Schwarz Meta Shiraz 2023
$40, 14.3% alcohol, screwcap, Barossa Valley.
This is a gutsy shiraz at heart – in that it packs a significant punch of flavour – but then it’s also complex, courtesy of twiggy spice, seaweed, roasted nut and toast flavours. There’s a lot of wine here. It’s a warm Barossa shiraz with extras – and a good one. 91 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.
Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.
