The Lane Vineyard LDR 2025

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of The Lane Vineyard LDR 2025.

The Lane Vineyard LDR 2025
$30, 12.5% alcohol, screwcap, Adelaide Hills.

I assume that LDR stands for Light Dry red but in any case, it’s a blend of Pinot Noir and Shiraz – one of the classic blends of Australia’s rich winemaking past.

This is soft, well balanced, attractively flavoured and, more than anything, just plain delicious. The Lane Vineyard has some very lovely wines in its portfolio right now, and this is definitely one of them. It tastes of red and black cherries, woodsy herbs, sweet cedar and violets, though in all honesty it mostly tastes of one harmonious whole. It’s well sustained through the finish, and quite simply a delight, every step of the way. 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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