Friends of Friends Shiraz Cabernet 2018

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Friends of Friends Shiraz Cabernet 2018.

Friends of Friends Shiraz Cabernet 2018
$100, 14.5% alcohol, cork, Limestone Coast.

This is a voluptuous wine straight up but then it also has the structure to support it. The end result is a seriously good red wine, in a full-bodied style. Blackcurrant, nori sheets, milk chocolate, dried tobacco, undergrowth and pure plum flavours drive the palate, with orange peel and mint notes as highlights. There are subtle sings of bottle-age development here but it remains inky and deep. This is drinking beautifully right now but there’s certainly no hurry; it has years ahead of it. 95 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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