Head Wines Wilton Hill Shiraz 2024

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Head Wines Wilton Hill Shiraz 2024.

Head Wines Wilton Hill Shiraz 2024
AU$150, 14% alcohol, DIAM cork, Barossa Valley.

In some ways it’s the ultimate expression of a smooth Australian red. It’s a lot more complex, and higher quality, than those words imply, but it is because it’s so plush, soft and luxurious. The mouthfeel here has the snuggliness of cotton wool. It’s deep with flavour, inky, curranty, plum-drenched and licorice-backed. It carries malt, roasted spice, earth and dark chocolate characters, all of which are escorted by intense, ripe fruit. There’s a firm, mineral-studded, almost rusty aspect to the tannin; this wine feels deep and fresh but it also feels weathered and characterful in the most positive of ways. It’s gorgeousness in a bottle, in short. It’s rich, ripe, firm, controlled and persistent.

96 points – Campbell Mattinson.

Campbell Mattinson

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.

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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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