Kilikanoon Baudinet Grenache Shiraz Mataro 2022
- 95
- $55
- Drink by: 2025-2035
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A classic case of the whole being greater than the sum of the parts. The fruit comes from throughout Clare, and the aim has been to gently coax it through from ferment to maturation. As a result, it got 15 months in both large format and hogsheads, with just 7% new. Light red jubey colour with a hint of crimson hue, and the nose captures a mix of bright red fruits, ironstone, dark plum and blackberry, as you would expect from this classic combination. The palate is deeply concentrated, but effortlessly expressed, with fine tannins, gentle oak persuasion, and supple, sweet fruit, balanced with a slightly savoury, dried herb finish. This is plush and delicious.
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.
