Vandenberg King Willem II Shiraz Cabernet 2019

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Vandenberg King Willem II Shiraz Cabernet 2019.

Vandenberg King Willem II Shiraz Cabernet 2019
$xx, 14.5% alcohol, DIAM cork, South Australia.

At six years of age this red wine is soft, mellow, deep-flavoured and persistent. It’s a very good drink and very good value. It tastes of blackcurrant, bay leaves, plums, leather, black olives and earth-splashed spice, and from start to finish its warm-hearted flavours feel both generous and inviting. A few extra years under this wine’s belt are a good thing; the result now is a wine that’s both robust and easy to settle in with. 92 points.

Campbell Mattinson

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.

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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

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