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 indeed in terms of fruit intensity but this is a wine with 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 would be great in itself, except that it’s only as only as you swallow that you realise the full gravity of this wine, and its excellence. Firm tannin, extreme sinewy length, cohesion and a good deal of flourish; it all manifests on the finish of this wine. This is a wonderful release from Scarborough. 96 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 the highly respected The Winefront site.

Mattinson has been an independent wine critic and photo-journalist 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 prized 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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