Mandala Rock Shiraz 2019

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Mandala Rock Shiraz 2019.

Mandala Rock Shiraz 2019
$80, 13.8% alcohol, screwcap, Yarra Valley.

This cool climate shiraz, at six years of age, is in the prime of its drinking life. It will live and mature over the next several years without a problem, but right now it’s a lovely mix of bold fruit, sparks of spice/potpourri-like characters, and complementary bottle-age complexities. The flavour profile goes like this: cherry-plum fruit flavours, cranberry, woodsy spices and flings of decaying flowers. The tannin here is fine, there’s a meaty/smoky note to the aftertaste, and it all lingers appreciably – and impressively – through the finish. 93 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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