Knappstein Unearthed Sangiovese 2025

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Knappstein Unearthed Sangiovese 2025.

Knappstein Unearthed Sangiovese 2025
$35, 13.5% alcohol, screwcap, Clare Valley.

You get more than you bargained for here. The promise and indeed the hope is that bright, juicy, berried fruit will be delivered in energetic, ready-to-enjoy-now form. That indeed is the case, but there’s also a firmness to this wine; indeed it’s noticeably tannic. This wine is really going to shine with food. Apple-like acidity keeps the flavours racing along but then the brakes of tannin give extra time to savour them. 91 points.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of both the highly respected The Winefront site (founded 2002) and Mattinson Photography.

Mattinson has been an independent wine critic and photo-journalist since 1987. 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; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the prized Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson, who is 100% independent, puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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