Iago Marina Mtsvane 2024
12.5% alcohol, cork, Kartli/Georgia.
Straight from tank, not yet bottled, but unlikely to see it again so here goes. Obviously tasted at the winery, speed tasting, staccato notes.
Straw yellow. Energetic. Enough texture. Reduction. Lovely length. Complete. Beautiful. Smoked stone fruits. Stones. Oh the character and oh the presence. Seriously compelling wine. 94 points.
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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.
