Di Fabio Bush Vine Reserve Shiraz 2016

Written By Campbell Mattinson
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Di Fabio Bush Vine Reserve Shiraz 2016
$80, 14.6% alcohol, screwcap, McLaren Vale

This wine, tasted in December 2024, is just about to turn nine years old. It’s now fully mature but at the same time, it still has quite a deal of life left in it. It tastes of chocolate, blackberry, leather and saltbush, and while age has lightened things off a little, it still feels soft, creamy and satisfying. Indeed it still has a brighter, more raspberried note running through the core of flavour here, which helps to keep things lively. If you’re looking for a mature wine to drink, this wine fits the bill. 91 points.

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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