Watkins Clarendon Shiraz 2018

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Watkins Clarendon Shiraz 2018.

Watkins Clarendon Shiraz 2018
$50, 14.8%, screwcap, Adelaide Hills.

Toasty oak, resin, mint, sweet redcurrant and ripe plum flavours make healthy contributions to this soft-but-hearty Adelaide Hills shiraz. There’s a fair bit of grip to the finish and an air of seriousness throughout, though the velvety softness of the palate makes it feel welcoming at all times, a whisper of coconut-like flavour helping things on this front too. Oak is a major contributor here but then so too is quality fruit. 92 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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