Henschke Tappa Pass Shiraz 2023
$127, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, Barossa Valley.
Some wines just have that extra something. This wine is one of them. It’s the length of the finish that does it: just when you think that it’s going to stop, it keeps on going. It tastes of plums, tar, rust, smoked meat, mint and malt, and while it’s warm-hearted it’s also both svelte and juicy. 94 points.
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Henschke is a Mattinson 10-Star winery.
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.
Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.
