Campbell Mattinson 94 points!
Wine Advocate 92 points!
Campbell Mattinson 94 points!"It's matured in 20 percent new oak and includes 6 percent co-fermented viognier. Whole bunches and warm fermented. It's different to the flagship Clonakilla shiraz-viognier. Stalkier, meatier. It's also from a very good red (Canberra) vintage.
It's an easy-going mid-weight in terms of intensity and it has lots of toasty, meaty, sappy influences. If you're not a great fan of stalk influence you'll probably find this wine a touch green. It's not - it's cherried and spicy, smoky and very fine through the finish. It's a wine where the flavours seem to have been picked up and placed into the wine with care and deliberation. It needs more time to grow more comfortable within its own skin, but I have no doubt of its quality - within its style."
Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
Wine Advocate 92 points!"The 2008 O'Riada Shiraz is made from fruit selected from four vineyards around the villages of Murrumbateman and Hall. It is co-fermented with 6% Viognier, spending 12 months in French oak, 30% new. A whiff of burnt tire / reduction gives way to a pronounced perfume of warm blackcurrant, anise and violets with a touch of cedar. Medium level of finely grained tannins and layers of fruit and spice flavors. Medium to high acidity gives freshness to the full bodied concentration. Long finish. Drink 2012 to 2020."
Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Wine Advocate # 188 Apr 2010
Country:
Australia
Region:
ACT (Canberra)
Variety:
Wine Red - Shiraz
Size:
750mL
