Glen Eldon Twisted Trunk Reserve Shiraz 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Glen Eldon Twisted Trunk Reserve Shiraz 2023.

Glen Eldon Twisted Trunk Reserve Shiraz 2023
$200, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, Barossa Valley.

It’s grown on vines that were planted in 1865. Yes, 1865. It smells and tastes of resiny vanillin but from there we’re straight into a deep, rich, intense pool of dark berried flavour, all saturated and intense. This is a wine that speaks in the most certain of terms. The fruit through the back half of this wine is washed through with authoritative, grainy tannin; the finish itself is then well sustained. This is a wine of exemplary depth and power. 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 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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