Cape Jaffa En Soleil Shiraz 2022
$50, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, Mount Benson.
This wine flows along offering cherry-berry and woodsy-spice flavours, all of which is pleasant plus, but the finish is where it applies extra emphasis, via an extra hit of flavour. The end result is an attractive, impressive, satisfying red wine with red/black licorice and purple flower characters developing as it breathes – and some extra charm along with it. 92 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.
