Gapsted Estate Reserve Magnum Saperavi 2022

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Gapsted Estate Reserve Magnum Saperavi 2022.

Gapsted Estate Reserve Magnum Saperavi 2022
$200, 14.8% alcohol, screwcap, Alpine Valleys.

This is a rich red wine with a mountain of structure. It’s from the mountain district of north-east Victoria so that seems fitting. Redcurrant, boysenberry, tobacco, smoked herbs and pepper-like notes create plenty of flavour and along with it, plenty of interest. Stash this away and, in time, it will put on quite a show. It’s a quality wine but it’s also different – in a good way – in its flavours and feel. In magnum, it will live for 15 or 20 years, or even longer. 93+ 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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