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, founder of The Winefront and mattinson, and former chief editor of Halliday.

When you pick up a wine book and see thousands of top-scoring wines, it’s hard to know which wine to choose. Mattinson guides you through this maze, giving you an honest view of the best Australian wines, the best wine stories, the best wine producers, the best value wines and simply, the best tasting wines. Importantly, Mattinson will tell you about the top-rated wines and also about the underrated wines. In short, Mattinson knows Australian wines inside and out.

Mattinson has been a photo-journalist since 1987. For the past 25 years he’s been a voice that you can trust when you’re looking for the best wines. 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, and is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter. He’s not afraid to put a score beside a wine. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

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