Briar Ridge Limited Release Fiano 2025
$40, 13.5% alcohol, screwcap, Hunter Valley.
The wines of Briar Ridge are so mouth-wateringly good. This fiano is the perfect example. It has some texture, it has lots of fruit flavour, it’s flecked with pebble and mineral notes, it has excellent shape and its refreshment factor is high. From every angle, this wine is excellent. Indeed it’s sophisticated, structured and more-ish all at once. 94 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.
