Murdoch Hill Orion Oakbank Syrah 2022

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Murdoch Hill Orion Oakbank Syrah 2022.

Murdoch Hill Orion Oakbank Syrah 2022
$91, 13% alcohol, screwcap, Adelaide Hills

When I sat down to a tasting of the best-of-the-best Australian shiraz-based wines of 2023/24, this was my favourite wine in the line-up. It was therefore my shiraz of the year for 2024, unofficially. It’s a wine of both depth and delicacy, and tautness, with wild slings of mezcal, black pepper and bell pepper characters tossed through pure, beautiful, exquisitely-well-ripened red and black berried fruit. It’s a charismatic wine, it’s a structured wine, it’s fruited and it’s classic in its savoury styling. But it’s also a wine with that something, indefinable, more. 97 points.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, founder of The Winefront and mattinson, and former chief editor of Halliday.

When you pick up a wine book and see thousands of top-scoring wines, it’s hard to know which wine to choose. Mattinson guides you through this maze, giving you an honest view of the best Australian wines, the best wine stories, the best wine producers, the best value wines and simply, the best tasting wines. Importantly, Mattinson will tell you about the top-rated wines and also about the underrated wines. In short, Mattinson knows Australian wines inside and out.

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