A little Touriga lifts this Sweetwater Shiraz Touriga 2023

February 17, 2025

A little Touriga lifts this Sweetwater Shiraz Touriga 2023

Touriga deserves more love in Australia. It just brightens up everything with an extra berry flourish. This Sweetwater Shiraz Touriga 2023 takes a generous Hunter Shiraz and dials in an extra purple edge. It’s boldish, with that depth of flavour that 2023 adds in for Hunter reds, but still glossy and not OTT. I see the acidity as a little sharp, but it can’t derail what feels like polished modern red with a little something extra.

THE VERDICT

Best drinking: now and for a decade easy
Score (out of 20): 18
Score (out of 100): 93
Alcohol %: 14
RRP (in $AUD): 70
Winery website: https://sweetwaterwines.com.au/
Would I buy it?: a few glasses for sure

2023, Hunter, Shiraz Other Blends, Wine

Andrew Graham was once voted the 23rd most trusted wine critic on the planet. A WCA Journalism Young Gun now old hack with 25yrs as a buyer, judge, journalist, marketer and too much more.

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3 responses to “A little Touriga lifts this Sweetwater Shiraz Touriga 2023”

Paul brunner

February 18, 2025 at 1:12 pm

Meanwhile Steve Pannell is flogging
2021 national touriga $ 28
2021grenache Shiraz touriga $35
2021 Tempranillo touriga. $35. On his website. Probably cheaper retail land
Fine well priced wines all
Is dalwood estate in the real world?

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1. Andrew Graham
  
  February 18, 2025 at 2:45 pm
  
  Steve’s wines are very well priced, no doubt about it.
  
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2. Charmaine Talbot
  
  February 18, 2025 at 10:32 pm
  
  Probably because Steve’s Wines were overpriced with to begin with. Those vintages are getting on in age and so they are trying to clear the backlog.
  
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