B Minor Grampians Shiraz 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of B Minor Grampians Shiraz 2023.

B Minor Grampians Shiraz 2023
$30, 13.5% alcohol, screwcap, Grampians.

This was grown by, and made at, Best’s. Which is a good start in life for any shiraz wine to have.

This is a medium-weight wine with red licorice, black cherry, woodsy spice and floral notes running fluidly and attractively throughout. There’s a smidgen of black pepper to the aromatics and flashes of both salted sage and mint too. Everything feels in good, pleasing order from start to finish. Savoury tannin makes for a positive and satisfying conclusion. 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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