Leconfield DGR Cabernet Shiraz 2022

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Leconfield DGR Cabernet Shiraz 2022.

Leconfield DGR Cabernet Shiraz 2022
$70, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, Coonawarra.

DGR stands for ‘Damn Good Red’, the red here alluding to both the wine itself but also to the famous red-orange hue of the best Coonawarra soils, from which this wine was grown. We’re looking at a concentrated, plush, luxurious wine here, creamy-soft to the touch and awash with plum, mint, toast, blackurrant and vanilla flavours. The tannin here too feels robust, which is in keeping with the wine as a whole. This wine delivers mouthfilling flavours in soft, smooth, structured style. It will provide great pleasure to a lot of people. 93/100.

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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