95 Points - Campbell Mattinson | 95 Points - Jane Faulkner
Located approximately 30 minutes north of Canberra in the small rural town of Murrumbateman, Clonakilla is one of the great success stories of Australian wine and home to some of the most impressive red wines made anywhere in the country.
The 2024 Clonakilla O'Riada Shiraz continues to impressive recent form of this wine, which has firmly established itself as one of our in-house favourites. Offering elegant floral aromas, red berries and spice this is a red wine of depth, intense flavours and impeccable balance. A wine that has already gained an enormous following, this will only bolster its reputation.
O’Riada Shiraz is grown on both Clonakilla’s estate vineyard, and on three other Murrumbateman/ Canberra District sites. 20% whole bunches, up to three weeks on skins, both free-run and pressings combined, into French oak for 12 months, 25% new.
"95 Points. Given the fruit is off the estate and from three other properties, this is an excellent drink, in a finer style. A gorgeous purple-red hue and so fragrant with florals and red fruits (from raspberries to currants) all doused with baking spices and a sprinkle of black pepper. The palate is barely mid-weighted yet finely tuned with silty tannins and acidity that gives life. Up there as one of the best O’Riadas to date. 14% alc. Drink: 2025 - 2034. $45"- Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion.
"95 Points. This is top notch. It has flavour and length, but it’s the spread of that flavour and the tannin that comes with it that makes you sit up and take notice. This wine is where the smart money’s going. Cherry-plum, five spice, anise, mint, dark soy and florals, with a talc-like feel to the tannin and a general feeling of etching. Super release of O’Riada. Tasted: Aug25 14% alc. Screwcap Drink: 2026 - 2034+"- Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front.
