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O'Leary Walker Clare Reserve Shiraz 2016 x 6

O'Leary Walker Clare Reserve Shiraz 2016 x 6

O'Leary-Walker
Sale price$504.00 AUD

The West Australian

97 Points

Nothing is spared from fruit sourcing to winemaking. The fruit comes from a Polish Hill River vineyard that is more than 100 years old, and it eventually finds its way into 100 per cent new French oak for 12 months. It’s pretty obvious such a concentration of fruit can handle the oak and the end result is a wine revealing great poise and balance. Massive concentration with the chalky tannin, ironstone character supporting it through a very long finish. There is real cellaring potential here.

The West Australian, 28 Aug 2021

THE ‘CLAIRE’
 RESERVE SHIRAZ
 CLARE VALLEY
 Winemakers Nick Walker, David O’Leary
 Alcohol volume
 Shiraz 100%
 14.5%
 Acidity
 7.5g/L         
pH
 3.30     
Colour 
Deep dark red with intense purple hues
 Bouquet
 Concentrated black fruits with spice, chocolate 
and cedar aroma
 Palate
 A powerful Clare Valley Shiraz. Black olive and dark juicy 
fruits with long, fine grain tannins
 Aging potential
 10-15 years
 Food Pairing
 Grain-fed Eye fillet
 Fruit is sourced from dry grown Shiraz vines approximately 130 
years old at Martin and Joan Smith’s vineyard in the Polish Hill 
River. Grey loam acid soils over sandstone and slate make up the 
profile with much of the top soil littered with rock, hinting at just 
how tough the vines need to be to sustain growth and produce 
quality fruit. Despite growing these vines organically since their 
planting in the 1880s, 2012 marked the first year of NASAA 
Organic Certification for these vineyards.
 Handmade in a two tonne fermenter, the fruit is de-stemmed and 
fermented using natural yeast. Hand plunged up to four times 
daily to control temperature and maximise flavour and tannin 
extraction. Left on skins post fermentation for fifteen days, then 
lightly pressed and transferred to French oak barriques for thirty 
months. One hundred percent new French oak for twelve months 
and eighteen months in five year old French oak
O'Leary Walker Clare Reserve Shiraz 2016 x 6
O'Leary Walker Clare Reserve Shiraz 2016 x 6 Sale price$504.00 AUD

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