James Kalleske Wines Short Stories GSM 2024
AU$38, 14% alcohol, screwcap, Barossa Valley.
These Short Stories wines don’t skimp on complexity. This wine is built on a foundation of cherry-plum and kirsch flavours, though notes of tomato leaf, iron, smoked meat and violets all contribute from there. There’s a creamy, almost syrupy aspect to the palate here – though, it must be said, everything still feels fresh and lively.
91 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.
Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.
