Curtis Family Vineyards Cavaliere Shiraz 2022
AU$70, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, McLaren Vale.
Full-bodied and full-throttle shiraz out of McLaren Vale. Saturated plum, vanilla cream, saltbush, rust, peppercorn and bitumen characters explode through the palates and out through the finish. It’s gutsy, warm and svelte all at once. Firm, velvety tannin completes a smooth-but-robust picture. 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.
