WendoureeShiraz Mataro 1998
About this product
A wine with cult status. Wendouree Shiraz Mataro is known for its deep colour, blackberry-liquorice core and hugely famous tannins. The wines from Wendouree are honourable wines - highlighting the connectivity of winemaker, traditional winemaking practices, regional characteristics and vineyard personality. A rare and exceptional wine from a top 1998 vintage.
A wine with cult status. Wendouree Shiraz Mataro is known for its deep colour, blackberry-liquorice core and hugely famous tannins. The wines from Wendouree are honourable wines - highlighting the connectivity of winemaker, traditional winemaking practices, regional characteristics and vineyard personality. A rare and exceptional wine from a top 1998 vintage.
Full bodied red wines have a noticeably textural mouthfeel with bold, complex flavours. Often deeply coloured.
Dry wines have no trace of sweetness at all.
- TypeMataro
- Size750ML
- RegionClare Valley
- Current Vintage1998
- Alcohol Volume13.7%
- Langtons ClassifiedOutstanding
- CountryAustralia
- StateSouth Australia
- Brand NameWendouree
- Wine MakerTony & Lita Brady
- ClosureCork
- Wine SweetnessDry
- Wine BodyFull Bodied
- More about Huon Hooke
Huon Hooke
Prolific Australian wine reviewer for Fairfax Media and The Real Review

Vintage 1998
96 points The Real Review
A glorious mature Aussie red with classic Wendouree eucalypt-forest undergrowth bouquet, earthy and savoury but not too minty. Very complex and mellow, but still robust and full of vigour. Tannins are smooth and enriching. Outstanding.
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