Epsilon Barossa Valley Shiraz 2023
$25, 14.2% alcohol, screwcap, Barossa Valley.
This is such a soft expression of Barossa Shiraz. It has depth of flavour too, all roasted plum, sweet raspberry and earth, with toast and peppercorn characters woven throughout. But it’s the soft, even glide that gets you in, helped as it is by a general impression of freshness and energy. There’s much to enjoy here. It’s both flavoursome and easy-to-like. 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.
