Jack Estate Shiraz 2019
$25, 14.5% alcohol screwcap, Wrattonbully Coonawarra.
This is a soft, fleshy shiraz with blueberry, boysenberry, sweet plum and choc-mint flavours running throughout. It has a creaminess to its texture, which makes it feel smooth and more-ish. This wine is now six years old but it still feels fresh; it’s perfect for drinking now, but it still has some years up its sleeve. It’s very well priced at AU $25. 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.
