Mr Riggs Mr Brightside Rosé 2026
AU$25, 13% alcohol, screwcap, Fleurieu Peninsula.
This tastes as much of apple as it does of raspberry, as much too of citrus and sweet spice as it does of strawberry. That’s a good thing. It’s fresh-fruited and zesty and dry and appealing, start to finish.
90 points – Campbell Mattinson.
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.
Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.
