Knappstein Unearthed Malbec 2025
$35, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, Clare Valley.
I hate to lead with a technical wine term but here goes: this is bloody good. It has grunt and perfume, structure and a juicy fruit-driven approachability, and from start to finish it just tastes the goods. Hats off to the Knappstein winemaking and growing team. This wine is as sturdy as it is satisfying, and it’s more-ish as well. 94 points.
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.
