2018 Clonakilla Shiraz O'Riada

Community Tasting Notes (19) Avg Score: 93.3 points

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  10/13/2023 - DevenStephens Likes this wine: 94 Points

  This is amazing QPR! Clonakilla makes amazing stuff. This one for the price I payed was the bomb! Color is Burgundy red headed towards purple. Nose was funky, smoky, red fruits, black olive. On the palate you add pepper to that and a meaty funk to it. Red cherry, raspberry and unripe strawberry. This is very well made, easy to enjoy now but can take a couple years of age. At below 40$ I'd get a case. Wow!

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  8/3/2023 - KillerJones Likes this wine: 94 Points

  A color so deep & a nose so complex – Oh boy!
  
  Drank over three nights and it really held up and found it morphed from this rose petal & raspberry tea – primal & primary flavors to cocoa nibs and meat crust…you know, the one on that roast beef.
  
  I was most impressed by the fine tannins that held it all together. Love it when they co-ferment with Viognier. I bet it has a decade still before it crests that tertiary hill.
  
  Do we get wines like this outside of Australia?

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  7/29/2023 - LimeyDick wrote:

  Decent

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  7/15/2023 - mfimiani47 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Dark fruit, and a peppery jerky on the palate. This is a wine full of potential. It does need some time though as it’s a bit inward at the moment 92+

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  2/11/2023 - ragavolley Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Cassis et confiture de framboise . Encore très jeune . A revoir dans quelques années

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