Clonakilla

6 May

Clonakilla is a Mattinson 10-Star Winery.
Only the best of Australia’s wineries best are ranked as a Mattinson 10-Star Winery.

Few wineries anywhere in the world nail the brief, year after year, wine after wine, as well as does Clonakilla, in the Canberra District. It’s little wonder then that life always feels better when there’s a bottle of Clonakilla on the table. Shiraz viognier is the runaway star of this estate but riesling, varietal viognier, cabernet, chardonnay (Tumbarumba) and pinot noir can and do also shine here, as indeed does ultra-low-volume-of-production Syrah (sans viognier). Clonakilla’s more modestly-priced Hilltops Shiraz is almost always noteworthy as well. Clonakilla isn’t just a good winery. And it’s not just an important winery, even though it is that too. Clonakilla is a legend of modern Australian wine.

Every vintage (1997–2023 inclusive) of Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier has been reviewed on The Winefront site since the 1997 release.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, founder of The Winefront and mattinson, and former chief editor of Halliday.

When you pick up a wine book and see thousands of top-scoring wines, it’s hard to know which wine to choose. Mattinson guides you through this maze, giving you an honest view of the best Australian wines, the best wine stories, the best wine producers, the best value wines and simply, the best tasting wines. Importantly, Mattinson will tell you about the top-rated wines and also about the underrated wines. In short, Mattinson knows Australian wines inside and out.

Mattinson has been a photo-journalist since 1987. For the past 25 years he’s been a voice that you can trust when you’re looking for the best wines. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award, and is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter. He’s not afraid to put a score beside a wine. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

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