| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
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| Red |
2013 Clonakilla Shiraz ViognierCanberra District Shiraz Blend, Syrah more |
2/10/2024 - tom_brennan Likes this wine: NRPopped and poured. Delicious - classic cool climate shiraz. Dark berry, leather, hint of smoke, lovely nose, good length. Very smooth with slight acidity. Finished it off the next night after putting in the fridge in a smaller bottle. No worse, no better. Question is, is it worth ~3 O'Riadas? A moot point as I now have none of either! |
| Red |
2008 Clonakilla Shiraz ViognierCanberra District Shiraz Blend, Syrah more |
2/10/2024 - Vini Ciclismo Likes this wine: 94 pointsDeeply coloured, bright red with black core. |
| Red |
2008 Clonakilla Shiraz ViognierCanberra District Shiraz Blend, Syrah more |
2/9/2024 - ogres3 Likes this wine: 92 pointsSo I really liked this wine. Could have been a Napa syrah. Great fruit, complex, fairly smooth, very nice finish. |
| Red |
2021 Clonakilla Shiraz O'RiadaCanberra District more |
2/2/2024 - Giggs wrote: 90 pointsEucalyptus and peppered beef jerky on the nose. Green olive palate. Quality is high, but it’s very young and needs at least 3-4 years, ideally 10. |
| Red |
2010 Clonakilla Shiraz Hilltopsmore |
2/1/2024 - Chekib m. Likes this wine: 91 pointsMedium garnet with some bricking. |
| Red |
2017 Clonakilla Shiraz O'RiadaCanberra District more |
1/29/2024 - Chekib m. Likes this wine: 92 pointsLight garnet color. |
| Red |
2015 Clonakilla Shiraz ViognierCanberra District Shiraz Blend, Syrah more |
1/26/2024 - graemeg wrote: NRClonakilla winery (Canberra): {screwcap, A$150} Developing nose, but always a touch vegetal. Earthy as well, but not really all that interesting. Little primary fruit evident; it’s more like a leathery/bretty old Hunter shiraz than a cool-climate flagship. Medium weight. Low/medium dusty tannins, medium acid. Balance of structure is fine, it’s just the flavours themselves which seem flat and washed out. Maybe decanting would help. |
| Red |
2022 Clonakilla Shiraz ViognierCanberra District Shiraz Blend, Syrah more |
1/26/2024 - graemeg wrote: NRClonakilla winery (Canberra): {screwcap, 13.5%, A$120} 5% viognier this vintage. Lovely nose and palate with a touch of tobacco, exotic spice and cranberry overlaying the ripe red fruit. Polished medium weight palate, with medium fine dusty tannins and subtle oak. Medium-long finish. Lovely wine, and for me way ahead of the 2015 bottle following. |
| Red |
2015 Clonakilla Shiraz Hilltopsmore |
1/26/2024 - graemeg wrote: NRClonakilla winery (Canberra): {screwcap, A$40} Back vintages at CD are always a good thing, even if I’m a bit dubious about 2015 in NSW generally. Developing nose of tobacco, earth, spice. Salty kind of blackberry fruit. Dry, medium-bodied palate, quite mature. Low/medium dusty tannins, medium acidity. Medium-length finish that’s losing a bit of freshness without picking up too much complexity. Ready to drink. They’ll sell you a 6-pack of this for $192 – says it all really. Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| Red |
2022 Clonakilla Shiraz Hilltopsmore |
1/26/2024 - graemeg wrote: NRClonakilla winery (Canberra): {screwcap, A$32} Same general winemaking approach as the Canberra-based O’Riada shiraz, but this is Hilltops/Young fruit. In comparison it’s more plum and blackberry, lifting it to medium-bodied weight, but still cherry-tinged. Low/medium powdery and gritty tannins, subtle oak, medium acid. Medium length finish. Needs time, as the next wine proved. |
| Red |
2022 Clonakilla Shiraz O'RiadaCanberra District more |
1/26/2024 - graemeg wrote: NRClonakilla winery (Canberra): {screwcap, 13%, A$40} Black pepper, dark cherry, dark chocolate. Very primary palate, tasting after the nose. Gentle seasoning only of fine-grained oak lifting the bright cherry flavours. Low/medium dusty tannins, medium acid. Light/medium weight, as befitting this quintessential cool-climate wine. Even, low-impact palate with a barely-medium length finish. Very subtle. Needs some time but will always be a bit ethereal. |
| Red |
2022 Clonakilla CeoltoiriCanberra District Red Rhone Blend more |
1/26/2024 - graemeg wrote: NRClonakilla winery (Canberra): {screwcap, 13.5%, A$45} Chateauneuf-ish blend of Grenache, Mouvedre, Counoise, Cinsault and Roussanne. Too young really, but meanwhile a riot of lifted white pepper and spice. Cherry, cranberry and other exotic fruit also. Not much more than Light-bodied, with medium/high acidity. No oak flavour, even palate, medium-length finish. Needs half a dozen years at least. |
| White |
2022 Clonakilla Chardonnay Tumbarumbamore |
1/26/2024 - graemeg wrote: NRClonakilla winery (Canberra): {screwcap, 13%, A$45} Tumbarumba fruit. Restrained sandalwood aromas, subtle oak. Minimal malo evident. Bare rockmelon fruit, very dry, light/medium body, short/medium length finish. Not entirely convincing, certainly not at the price. |
| White |
2023 Clonakilla Sémillon Sauvignon BlancCanberra District Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend more |
1/26/2024 - graemeg wrote: NRClonakilla winery (Canberra): {screwcap, 12%, A$27} Sweaty gooseberries with underlying semillon grassiness. Pungent overall. Palate is gentler than nose, with more grass and straw, but still built on that gooseberry/asparagus underneath. Medium/high acidity, oak-free, dry, light/medium body, medium length finish. Not a keeper though I think. |
| White |
2023 Clonakilla RieslingCanberra District more |
1/26/2024 - graemeg wrote: NRClonakilla winery (Canberra): {screwcap, 11.5%, A$34} Restrained floral citrus fruit on the nose, but juicy on the light/medium-bodied palate. Lime-tinged, its lifted with high acidity but always feels natural. Dry, crunchy, even, low-key finish, medium/long, and rather like a coiled spring. Will be (more) wonderful with time. |
| Red |
2018 Clonakilla SyrahCanberra District more |
1/27/2024 - TravH wrote: 94 pointsAlways drinking nice. Saturday night after drinks at C&G. |
| Red |
2021 Clonakilla Shiraz O'RiadaCanberra District more |
1/19/2024 - RajivAyyangar wrote: 87 pointsBlinds w/ Jenny's supper club (Jenny's): (blind) |
| Red |
2010 Clonakilla Shiraz ViognierCanberra District Shiraz Blend, Syrah more |
1/25/2024 - Cremuel Likes this wine: 89 pointsBob's cellar. Pnp, deep garnet red, no evident bricking. Nose is a blast of cherries and vanilla, a dash of bubblegum and white pepper. Bursts of peppery red cherries ht the tast buds, still some grippy tannin. Has incredible life. Will give some air and see how it evolves. Next day, still has a lot of white pepper, and still seems very young. |
| White |
2023 Clonakilla RieslingCanberra District more |
1/25/2024 - Avid Wino wrote: 93 pointsApple, lime, steel, purity, light spritz, heaps of length. Might be underscoring. |
| Red |
2019 Clonakilla JTO KirkCanberra District Cabernet-Shiraz Blend, Red Blend more |
1/22/2024 - TravH Likes this wine: 90 pointsVery nice |
| Red |
2009 Clonakilla Shiraz ViognierCanberra District Shiraz Blend, Syrah more |
1/19/2024 - jrgraham Likes this wine: 92 pointsDark ruby colour. Beautiful drinking. |
| Red |
2016 Clonakilla T&L Vineyard Block TwoCanberra District Shiraz Blend, Syrah more |
11/6/2023 - Zweder wrote: 94 pointsBeautiful bouquet with dark berries and a lot of herbs and spices. On the palate the same, metal, minerals, beautiful and fresh acidity and tannin. Good length. Beautiful northern Rhône style of wine which is still in its very youthful stage. 93 - 94 |
| White |
2021 Clonakilla ViognierCanberra District more |
11/6/2023 - Zweder Likes this wine: 91 pointsElegant and not very expressive bouquet, but there are white fruits and some anise. Same on the palate, slightly tropical and good acidity. |
| Red |
2021 Clonakilla Syrah MurrumbatemanCanberra District more |
11/6/2023 - Zweder wrote: NRFairly transparent. Elegant red berries, a touch of sweetness, beautifully fresh acidity and friendly tannin. Also some chocolate in the finish. No score for today. Need to taste again in a few years from now. |
| Red |
2018 Clonakilla Syrah MurrumbatemanCanberra District more |
11/6/2023 - Zweder Likes this wine: 94 pointsDark berries, herbs and spices, beautiful juicy and fresh acidity and still quite sticky but round tannin. Great length. Beautiful wine which will improve with a few more years of ageing. Try around 2028. 93 - 94 for now. |
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