Iggy Deda 2022

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Iggy Deda 2022

Iggy Deda 2022
$40, 13.3% alc, DIAM cork. Barossa Valley.

Blend of Roussanne and Marsanne.

What I love about this wine is its charisma. It’s neat, clean and flavoursome but there’s nothing cookie-cutter about it; in a world of bland this wine is distinctive. It’s straw-yellow in colour, rich in taste, fleshed with yellow stonefruit and honey, and blessed with brine, crushed white flower and nashi pear characters. There’s a smoky, minerally, nutty character in play here too, which teams beautifully with the briney, seaspray aspect. This is a white wine of both complexity and power. 95 points.

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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