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

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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