Kilikanoon owns or controls in excess of 500 ha of prime vineyards throughout South Australia but if you want to know what wines from the Clare can taste like try Kevin Mitchell’s now excellent selection. Despite the fact that he lacked his very own winemaking facility right up until 2004, the South Australia Wine Guide grapes had normally come from 20 ha of estate vineyards. Shiraz in particular is a star – very outdated vine flagship Attunga 1865 (£F) is produced only in excellent years but, at significantly less than half the rate, Oracle and Covenant Shiraz command just as much respect, showing off the regional characteristics superbly and tremendously concentrated as very well. The Oracle has a much more floral, berryish accent in contrast to a more classic, smoke, mineraland earth-imbued intensity in the Covenant. An expressive Blocks Street Cabernet Sauvignon shows the two its orgins and the design and stability normal of the wines here with added concentrated and depth in latest vintages. Mort’s Block Riesling has deep fruit intensity and is pretty properly-structured in the most recent vintages needing at least three-4 years to show at its greatest. Even much better is the Reserve with excellent concentration and length, not not like a top Pfalz Grosses Gewächs in style. One more Riesling, Blacket’s Vineyard is sourced from Eden Valley. 2nd Fiddle is a nicely-balanced, fruity Grenache-based mostly rosé. The newest releases are particularly impressive and nonetheless quite fantastic value. Medley is a really fashionable blend of Grenache, Shiraz and Mourvèdre and Parable Shiraz – an intense eucalpyt, herb and berryish McLaren Vale expression. Also new are the Killerman’s Run wines which incorporate Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz and Grenache/Shiraz – the last (the only one particular tasted) displays fantastic fruit and great depth. Numerous other limited production Shiraz are developed by Kevin Mitchell past the Clare from incredibly lower yielding vines. These incorporate Testament Shiraz, Barossa ‘R’, a Greens Reserve (from the Greens Vineyard) in the Barossa and ‘M’ Reserve from McLaren Vale. (SA)
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