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2025 brings about one of the best and strongest set of new releases Clarendon Hills has had in its 36 vintages to date. The 2023 Old Vine Grenache Collection is exceptional and out of this world and has yielded wines of uncanny exotic qualities with ethereal floral perfumes and mineral complexity that bear few parallels […]
Read moreLeading wine critic James Suckling just announced his Top100 International Wines of the Year 2024 and our 2022 Romas Grenache featured at spot 92. This is a huge accolade as @james.suckling’s tasting jurisdiction spans the entire globe and it’s a bloody tough Top 100 to get in to. Only 5 Australian wines in total were […]
Read moreWelcome to the Halliday Wine Companion Top 100 Wineries 2024 announcement season. It’s a list that celebrates the best Australian wineries of now. Overjoyed to announce for the first time ever Clarendon Hills has been included in this prestigious list of Australia’s Top 100 Wineries of 2024. The Top 100 recognises and celebrates the very […]
Read moreOld Vine Grenache is one of Australia’s greatest treasures. For many years the variety sat in the back seat to Shiraz and Chardonnay however, modern times see it thrust upon the forefront of the fine wine movement as one of modern Australia’s greatest-ever wines. The perfume is kaleidoscopic and hypnotic. A real love potion of roses, strawberries, and all things floral, musk and Turkish delight
Read moreJoin us in celebrating the Astralis Vineyard for International Shiraz Day. The world-famous Clarendon Hills Astralis Syrah vineyard is located in Blewitt Springs and was planted in 1920. These gnarly, old, dry-grown vines produce one of the most ethereal Syrah in all of Australia and the world. Famed for its sublime and elegant composition, this […]
Read moreThis year we are celebrating International day by sharing content on our famed vineyards producing some of the worlds greatest Syrah. Join us in celebrating the unique Domaine Clarendon vineyard.
Read moreJoin us in celebrating the Sandowna nd Liandra Vineyard for International Shiraz Day. The highly prestigious, estate-owned Sandown Vineyard in Blewitt Springs is one of Clarendon Hills’s great single vineyard locations. Planted to Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah in 1935, the site plays host to a number of Clarendon Hills wines. Our Domaine Clarendon BDX comes […]
Read moreJoin us in celebrating the Onkaparinga Vineyard for International Shiraz Day. One of Clarendon Hills’ best wines produced every year is the Onkaparinga Syrah. Planted to pre-clonal Syrah in 1946 on the westernmost boundary line of the Blewit Springs region, directly adjacent to and neighbouring the namesake and ancient Onkaparinga Gorge. This famous local landmark, […]
Read moreClarendon Hills recently received some outstanding reviews from the Wine Companion and the magazine has been kind enough to on-share the respective pages
Read moreIt’s been a big week with Halliday’s Wine Companion releasing an outstanding editorial article on Clarendon Hills and a bunch of excellent scores. To say we are pleased would be an understatement. The new releases to the Australian trade in 2024 are composed of the 2022 Grenache and 2021 Syrah and Cabernet wines.
Read moreHallidays Wine Companion Grenache focus article
Read moreIt’s been a big week with Halliday’s Wine Companion releasing an outstanding editorial article on Clarendon Hills and a bunch of excellent scores. To say we are pleased would be an understatement. The new releases to the Australian trade in 2024 are composed of the 2022 Grenache and 2021 Syrah and Cabernet wines.
Read moreThis estate-grown and made single vineyard site lies in the outer reaches of Blewitt Springs where the sands are deep and heavily laced with ironstone deposits and the underlying iron-rich clays forge a terroir of classical proportion. Named after Clarendon Hills founder, Roman Bratasiuk’s residence, the Liandra Syrah has been a pivotal ingredient in our […]
Read moreWe recently received some glowing reviews on our 2 new release Cabernet wines. The Sandown Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 has just scored a round of 96/100 reviews from 2 different critics. Ned Goodwin MW from James Suckling.com spoke so eloquently about the new releases it just makes you want to open them up right now. The […]
Read moreMarch 1st 2024 marks the release day of the 2022 vintage Old Vine Grenache and what a superlative set of wines we have coming up for you this year. The 2022 vintage started back in the 2021 winter with deeply replenishing rains that continued unrelentingly across winter and seemingly continued throughout all of the springtime […]
Read moreErin Larkin of the WIne Advocate recently released 2 unique reports relating to Australian Grenache and Australian Syrah and Clarendon Hills featured prominently within each article. Lets take a look at the 2021 vintage Grenache report:
Read moreErin Larkin of the WIne Advocate recently released 2 unique reports relating to Australian Grenache and Australian Syrah and Clarendon Hills featured prominently within each article. Lets take a look at the 2021 vintage Grenache report:
Read moreOld Vine Grenache is one of Australia’s greatest treasures. For many years the variety sat in the back seat to Shiraz and Chardonnay however, modern times see it thrust upon the forefront of the fine wine movement as one of modern Australia’s greatest-ever wines. The perfume is kaleidoscopic and hypnotic. A real love potion of roses, strawberries, and all things floral, musk and Turkish delight
Read moreShiraz is Australia’s most prolific variety and McLaren Vale is home to some of Australia’s most renowned examples in the country and home to Clarendon Hills who are responsible for making McLaren Vale’s most famous and highest-scoring examples since 1990.
Read moreWhat Does a Clarendon Hills Cellar Member Get? Signing up to the Clarendon Hills Cellar Members program using the forms on our website, provides access to the following: * For private buyers only. If Clarendon Hills deems a customer to be a retailer, Clarendon Hills reserves the right to revoke Cellar Member access **Private tastings […]
Read moreClarendon Hills has been focusing on freshening things up for our customers and our ambition is to serve young, highly polished and perfectly weighted new releases, more youthful than ever before.
Read moreClarendon Hills has been focusing on freshening things up for our customers and our ambition is to serve young, highly polished and perfectly weighted new releases, more youthful than ever before.
Read moreClarendon Hills has been focusing on freshening things up for our customers and our ambition is to serve young, highly polished and perfectly weighted new releases, more youthful than ever before.
Read moreClarendon Hills has been focusing on freshening things up for our customers and our ambition is to serve young, highly polished and perfectly weighted new releases, more youthful than ever before.
Read moreClarendon Hills has been focusing on freshening things up for our customers and our ambition is to serve young, highly polished and perfectly weighted new releases, more youthful than ever before.
Read moreClarendon Hills has been focusing on freshening things up for our customers and our ambition is to serve young, highly polished and perfectly weighted new releases, more youthful than ever before.
Read moreThe passion for Grenache burns bright over here at Clarendon Hills. We’ve been making single vineyard Grenache for the last 33 years and in fact, we were the first in Australia to establish the single vineyard Grenache category with the release of Australia’s first ever example, the Clarendon Hills 1991 Blewitt Springs Grenache.
Read moreDomaine Clarendon Grenache The Domaine Clarendon Grenache is made from declassified Grenache fruit from Clarendon Hills’ three single site, old bush vine Grenache vineyards; all located in Blewitt Springs. The extremely high standard for all Clarendon Hills wines dictates and administers a grading and selection process for all arriving Grenache fruit. All top quality parts […]
Read moreOnkaparinga Vineyard Syrah The Onkaparinga Syrah produces one of the most prolific Syrah expressions in the Clarendon Hills cellar every vintage. The vineyard used to be considered a Penfolds Grange constituent site in the 1980’s and the pedigree is clearly evident. Deeply layered and recessed, laying in wait for future generations is a story of […]
Read moreSandown Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon The ethereal Sandown Cabernet Sauvignon site is planted to Reynella clone pre-phylloxera vines and exhibits a classic style where a masterful polish is clearly evident. Deeply flavoured and pure cassis fruit profile meets lead pencil, sage and bay leaf across mineral charcoal and slate woven throughout deftly handled extract only the […]
Read moreClarendon Hills Romas Terroir The Clarendon Hills Romas Old Vine Grenache patch hails from the oldest and rockiest section of the Blewitt Springs vineyard. With a small parcel planted in 1920 and the majority of the lowermost rows planted in the 1940’s. This selection of the greater single vineyard yields an absolutely magical expression. An […]
Read moreUnearthing one of Australia’s greatest single vineyards – Clarendon Hills Astralis Clarendon Hills Astralis Syrah vineyard was discovered by Roman Bratasiuk in 1990. He didn’t have much in the way of winery resources in those days so he picked the vineyard by hand and stayed up that night crushing the fruit in a bucket with […]
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