Red Knot Classified Shiraz 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle image of the Red Knot Classified Shiraz 2023 as reviewed by Australia's best wine commentator Campbell Mattinson.

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

Red Knot Shiraz can be confusing but this is the $17 ‘Classified’ version rather than the $11 version. Both are made by the Shingleback winery in McLaren Vale. Is it worth stumping up the extra for the Classified?

I like the standard release, it’s always good value, but this is a noticeable step up. It’s richer, there’s more smoothness to the mouthfeel, it generally feels more polished and it’s fully satisfying through the finish. I picked this up from Dan Murphy’s because I wanted to compare it to the base Red Knot Shiraz but a glass or two in and I’d forgotten about the comparison and was just enjoying this, full stop. It’s a very good wine. It’s one of the best sub $20 wines on the market.

91 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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