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

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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