Campbell Mattinson 93 points!
Jeremy Oliver 95 points!
Campbell Mattinson 93 points! "Wirra Wirra's RSW Shiraz is named after Robert Strangways Wigley, which has to be one of the best names ever. Old Strangways played cricket for South Australia ... which got me thinking about my own cricketing career. In my junior years I spent about seven years behind the stumps. Wicket keeper and opening batsman. Think of me as the Adam Gilchrist of junior Melbourne western suburbs cricket if you like " I'm not fussed. Anyway, in all those years, I reckon I only took two catches. As a wicket keeper. Total. And yet for the life of me, I can't remember dropping any. My conclusion ... the bowlers I was keeping to, pretty much never caught the outside edge.
I digress.
Walsh tasted this wine too. He wrote: Nice yummy oak, blue and boysenberry, bit of plum. Smooth but not plush, nor the typical mid-palate swell of RSW. More refined and perhaps oak driven, but still a nice sort of wine. Not for long ageing but stylish. Done well out of the vintage.
I can't add much to that, except that I rate it slightly higher than he. It takes some time to unfurl in the glass, but it's rich and sweet-fruited and yum."
Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front, Oct 2009
Jeremy Oliver 95 points! "Sumptuous, elegant McLaren Vale shiraz of depth and character. harvested without a hint of overripeness, it's wild, heady and very spicy, with a spicy bouquet of dark plums and berries, licorice and dark olives backed by a whiff of currant and lightly toasty aromatic new oak. It drips with intense dark fruit that sinks back into a velvet cushion of fine, supple tannins, finishing with length, lusciousness and surprising suppleness. Drink from 2015 to 2019+"
Jeremy Oliver
Country:
Australia
Region:
SA- McLaren Vale
Variety:
Wine Red - Shiraz
Size:
750mL
