2020 Reillys Shiraz

2020 Reillys Shiraz

Estate grown on Reillys 1919 Home Block and St Clare vineyards, this wine has been crafted using traditional wine-making techniques of open fermentation and maturation in French oak hogsheads for eighteen months.

This full-bodied wine displays mouth-filling flavours of red and black berries with hints of mocha and pepper. A long lingering finish with velvety tannins completes this quality wine.

Enjoy now or cellar until 2029.

 

PREVIOUS VINTAGE AWARDS & ACCOLADES

V19 //

5 STARS - 94 POINTS ~ Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Sept 2023, www.wineorbit.co.nz

"A sumptuous offering, the perfumed bouquet shows dark fruit richness, toasty oak, warm spice and mocha characters. The palate is equally satisfying with awesome weight and plump mouthfeel, gorgeously enhanced by plush texture and loads of velvety tannins. At its best: now to 2035."

V18 //

5 STARS - 94 POINTS ~ Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, June 2023, www.wineorbit.co.nz

"Richly fruited and gorgeously complex on the nose, showing dark fruit intensity, cake spice, cured meat and cedary oak characters. The palate is equally satisfying with excellent weight and opulent mouthfeel, splendidly complemented by plush texture and beautifully melded tannins. Robust and flavoursome. At its best: now to 2030."

V16 //

GOLD MEDAL ~ 2018 New Zealand International Wine Show 

5 STARS & #4 TOP 10 BEST BUY @ Cuisine Magazine NZ, May 2019, http://www.cuisinewine.co.nz/wine/reillys-shiraz-2016-clare-valley/
“Generous and warm with a bouquet of sweet baking spices. The dark berry fruits flesh out the mid-palate and are counterpointed with vanilla and peppercorn. Beautifully structured with great balance.”

V15 //

GOLD MEDAL ~ 2018 New Zealand International Wine Show

V14 //

GOLD MEDAL ~ 2017 New Zealand International Wine Show 

SILVER MEDAL ~ 2016 Melbourne International Wine Competition 

SILVER MEDAL ~ 2016 New Zealand International Wine Show 

SILVER MEDAL ~ 2016 Australian Small Winemakers Show

SILVER MEDAL ~ 2016 Clare Valley Wine Show

91 POINTS, James Halliday, www.winecompanion.com.au
"From Reillys' 1919 Home Block and the St Clare Vineyard, matured in French oak for 18 months. Luscious blackberry fruits are accompanied by licorice and sweet vanilla oak as they sweep across and along the medium to full-bodied palate."

Joelle Thomson (NZ wine blogger), ‘Real wine bargains under $20’, www.joellethomson.com/2016/09

“Big purple colour with big soft smooth tannins, bone dry, shiraz as it should be; cloves, cedar, dark plums and big but beautiful.”

94 POINTS, Nicks Wine Merchants

“Ripping value Reilly's Shiraz consistently scores 10/10 for richness and concentration. The Reillys Shiraz always impresses with its depth of colour, richness, and concentration, even more so given its entry-level pricing. The 2014 opens with spectacular colour displaying an impenetrable inky black core with a very deep dark purple black hue. Inky freshly crushed blackberry aromas combine with dark plum and liquorice over a background of vanillin cedar and confectionery. The palate boasts a level of richness and concentration rarely seen at this price point. Opulent and lusciously textured the palate features decadently rich flavours of ripe blackberries, liquorice, and dark plums with underlying vanillin oak and spicy pepper also present. Silky smooth tannins. Long succulent aftertaste of blackberries, dark plum, liquorice, and spicy vanillin oak.”

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