Torzi Matthews Frost Dodger Shiraz 2024
$50, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, Eden Valley.
Talk about an absolute banger. The folks at Torzi Matthews have pulled out a ripper here. It’s so complex, so floral, so plush with dark fruit flavour and then so deeply satisfying through the finish. There’s no need for florid descriptors: this is structured, complex, meaty and more-ish at once. Done. This is Eden Valley Shiraz as a thing of wonder. 95 points.
This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, founder of The Winefront and Mattinson, and former chief editor of Halliday Wine Companion.
When you pick up a wine book or a wine website and see thousands of wines with 95 point and above scores, it’s hard to know which of these wines to choose. Mattinson guides you through this maze, leading you to the best wine stories, the best wine producers, the best value wines, the most prestigious wines and simply, to the best tasting wines.
Mattinson has been a photo-journalist since 1987 and a wine critic since 2000. He is the only Australian wine journalist to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once.
