Blue Star by RedCote Cabernet Shiraz 2022

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Blue Star by RedCote Cabernet Shiraz 2022.

Blue Star by RedCote Cabernet Shiraz 2022
AU$88, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, Great Western/Grampians.

This wine spent 48 months in oak; which is a long time in anyone’s winemaking language.

Oak flavour has integrated impressively here. In fact, flavour-wise, oak and fruit now present as one. This tastes of plums, mint, salted herbs and toast, with leather and cream characters helping to smooth everything out. The tannin here is where things get interesting: this wine is assertively tannic, the result being a finish that’s grippy and dry.

92 points – Campbell Mattinson.

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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