Purple Hands Oenotri Montepulciano 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Purple Hands Oenotri Montepulciano 2023.

Purple Hands Oenotri Montepulciano 2023
$80, 14% alcohol, DIAM cork, Barossa Valley.

This was fermented wild and did not see any oak; it was matured in stainless steel and in clay amphora only. Sensitive winemaking, and indeed sensible. this wine is medium-bodied at its deepest point, not a bad thing, but where it really comes into its own is through the spread of the finish. This is a beautifully persistent wine. It tastes of strawberries, red cherries, earth, twigs and spices, with tobacco, peppercorn and dried flower characters unfolding as the wine breathes. It’s not just different; it’s excellent. 94 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 a respected 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 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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