Wynns V&A Lane Shiraz 2024
$60, 12.6% alcohol, screwcap, Coonawarra.
Shiraz rarely displays such finesse. This is light, fluid and insistent, with red cherry characters creeping marginally into musk and plum-like flavour, and a subtle creaminess bringing twiggy herb characters along for the ride. Elegant is the word. I’m confident that this wine will age beautifully. 93 points.
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.
Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.
