Mattinson’s BEST VALUE AUSTRALIAN WINE blog
Welcome to Mattinson’s Best Value Australian Wine blog 2025. All the wines discussed here are available for under $25, preferably under $20, preferably closer to $15. I’m not – I should point out – talking about wines that are “good value compared to other similar wines”, even though that’s a legitimate approach. No. This blog is about up-front, low-cost, high value wines that taste genuinely good to genuine lovers of wine.
Freya & Jules Riesling 2023
Freya & Jules Riesling 2023 is the most delicious $10 wine on the Australian market.
D’Arenberg The Custodian Grenache 2021: Best Value
D’Arenberg The Custodian Grenache 2021 is the best value wine in the d’Arenberg range this year. Full price is $22 but it can often be found at $17.
Best Value: Kirrihill Regional Series Shiraz 2022
Kirrihill Regional Series Shiraz 2022 is good value even at full asking price, but it really rocks if you can pick it up on special.
Best Value: Kirrihill Regional Series Riesling 2023
Kirrihill Regional Series Riesling 2023 is one of Australia's best value white wines.
Red Knot GSM 2023: Review
Red Knot McLaren Vale GSM 2023 is “pretty damn good” for a $15 red.
Blackstone Paddock Cabernet Sauvignon 2021: Review
Blackstone Paddock Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 is a cabernet from Margaret River that is drinking beautifully now, and could be cellared. For $20.
Wickhams Road Yea Valley Pinot Noir 2023: Review
Wickhams Road Yea Valley Pinot Noir 2023 is made by the same people who make Hoddles Creek Estate Pinot Noir. Put it this way: I’m buying some myself.
O’Leary Walker Polish Hill River Armagh Shiraz 2022: Best Value
O’Leary Walker Polish Hill River Armagh Shiraz 2022, on special, is one of the best value Australian red wines of the year.
Bare Bones Great Western Shiraz 2022: Review
Previous vintage of Bare Bones Shiraz won an award. Is the 2022 any good?
Mount Langi Ghiran Pepper Series Shiraz 2022: Review
Mount Langi Ghiran Pepper Series Shiraz 2022 is meaty and spicy and a bit rough in terms of tannin, but at $16 you feel like you’ve done well.
Muto Albarino 2023: Review
Muto Albarino 2023 ($20) is joy in a glass as far as I’m concerned.