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.
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.
