School House Shiraz 2015
$85, 14.5% alcohol, DIAM cork, Coonawarra.
Plum, mint, chocolate and floral characters – all of which are primary sources of flavour – dominate this wine, which is remarkable given that it’s over ten years old. Earth, tobacco and leather notes rest in the background, adding complexity and indeed a savoury side. This is a warm, rich, full-throttle shiraz that is still rocking a great deal of fruit even with a decade under its belt. 92 points.
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.
