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

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of both The Winefront site (founded in 2002, and the home of Australia’s best Australian wine reviews) and Mattinson Photography.

Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer since 1987. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the national Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson, who is 100% independent, puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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