Longview Hen's Teeth Rosé 2025

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Longview Hen's Teeth Rosé 2025.

Longview Hen's Teeth Rosé 2025
$28, 12% alcohol, screwcap, Adelaide Hills.

This Adelaide Hills rosé was made with Pinot Noir and Nebbiolo grapes. That would be a good start in itself except that all the grapes were estate-grown by Longview – one of the best/highest quality grape growers (and wine makers) in the Adelaide Hills region.

It’s pale crimson in colour, it’s alive with alluring perfumes, and the palate then presents a beautiful mix of cranberry, orange oil, red cherry and roasted spice flavours, all of which hone towards a dry, immaculately crafted finish. This is refreshing, dry, energetic and characterful all at once. It’s good. 92 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 Winefront site (founded in 2002, and the home of Australia’s best Australian wine reviews) and Mattinson Photography.

Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer 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 national 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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