Cape Jaffa Epic Drop Shiraz 2022

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Cape Jaffa Epic Drop Shiraz 2022.

Cape Jaffa Epic Drop Shiraz 2022
$40, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, Mount Benson.

This is a medium-weight shiraz with raspberry, red licorice, orange blossom and peppercorn flavours rippling attractively throughout. It’s warm of heart but elegant in nature, its fruit, oak, dried flower and spice characters all contributing in an unforced, easy-to-appreciate way. There’s a lifted almost peanut-brittle-like note to the nose, which heightens the wine’s attractiveness further. 91 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 a respected 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 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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