Mandala Rock Shiraz 2017

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Mandala Rock Shiraz 2017.

Mandala Rock Shiraz 2017
$80, 14.6% alcohol, screwcap, Yarra Valley.

Grown at Dixon’s Creek in the Yarra Valley. There’s a nutty, floral, meaty edge to this medium-weight, mellow shiraz. Extra years in the bottle – it’s now eight years old – have softened the palate here nicely, though it’s still punchy with warm flavour through the finish. This both smells and tastes good, offering an attractive mix of pure fruit, secondary characters and floral, spice-driven complexities. 91 points.

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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