Schwarz META Mataro 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Schwarz META Mataro 2023.

Schwarz META Mataro 2023
$40, 13.8% alcohol, screwcap, Barossa Valley.

This is a particularly good mataro. It is because it’s fresh and floral and generally complex, and while it has plenty of mid-weight flavour it never feels heavy or in any way overdone. That’s a very good thing. It tastes of red and black berries, orange rind, rose petals, rust and sweet roasted spices, with blood orange notes helping to give it an exotic feel. It’s excellent. It’s dry through the finish and generally well finessed, in a fully satisfying way. 94 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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