Barons of Barossa Shiraz 2023
$30, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, Barossa Valley.
Barossa Cellar release.
This is a luscious wine with blackberry, sweet raspberry, aniseed and roasted spice notes running impressively throughout. The density of the flavour, the softness of the texture, and the toastiness of the finish are all highlights here. Settle in, settle down, we have a lovely deep-flavoured shiraz on our hands here. 93 points.
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.
Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.
