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.
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.
Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.
