Ulithorne Singularis Shiraz 2021

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Ulithorne Singularis Shiraz 2021.

Ulithorne Singularis Shiraz 2021
$175, 14.5% alcohol, DIAM cork, McLaren Vale.

The grapes for this wine were primarily grown on Ulithorne's 65-year-old dry-grown vineyard in McLaren Vale’s prized Blewitt Springs sub-region.

This is a velvety shiraz with gorgeous purity of fruit and perfectly integrated cedarwood oak. It’s bold and dark-berried but it feels calm, composed and neat. It tastes of both red and black licorice, violets, plums, sweet spices and woodsmoke. It’s immaculate from start to finish; every nuance here is pitch perfect. 94 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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