Red Knot Classified GSM 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Red Knot Classified GSM 2023.

Red Knot Classified GSM 2023
AU$17, 14% alcohol, screwcap, McLaren Vale.

The Red Knot GSM 2023 is excellent value, so I was keen to see its more expensive sibling, which is what this wine is. Same winery, same blend, same brand, but under at the so-called ‘Classified’ level.

If you’ve got the money to spend, in general the Classified range is worth the extra cash. Here though, I’m not so sure. This wine has punchy red-berried flavour, complemented by clove/peppercorn-like spice notes, and a bit of extra grip to the finish, compared with the ($11) non-Classified version. But you’re pretty much getting the same drinking pleasure from the less expensive option, so personally I’d stick with that, even though this technically is a better wine.

89 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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