2021 Clonakilla O'Riada Shiraz

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Fragrant Shiraz from Clonakilla, and one of their very best value wines.

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With its strikingly fragrant expressions of Shiraz, Clonakilla put the Canberra District on the map. Time has only proven this speciality to be a true classic of the region.

At a fraction of the price of their benchmark Shiraz Viognier, the O'Riada bottling is always impressive. Elegant and supple, it smoulders with dark berry fruit, sourced from estate vineyards and other trusted growers in Hall and Murrumbateman.

It's a bottle you can tuck into often, without feeling you've overreached into your cellar.

The O'Riada is made from fruit picked from our estate vineyard and other excellent sites in Murrumbateman and Hall. It's a quintessential Canberra Shiraz. Ripe red berries and plenty of spice.

95 Points - "O'Riada was always the one 'we' missed at the Canberra Regional Wine Show, in my tenure there. Savoury, firm tannin, charming rusticity, a distinct style. This one hits the mark too. So savoury, but fresh too, and all that hazelnut and clove seems very fruit derived, with layers of spice, game meat and faint herbal inflection. Texture is bright, crisp almost but for the slinky, roughed up but silky tannins. Succulence to finish, a kiss of ripe fruit and the spice trails long away. Such a beautiful wine. Wow stuff." - Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

91 Points - "<span class="cs-reviewBody">Deep red-purple colour, young and bold, the aromas spicy and callow, with a sweaty reductive note overlying red and darker berries and a whiff of eucalypt forest floor. The wine is medium-full bodied and firm, tautly composed and intense, with drive and elegance along the palate. Refreshing and balanced acidity. Very young and a touch raw, with plenty of potential.</span>" - Huon Hooke (The Real Review)

96 Points - "Very classic shiraz character with green tobacco, clove, smoked meat, and blackberry aromas and flavors. Medium to full body. Chewy tannins that are polished and poised. Flavourful finish. Subtle and flavour. Drink or hold. Screw cap." - JamesSuckling.com

94 Points - "The 2021 O'Riada Shiraz is littered with peppercorns (green and pink), bramble, star anise, garden mint/nettles, strawberries and mandarin oil. There's a lot going on here. It is very elegantly structured, and lingering fruit through the finish makes for exciting, lovely drinking. It's pure, and clarity abounds. And there are strange inflections that bring pleasure. We know these Clonakilla wines age gracefully. I've given it 16 years. No doubt I'll laugh at my own prediction in 2037, as I drink a bottle, and smirk." - Erin Larkin (Robert Parker Wine Advocate)

Clonakilla

Clonakilla is one of the true icons of the Australian wine scene. Since its inception, it has been one of the leading lights of the Australian cool climate wine insurgence.

They boast one of the most collectable wines in the country in their Shiraz Viognier, a wine of outstanding quality and consistency over the last two decades. Whether Shiraz, Riesling or otherwise, every wine in the Clonakilla stable are considered amongst the benchmark examples in Canberra District.

Quite simply, Tim Kirk and his family-owned estate are one of the true gems in the Australian wine industry crown.

Tim Kirk harvesting at Clonakilla Discover Clonakilla Wines

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