2018 Clonakilla Hilltops Shiraz

Excellent value, as ever, the Hilltops Shiraz offers the Clonakilla class at a very affordable price.

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Sale price$28.00

Description

It would be hard to find a consistently better value, better-reviewed wine from a top-flight Shiraz producer in the country than the Hilltops Shiraz from Clonakilla.

A selection of premium vineyards across the region contributing to the wine, it shows all the finesse of premium cool-climate Shiraz/Syrah without the hefty pricetag.

At under $30 this is a no-brainer. If you want Clonakilla in your cellar but aren't regularly quaffing $90+ wines, then the Hilltops is a wine with great pedigree that can be consumed now or in 10 years time.

This Shiraz is made from grapes selected from five vineyards in the Hilltops district around Young on the South Western Slopes of New South Wales.

The 2017 vintage was punctuated by good rain at the right times with just the right amount of light and heat in between. Great colour again this year with a surge of rich black fruit through the aroma. There is plenty of ripe tannin driving the palate.

Drink now or cellar with confidence for ten years or more.

94 Points - "Vivid is the best way to describe this wine. From the purple-red colour to the black fruit, red florals and dark spices that leap forward. And the high contrast palate of sapid, crunchy fruit tannins, and bright acidity. Youthful, unrestrained glory. Unpolished and raw." - David Bicknell (Halliday Wine Companion)

93 Points - "Clonakilla's Hilltops Shiraz is as remarkable for its consistency as it is for its quality. This is another beauty. I opened it on a Friday night and as I did so I wondered whether it was “Friday night worthy”. It was and then some. It boasts ample dark cherry/berry fruit, comes inlaid with spice, carries its floral highlights with ease and has a meaty, spicy, clovey finish. It's juicy throughout and yet it has power; the tannin too has a fine spread-and-run aspect to it. It's a winner for sure. It will age beautifully as well." - Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)

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 consistancy over the last two decades.

Whether Shiraz, Riesling or otherwise, every wine in the Clonakilla stable is considered among the benchmark examples in Canberra District.

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

Shiraz Viognier fermenting at Clonakilla Clonakilla

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