Kilikanoon Covenant Shiraz 2018
- 94
- $40
- Drink by: 2022-2032
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Shiraz and the Clare Valley; it’s a compelling combination that consistently produces some of the most drinkable and immediately enjoyable wines from any region. And gosh this was captivating from the first engagement. This was a warm, dry vintage in the Clare Valley resulting in wines of excellent and deep fruit concentration and poise. Engaging aromas of sweet plum and chocolate with a sprinkle of dried herbs and spice. The palate leans more into the medium bodied zone showing fine chalky tannin influences underlying generous, intense fruit. French oak has been wisely chosen as the appropriate addition and it completes an excellent wine for drinking in the medium term while all those vibrant primary flavours are so pronounced. But don’t be afraid to keep a little longer for some additional fun.
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.
