Thorn-Clarke Lady William Randell Shiraz 2020

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Thorn-Clarke Lady William Randell Shiraz 2020.

Thorn-Clarke Lady William Randell Shiraz 2020
$90, 14.5% alcohol, cork, Barossa Valley.

This red wine melts in your mouth. It’s soft and rich but it also has that something extra. It tastes of blackcurrant, redcurrant, coffee, violets, sweet spice and chocolate, with salted caramel notes for afters. It’s also blessed with ultra fine-grained tannin, and a suede-leather aspect. In short, everything here is both positive and impressive. 94 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.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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