Hesketh Woodside Gamay 2024

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Hesketh Woodside Gamay 2024.

Hesketh Woodside Gamay 2024
$32, 13%, screwcap, Adelaide Hills.

The smart money is going into gamay, both from a wine producer and from a wine drinker perspective. It’s just such an excellent (red) grape variety, neither too heavy nor too light, great for both drinking and for admiring, and perfectly suited to the dinner table. This release from Hesketh is a bit of an Exhibit A in all those regards. It’s spicy, nutty, cherried, juicy and more-ish, the velvet of its texture freshened beautifully by refreshing acidity. Yes please. More please. In a heartbeat. Love this. 93 points.

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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