After Five Montepulciano 2023

7 Feb

After Five Montepulciano 2023
$40, 13.5% alcohol, screwcap, Barossa Valley.

There’s something just a little enchanting about this different-but-good red wine from the Barossa Valley. It carries fruit flavour, ripe and sweet-ish, but it also feels refreshing in a mouthwatering way, its acidity and flowery-herb notes giving it an energy, not to mention a deliciousness. This is an excellent rendition of the Montepulciano grape, it has to be said. Grapey tannin, a keen juiciness, and flavour without being over the top. The only real problem here is that it’s hard to stop yourself from drinking more. 93 points.

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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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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com

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