Magarey Lane Glenroy Shiraz 2015
$115, 14.5% alcohol, DIAM cork, Coonawarra.
This is a mature Coonawarra shiraz with leather, redcurrant, spearmint and chocolate flavours combining now with secondary, undergrowth-like notes. Indeed there’s an element of smoked tobacco here, which is a nice touch. It’s medium in weight and mellow, as you would expect of a wine of its age, the flavours pushing on appreciably through the finish. 92 points.
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 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.
