Mattinson’s BEST VALUE AUSTRALIAN WINE blog
Welcome to Mattinson’s Best Value Australian Wine blog 2024. All the wines discussed here are available for under $25, preferably under $20, preferably closer to $15. I’m not – I should point out – talking about wines that are “good value compared to other similar wines”, even though that’s a legitimate approach. No. This blog is about up-front, low-cost, high value wines that taste genuinely good to genuine lovers of wine.
Freya & Jules Riesling 2023
Freya & Jules Riesling 2023 is the most delicious $10 wine on the Australian market.
D’Arenberg The Custodian Grenache 2021: Best Value
D’Arenberg The Custodian Grenache 2021 is the best value wine in the d’Arenberg range this year. Full price is $22 but it can often be found at $17.
Best Value: Kirrihill Regional Series Shiraz 2022
Kirrihill Regional Series Shiraz 2022 is pretty decent value full tote, but it really rocks if you can pick it up on special.
Best Value: Kirrihill Regional Series Riesling 2023
Kirrihill Regional Series Riesling 2023 is one of Australia's best value white wines.
Red Knot GSM 2023: Review
Red Knot McLaren Vale GSM 2023 is “pretty damn good” for a $15 red.
Blackstone Paddock Cabernet Sauvignon 2021: Review
Blackstone Paddock Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 is a cabernet from Margaret River that is drinking beautifully now, and could be cellared. For $20.
Wickhams Road Yea Valley Pinot Noir 2023: Review
Wickhams Road Yea Valley Pinot Noir 2023 is made by the same people who make Hoddles Creek Estate Pinot Noir. Put it this way: I’m buying some myself.
O’Leary Walker Polish Hill River Armagh Shiraz 2022: Best Value
O’Leary Walker Polish Hill River Armagh Shiraz 2022, on special, is one of the best value Australian red wines of the year.
Bare Bones Great Western Shiraz 2022: Review
Previous vintage of Bare Bones Shiraz won an award. Is the 2022 any good?
Mount Langi Ghiran Pepper Series Shiraz 2022: Review
Mount Langi Ghiran Pepper Series Shiraz 2022 is meaty and spicy and a bit rough in terms of tannin, but at $16 you feel like you’ve done well.
Muto Albarino 2023: Review
Muto Albarino 2023 ($20) is joy in a glass as far as I’m concerned.