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For the past 20 years, Ravensworth's Bryan Martin has been making some of Australia’s most compelling and highly sought-after wines; first at Clonakilla, then at his own Ravensworth estate perched high in Murrumbateman. Given Bryan's lengthy experience at Clonakilla where he helped make Australia's finest Shiraz Viognier, it's no surprise his own project continues to receive many plaudits.
The 2022 Ravensworth Shiraz Viognier is a North Rhone inspired co-fermented blend of Shiraz (97%) and Viognier (3%). The fruit grows at a lofty 650 metres on the Murrumbateman estate vineyard’s 25-year-old vines. An eagerly anticipated release, this is another highly aromatic and beautifully vibrant cool-climate Shiraz from Ravensworth. Always highly sought-after, our remaining stocks will go quickly.
“94 Points. It’s loaded with spice and florals, not overtly viognier-flexed but there’s pretty, sweet elements and a glossiness to texture that gives you an idea about the white grape inclusion. The perfume, cinnamon-clove-cardamom brown spices on red cherry, dark plum, green olive and some bergamot tea and alpine herb notes. Flavours roll similarly, quite rich in a way but a brace of tightening tannins, dusty, powdery, do well. A succulence and depth in tow. It feels premium, fine, good, concentrated, complex. A richer expression from Canberra District would be the other comment. It does the trick and well.”- Mike Bennie, The Wine Front.
