James Kalleske Wines Short Stories GSM 2023

Written by Campbell Mattinson

James Kalleske Wines Short Stories GSM 2023
AU$38, 14% alcohol, screwcap, Barossa Valley.

There’s plenty going on with this wine – in a good way. It flows through the palate easily and well but as it does it offers notes of orange rind, blood orange, pure raspberry, mint, florals, leather and olives-in-brine. The sweetness of the berried fruit remains the main driver of proceedings but decayed flower, leaf and rind characters keep things interesting. I wouldn’t cellar this wine but if you’re drinking this now or over the next year or two, then you’re drinking well.

92 points – Campbell Mattinson.

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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