Chateau Tanunda Grand Barossa Shiraz 2023
$25, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, Barossa Valley.
This shiraz from the Barossa Valley is bang on for flavour. It’s dark, berried, a touch spicy and even peppery but most of all it’s just plain flavoursome. Dark plum, blueberry pie, a flash of vanilla and a peppercorn, crushed. It’s tasty. It’s energetic. It’s great to drink. 91 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.
