Koomilya JC Block Shiraz 2022

Written By Campbell Mattinson

Koomilya JC Block Shiraz 2022
$150, 14% alcohol, screwcap, McLaren Vale.

I’m a bit late to the party with this wine; it’s had the odd accolade in Australia. But now that I’ve tasted the three Koomilya single-block releases from the 2022 vintage, this is the best of them. It’s super-firm, super-concentrated, super-imposing and super-svelte, though at all points it feels authentic and true. Ripe plums, fresh red roses, cedar, earth, twiggy herbs and a gentle run of malt. There are whispers of graphite and even bitumen, and a touch of mint, but every step feels authoritative and deliberate.

96 points.

Campbell Mattinson has been a journalist for 40 years, a wine critic for 25 years, is a former chief editor of Halliday Wine Companion and was the founder of The Winefront business. He’s steadfastly independent.

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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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