Syrah 2024

Every year at Clonakilla we fill a single fermenter with pure Shiraz from the top half of Block One, an elevated acre in the northern section of our estate. The soil here is rich in red clay overlying decomposed volcanic rock. The slope is angled perfectly to the North-East, catching the sun from the moment it rises.

2024 was low yielding vintage, with October frost severely affecting fruit production on the lower slopes. In the higher vines that escaped the frost a warm growing season produced striking fruit intensity and perfect ripeness.

Gently destemmed whole berries are fermented warm by their own native yeasts. The wine spends a month macerating on skins and twenty months in French oak puncheons.

Tim Kirk