Dowie Doole Cali Road Shiraz 2022

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Dowie Doole Cali Road Shiraz 2022.

Dowie Doole Cali Road Shiraz 2022
$80, 14.5% alcohol, DIAM cork, McLaren Vale.

The throttle is right out here but in the full-bodied, rich, mouth-filling style of McLaren Vale shiraz, this wine is very good. It tastes of blackberry, chocolate, mint, tar and sweet, velvety plum, the aftertaste then adding violet and peppercorn-like characters. The tannin is firm, the fruit is swashbuckling. If you enjoy full-bodied red wine, expect to be satisfied in full. 93 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 the highly respected The Winefront site.

Mattinson has been an independent wine critic and photo-journalist 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 prized 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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