2024 Mataro
We have been growing Mataro for 25 years and here we have our fifth bottling as a standalone variety.
We love working with it in the vineyard as is extremely well suited to or conditions and a constant performer each year. It’s thick skins and late ripening characteristics makes it very well suited to our Mediterranean climate.
The Mataro is always a favourite amongst the winemaking team due to its silky texture and volume of flavour. While it is generally blended into our Dancing Fig Grenache, Shiraz, Mataro blend, we reserve several barrels in the best years for a varietal release. We love the vibrancy and complexity of flavour on this wine.
"The fruit comes off 25-year-old vines on Coriole's Willunga vineyard and sees seasoned oak maturation. As usual, an elegant take on mataro, though with the craggy, rocky and wild herby edges that the variety can so often yield. Wild raspberry, cherry, bramble patch, white pepper, bracken. Supple, a sway of texture through the mid, this is medium-ish in weight, easygoing but with savoury interest. 92 points"
Marcus Ellis, Wine Companion