Boy Tim Smith sure knows how to make enjoyable drinking wines eh? This Tim Smith Wines MGS 2022 is just a flow of purple fruit. Matured in all old oak, it’s boysenberry fruit for days. Maybe a fraction simple, but not lacking in intensity. I want some tannins to go with that fruit, though it also never feels heavy or overwrought – just unendingly generous and mouthfilling.
Best drinking: over the next five to ten years, but great now. 17.5/20, 91/100. 14.5%, $32. Tim Smith Wines website. Would I buy it? Worth a few glasses.
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He’s recently broken one of his cardinal rules and starting making a 100% Mataro Rose.
Very reminiscent of Bandol albeit slightly more fruit and less dryness but very drinkable.
I’m coveting my last handful of 2018 Reserve Syrah as well (last time he made it)
Agreed on the rosé. The 2021 was great: https://www.ozwinereview.com/2022/09/tim-smith-wines-rose-2022.html