New Release | 94 Points - Campbell Mattinson
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 2023 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.
"94 Points. I cannot fault this wine. It’s so well spiced, without being excessively so. It’s rushed with cherry-plum fruit, it’s both refreshing and satiny, it folds, carefully, cedarwood and deli-meat into the fruit, and the tannin is a masterclass of the fine, filigreed kind. After all that, or over-arching it, is the fact that it’s a delightful drink, pretty, floral, solid where it needs to be, bright and balanced. Personally I’d have no hesitation in buying this wine. Tasted: Jun24 13% alc. Screwcap Drink: 2025 - 2035+"- Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front.