The Hedonist Amicus Golden A Shiraz 2021

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of The Hedonist Amicus Golden A Shiraz 2021.

The Hedonist Amicus Golden A Shiraz 2021
$50, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, McLaren Vale.

This is a throaty, heady, richly-flavoured shiraz with asphalt, smooth plum, peppercorn and mint characters served in tandem with a gentle – and appropriate – veneer of vanilla cream. It feels good in the mouth as a result, and offers plenty of warm-hearted flavour. Tannin is recessed nicely into the fruit flavour itself, and it finishes with a satisfying push. 92 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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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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