Curtis Family Vineyards Pasha Shiraz 2021

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Curtis Family Vineyards Pasha Shiraz 2021.

Curtis Family Vineyards Pasha Shiraz 2021
$100, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, McLaren Vale.

This is a strong-armed shiraz but the mid-palate has some nuance to it and, importantly – even at four years of age – it maintains its freshness. It tastes of pure, fresh plum into boysenberry, and has vanilla, toast, smoked cedar and musk flavours layered throughout. There are darker flavours too, straps of licorice and blackberry and the like, but red berries, creamy oak and spicy tannin are where the wine’s real power lies. It’s not hard to see this wine maturing in to something truly beautiful. 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 an independent 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, who is 100% independent, 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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