Watkins Cellar Reserve Shiraz 2017

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Watkins Cellar Reserve Shiraz 2017.

Watkins Cellar Reserve Shiraz 2017
$35, 14.1% alcohol, screwcap, Langhorne Creek.

Eight years old and the fruit flavours here are still lively, tasty and good. There are secondary, earthen, gently herbal characters in play here too, almost tobacco-like in nature, though cherry-plum and leather notes hold the most sway. You have to admire the balance of this wine, the all-round composure, and the highlights of mint and violet. Given that most of the cellaring has been done for you, this wine presents as very good value. 91 points.

Campbell Mattinson

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.

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