Attunga Mataro
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2042
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Slow-roasted lamb shanks, venison stew, aged hard cheeses
✨ Technical Specifications
The Kilikanoon Attunga Mataro is sourced from the historic Attunga Vineyard in the Clare Valley, home to some of the oldest producing Mataro (Mourvèdre) vines in the world, planted in 1865. The name 'Attunga' translates to 'high place' in local Indigenous dialect, referencing the vineyard's elevated, cool-breeze-swept site. These ancient, dry-grown, ungrafted vines yield tiny, highly concentrated berries. Traditional winemaking techniques, including open-top fermentation and basket pressing, followed by aging in seasoned French oak hogsheads, preserve the unique heritage of this fruit. The resulting wine is a profound expression of Clare Valley history, offering a dark, brooding profile rich with black fruits, wild game, earthy spice, and a powerful, age-worthy tannic structure.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1997 by winemaker Kevin Mitchell, Kilikanoon is situated in the picturesque Clare Valley of South Australia. Sourcing fruit from historic, low-yielding old vines across diverse microclimates and soil profiles, the estate is dedicated to crafting wines of remarkable power, precision, and regional authenticity. The winery has earned widespread international acclaim for its deeply concentrated, structured red wines—most notably the flagship Oracle Shiraz and Prodigal Grenache—alongside crystalline, age-worthy Clare Valley Rieslings.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Mataro
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
14.5%