| Producer | Clonakilla |
| Country | Australia |
| Region | Canberra District |
| Varietal | Shiraz |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Sku | 113562 |
| Size | 750ml |
| ABV | 13.00% |
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Sean O’Riada is one of the heroes of modern Ireland. A talented musician and composer, he is credited with taking traditional Irish music out of the kitchens and pubs of Ireland and putting it on the concert stages of the world. He died, prematurely, in 1971, the year Clonakilla was established by John Kirk. He was John’s cousin.
“It is one of Australian wine’s biggest bargains.” - Nick Ryan
The 2023 vintage was the third cool growing season in a row and our latest harvest in over a decade. The spring in particular was cool and wet and the vines were slow to get going. Thankfully some genuine warmth arrived towards the end of summer flowing into a gentle and generally sunny autumn, delivering some gorgeous flavours in the grapes.
“Consummately classy and great value!” - Tyson Stelzer
The O’Riada is a quintessential Canberra Shiraz, fully charged with spice, floral notes and ripe red fruits.
Alcohol
13% Alc/Vol
TA
6.1 g/L
pH
3.55
Sugars
<0.3 g/L
Reviews
The 2023 O’Riada Shiraz is perfumed and floral right out of the blocks: rose petals, petrichor, a drift of arnica/licorice, white chocolate and sweet tobacco.
“a gorgeous thing and comes highly recommended”
The wine is attractive and perfumed in the mouth as well, and the tannins are finely wrought.
The wine finishes with a slight inflection of dried mint, but this is a gorgeous thing and comes highly recommended.
Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
From a cool and late season, this is the cool side of Shiraz expressed with character and sensitivity.
“It's unashamedly medium-bodied, consummately classy and great value”
I love its dark berry fruit core, its overlay of intense white pepper, even a nuance of sarsaparilla, and the seamless integration of super-fine, perfectly composed tannins.
It's unashamedly medium-bodied, consummately classy and great value.
Tyson Stelzer, WBM
A vibrant crimson, this is a stunning cool climate Shiraz and wonderful value. Given the limited nature of the Shiraz Viognier, this is more than ideal for filling the gaps.
Spices, florals, a flicker of animal skins, red fruits, cloves, red cherries and mulberries.
“a stunning cool climate Shiraz and wonderful value”
A wine which is carefully crafted, with line and length and immaculate balance and the finest of tannins, it is, however, the gorgeous spice notes which are to the fore. Eight to ten years.
Ken Gargett, Winepilot
While Kirk’s Shiraz Viognier is justly celebrated, this is a light he can keep under a bushel no longer.
“It is one of Australian wine’s biggest bargains.”
A exultation of berries and spice: raspberry, blackberry, sandalwood, mace.
Sculpted detail, intricate and entwined. Tannins deployed in microfine granules.
Nick Ryan, The Weekend Australian Magazine
I cannot fault this wine. It’s so well spiced, without being excessively so.
“a delightful drink, pretty, floral”
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.
“I’d have no hesitation in buying this wine”
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.
Campbell Mattinson, The Winefront
Savory and perfumed aromas of blood plums, dark cherries, tobacco and rose petals on the nose.
“Gentle and pretty with an underlying power that will age gracefully”
The full-bodied palate has finely integrated tannins and bright acidity, giving notes of licorice, dried herbs, wet stone and bark.
Gentle and pretty with an underlying power that will age gracefully. Drink or hold.
JamesSuckling.com
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