Ulithorne Aureus McLaren Vale Shiraz 2021

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Ulithorne Aureus McLaren Vale Shiraz 2021.

Ulithorne Aureus Shiraz 2021
$130, 14.5% alcohol, DIAM cork, McLaren Vale.

There’s a stunning richness to this wine. It’s packed with layers of blackberry, asphalt, malt, black licorice and peppercorn flavours, with dark chocolate characters wrapped around it all. For all of its power it still feels neat; nothing sticks out, and nothing has been applied excessively. It’s as cohesive as it is seamless. The tannin itself has a grain to it too, which fist with the grunty feel of the wine itself. It’s a dark wine for a dark night. It’s warm, rich and emphatic. 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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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

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