Coppabella Procella I Hilltops Shiraz 2021
$70, 13.5% alcohol, screwcap, Hilltops.
This is fresh, fruity and complex with (black) pepper notes as highlights and a gentle creaminess to the texture. It ticks all the boxes and then some. It tastes of red and black cherries, sweet spices, orange rind and pepper, and from start to finish it feels and tastes both satisfying and delicious. 93 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.
