wines. Importantly, Mattinson will tell you about the top-rated wines and also about the underrated wines. In short, Mattinson knows Australian wines inside and out.

Mattinson has been a photo-journalist since 1987. For the past 25 years he’s been a voice that you can trust when you’re looking for the best wines. 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, and is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter. He’s not afraid to put a score beside a wine. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

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