Welland Old Hands Shiraz 2022
$70, 15% alcohol, cork, Barossa Valley.
Both the fruit and the oak here are served in generous proportions and the end result is plush, smooth and satisfying. This is a bold Barossa shiraz that shows no signs of compromise. Blackberries, roasted plums, sweet spices and saltbush flavours drift into mocha, cream, toast and cedar. It’s both dramatic and cuddly. Indeed everything about this wine is mouthfilling and warm. 93 points.
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.
