Mattinson Wine Reviews.
Every wine on this page scored 89/100 or better. Every wine was tasted, scored and written up by Campbell Mattinson. Every day, wines are rejected for publication – if it doesn't make the cut, it doesn't appear.
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Head Wines Wilton Hill Shiraz 2024
"Gorgeousness in a bottle." Campbell Mattinson's 96-point review of Head Wines Wilton Hill Shiraz 2024 – a plush, deep, luxurious Barossa Shiraz.
Tolpuddle Vineyard Chardonnay 2025
Mattinson review of Tolpuddle Vineyard Chardonnay 2025."A classic in the making." Campbell Mattinson's 97-point review of Tolpuddle Vineyard Chardonnay 2025 — exquisite, effortless Tasmanian Chardonnay
Savaterre Chardonnay 2024
Campbell Mattinson scores Savaterre Chardonnay 2024, from Beechworth, at 97 points, saying “Its energy is calm. Its calm is strength. Its strength is soothing.”
Agricola Vintners Flaxman Valley Naimanya & Home Shiraz 2025
"Bloody magnificent." Campbell Mattinson's 97-point review of Agricola Vintners Flaxman Valley Naimanya & Home Shiraz 2025, from the Eden Valley.
Murdoch Hills The Rocket Chardonnay 2024
Flinty and flat-out good: white peach, lactose, pear and struck match charging through a palate that's powerful without being heavy, and sensationally long. Top-quality Lenswood chardonnay, 96 points.
Elanto Chardonnay 2024
"This is seriously good." Campbell Mattinson's 96-point review of Elanto Chardonnay 2024, from one of Australia's most densely planted vineyards.
Bicknell FC Applecross Chardonnay 2025
“When I wrote the piece on Bicknell’s departure from Oakridge recently, it smashed site-traffic records here. It did for a reason." — Campbell Mattinson's 96-point review of Bicknell FC Applecross Chardonnay 2025.
Penfolds Yattarna Chardonnay 2024
"So neat, so wild, so powerful and so refined." Campbell Mattinson's 97-point review of Penfolds Yattarna Chardonnay 2024.
Penfolds Grange Shiraz 2022
The 75th-anniversary Grange is a cooler-vintage wine — more 1999 than 1998 — with length and tannin to burn, and a $1000 price that hasn't moved in five years. The full review, and the score.
Giant Steps Applejack Chardonnay 2025
"A party in a suit, waiting for the formalities to be over." Campbell Mattinson's 96-point review of Giant Steps Applejack Chardonnay 2025.
Salo Chardonnay 2025
"Pure, liquid gorgeousness." Campbell Mattinson's 96-point review of Salo Chardonnay 2025, from Halliday Winemaker of the Year Steve Flamsteed.
Ansted & Osicka Balgownie 1970 Block Cabernet Sauvignon 2025
"We should be laying down in front of the tractors." Campbell Mattinson on the final vintage of the 1970 Ansted & Osicka Balgownie Cabernet.
Mount Pleasant Lovedale Semillon 2021
"A smash of shells, a crush of citrus" — Campbell Mattinson's 97-point review of Mount Pleasant Cellar Aged Lovedale Semillon 2021.
Bulman Gary's Vineyard Grenache Dry Red Wine 2025
"This wine is insanely good. Not only is it transfixing, but there's a logic and an explain to the transfix." Mattinson's 97-point review of Bulman Gary's Vineyard Grenache Dry Red Wine 2025.
MMAD Blewitt Springs Grenache 2024
Mattinson review of MMAD Blewitt Springs Grenache 2024.
Alkina Estate Fractures Grenache 2025
"Pure, exotic, controlled and uncontrollable at once" — Campbell Mattinson's 96-point review of Alkina Estate Fractures Grenache 2025.