2023 Estate Mataro
($38.25 Wine Club price)
A 100% Old Bush Vine Mataro grown on our Certified Organic home vineyard in Stone Well on the Western Ridge of the Barossa Valley. Block 3 is a special Mataro Block. Planted in the 1940s.
A classic Barossa single varietal that carries the hallmarks of our special patch of old vines in Stone Well. A wine that carries the unique characteristics of our site, old vines, and the vintage year.
This wine is bright, displaying lifted dark fruits, earth and cured meat, medium to full bodied pallet supported by long fine tannins. A wine that is drinking very well on release and will continue to do so for many years.
($38.25 Wine Club price)
A 100% Old Bush Vine Mataro grown on our Certified Organic home vineyard in Stone Well on the Western Ridge of the Barossa Valley. Block 3 is a special Mataro Block. Planted in the 1940s.
A classic Barossa single varietal that carries the hallmarks of our special patch of old vines in Stone Well. A wine that carries the unique characteristics of our site, old vines, and the vintage year.
This wine is bright, displaying lifted dark fruits, earth and cured meat, medium to full bodied pallet supported by long fine tannins. A wine that is drinking very well on release and will continue to do so for many years.
($38.25 Wine Club price)
A 100% Old Bush Vine Mataro grown on our Certified Organic home vineyard in Stone Well on the Western Ridge of the Barossa Valley. Block 3 is a special Mataro Block. Planted in the 1940s.
A classic Barossa single varietal that carries the hallmarks of our special patch of old vines in Stone Well. A wine that carries the unique characteristics of our site, old vines, and the vintage year.
This wine is bright, displaying lifted dark fruits, earth and cured meat, medium to full bodied pallet supported by long fine tannins. A wine that is drinking very well on release and will continue to do so for many years.
Technical Tasting Notes
2023 ESTATE MATARO
GROWING SEASON
The 2023 Barossa Valley vintage will be remembered as one of the latest vintages in recent memory. After a wet winter the rains continued well into November, it was certainly unlike any other. This meant the growing season was off to a slow start. The Barossa season from this point on was almost perfect. Warmer than the 2022 vintage, but cooler than the long term average.
A vintage that will have a split personality, the great vineyards with the best growers truly excelled; the best wines will be up there with the best we have ever produced. Characterised by the wonderful fruit expression seen in the 2021 vintage combined with the crisp acids seen in the 2022 vintage.
TASTING NOTE
Our Estate Mataro from the cool 2023 vintage comes from block 3 and 4 of our Estate Vineyard in Stone Well. These blocks are very old bush vine Mataro. The wine is Certified Organic and Certified Sustainable. The soil in these blocks have a heavy clay content, perfect for Mataro. The resulting wine has all the hallmarks of old vine Mataro in a cool vintage – bright purple red hue, lifted earthy florals, spice, medium bodied with layers of fine savoury tannin. A wine that just screams out for food but due to the measured fruit of the vintage can be enjoyed on its own.
SPECIFICATIONS
Region: Barossa Valley
Sub Region: Stone Well
Variety: Mataro
Alcohol: 14.5%
Production: 1300 bottles
Cellaring: 5 years+
Winemaker: Andrew Seppelt
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Reviews
2023 Estate Mataro Block 3
Steve Leszczynski (www.qwinereviews.com)
94 Points - Bright, welcoming and energised aromas spill from the glass. It's an invitation hard to refuse. As time goes on it bunkers down and gets serious. Another ripping Mataro from Hayes Family Wines. If you sat down to share a glass with winemaker Andrew Seppelt, he would reach for a glass of Mataro nine times out of ten such is his love for the variety. This 2023 is a beauty once again.
From sustainably farmed and certified organic survivor vines (70 years+) planted in the 1940s, this wine used to be known as the Block 3 single vineyard, however, the 2023 sees a little of Block 4 (directly behind running perpendicular to Block 3) blended in hence the renaming to simply the Estate.
Sauteed mushrooms, blueberries, mulberries and dried petals all seek your approval. It offers an outstretched hand and a joyous comforting smile. Fine spices skirt the edges with some truffles, earthiness and meatiness as only Mataro knows how. Barbecued steak, pan juices and raspberry coulis ripple throughout. There's great width through the mouth and that length just hangs as those blue and purple fruits just keep circling back. Dusty, almost chalky tannins plant themselves on a long and moreish finish. It's a mouthful of delish. Come at me!
Drink to eight years.
2022 Estate Mataro Block 3
Huon Hooke (the real review)
92 Points - Deep, dark, dense colour, with a tint of purple, the bouquet very intense and earthy, dusty/terracotta and smoky mataro-like pepperiness. The wine is full-bodied, dense, concentrated and firm, the tannins almost tough in their impact. Very focused and penetrating, but needs a little more time to loosen up. 14 JAN 2024
2021 Estate Mataro Block 3
Vintage Journal (Andrew Caillard)
97 Points - Deep crimson. Intense and vibrant dark cherry, chinotto, bitter dark chocolate panforte aromas. Superbly concentrated with dense blackberry pastille fruits, fine chocolaty tannins and brilliantly integrated savoury, mocha oak notes before finishing bittersweet with superb density, richness of flavour and torque. A wonderful mataro.
2025–2036
Dave brookes (James Halliday Wine Companion)
93 Points - Mataro or mourvèdre, you say tomato ... either way, extremely low yields mean the Hayes family has to work relentlessly to make enough live on. Here it's made a very user-friendly wine with layered blackberry/currant fruits and a savoury farewell. 100 dozen made.
2019 Estate Mataro Blk 2
2021 Wine Companion (James Halliday)
96 Points - From the estate vineyard at Stone Well, sharing the disparate low yields of the vintage, and also the power and concentration. The colour is deep purple-crimson with a bright rim, the bouquet floral, the palate full-bodied yet with great balance between dark berry fruit, earthy notes and ripe tannins. Will live for decades. 50 dozen made.
Nick Butler (therealreview.com)
95 Points - Crimson-purple colour with paler edges. Dried red flowers, raspberries and plums, oak is softly-spoken. The palate bursts with juicy red-berried fruits, stewed rhubarb and raspberry liqueruer, satsuma plums too. Far more richly-fruited than most Mataros. Delicious as a result 4/3/2020
Drink 2020 to 2025
Steve Leszczynski (www.qwinereviews.com)
94 Points - Another fabulous release from Hayes Family Wines. Planted in the 1940s, this Block 3 Mataro site is now certified organic. Have a sip of and you'll soon see why you should drink more Mataro.
Scents of pretty violets and red flowers whisk you off to higher places. Red plums, vibrant dark berries and touches of dark chocolate all mingle seamlessly. Etched with a delicate earthiness and a savoury edge, there's an unmistakable thread of cured meats running through the core. A fleck of cola emerges on the second day of tasting. In typical Barossa style, this would be an ideal match for a German meat platter. An excellent wine.
Drink to eight years+
Release date - June 2020
