Torzi Matthews Schist Rock Shiraz 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson

Torzi Matthews Schist Rock Shiraz 2023
$25, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, Eden Valley.

Torzi’s Schist Rock Shiraz has been a favourite for a long time and the value on offer is still right up there. This 2023 release is another goodun’. It’s spicy, floral, dark fruited and accessible, but carries just enough dry tannin through the finish to give it some shape. Mint, meat, floral and jellied dark berried fruit flavours flood through the mouth, followed by whispers of nuts and leaves. The combination of ripe, juicy fruit and meaty/spicy side notes is spot on here. 92 points and worth every cent.

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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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

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