Scarborough Keepers of the Flame Shiraz Tempranillo 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Scarborough Keepers of the Flame Shiraz Tempranillo 2023.

Scarborough Keepers of the Flame Shiraz Tempranillo 2023
$100, 14.8% alcohol, screwcap, Hunter Valley.

There’s a strength to this wine. It’s medium in body and in fruit intensity but it has presence; the net effect is significantly more than the sum of its parts. It tastes of red and black cherry, chicory, smoked spices, cedarwood and redcurrant, all of which is complement by firm tannin, extreme sinewy length, cohesion and a good deal of flourish. This is a wonderful release from Scarborough. 96 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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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

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