Kilikanoon Oracle Shiraz 2019
- 95
- $96
- Drink by: 2024-2036
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A bold, forceful presence in the glass that subtly changes, ever so slightly, over time. By day two it was probably in finer form than when first opened, a good sign revealing the five-year-old’s compact nature and potential complexity. It definitely has time on its side. Dense in aroma, rich and penetrating in cigar box/smoky oak, allspice, clove, earth, briar, bramble and ripe black fruits. Steady reliable tannins steer the ship across a multi-layered palate in notes of earth and savouriness, black hearted fruits and some delectable spices and herbs. Kilikanoon’s flagship red, bold and forthright, still has a way to go on its journey.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
