Hentley Farm Clos Otto Shiraz 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Hentley Farm Clos Otto Shiraz 2023.

Hentley Farm Clos Otto Shiraz 2023
$305, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, Barossa Valley.

Hulk of a wine. It shows a surprising amount of development for a wine that is only three years old, perhaps, but the wealth of flavour and the spread of tannin is both significant and impressive. Resin, raspberry, blackcurrant, leather, chocolate and earth notes come rolled in pink marshmallow and vanilla cream. The most impressive aspect of this wine however is the length of the finish; it really does push on into tomorrow, aided gently by a carry of alcohol warmth. 94 points.

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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