Kilikanoon Attunga 1865 Shiraz 2020
- 96
- $250
- Drink by: 2025-2037
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An exceptional single-vineyard wine from vines that were planted back in 1865. Just 12 rows of these vines remain, but they punch out some marvellous fruit that is captured perfectly in this wonderful expression of Clare Shiraz. The colour is brilliant and bright, with red crimson hues, and a dark core of blackish fruit. The nose explodes with a mass of dried herbs and dark, plummy blackberry fruits, with a little hint of graphite, complementing the slightly savoury note. On the palate, more complex notes of charcuterie and game start to emerge through the dark, swirling fruit. It’s lightly touched with tannin, and the oak sits comfortably within. It’s a first-rate example of what can be achieved in Clare.
Ray Jordan has been writing about wine for more than 40 years. His first articles were published in the early issues of national wine magazine Winestate in the late 1970s when he worked in Sydney as a newspaper correspondent. From 1989 Ray wrote more than 3000 columns as a regular newspaper wine columnist. He currently writes a regular column for the special business publication Business News and is one of the main contributors to national wine platform Wine Pilot. In 2017 Ray co-authored The Way it Was – A History of The Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry and previously wrote Wine in the Blood: Australia’s Family Wine Estates, published in Mandarin and English. In 2011 Ray was awarded WA Wine Press Club Jack Mann Memorial Medal for his contribution to the WA wine industry. His love of wine is as strong as his love of the blues and tasting the thousands of wines that cross his bench each year allows him to indulge in both.
