Chateau Tanunda Heritage Release Old Vine Shiraz 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson

Chateau Tanunda Heritage Release Old Vine Shiraz 2023
$35, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, Barossa Valley.

There are exceptions of course but the age of the vineyard tends to matter in wine. This Barossa shiraz was grown on vines with a minimum of 35 years under their belt. It has very good depth of fruit, sweet-flavoured and bold, with boysenberry, plum, violet and red licorice as the main drivers of flavour. It feels youthful and warm but it also feels ready to drink, the latter courtesy of the fact that everything here feels balanced. 90 points.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of the highly respected The Winefront site.

Mattinson has been an independent wine critic and photo-journalist since 1987. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the prized Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson, who is 100% independent, puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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