Small Batch Mourvedre
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted lamb shanks, grilled venison, rich mushroom stew
✨ Technical Specifications
Kilikanoon's Small Batch Mourvèdre is a dedicated tribute to a grape variety that has long been a quiet cornerstone of South Australia's viticultural history. Often relegated to blending duties under its local synonym, Mataro, Mourvèdre takes center stage in this limited-release bottling. Sourced from low-yielding vineyards in the Clare Valley, the fruit benefits from the region's warm daytime temperatures and cooling afternoon breezes, allowing this late-ripening grape to develop intense flavor complexity while retaining essential acidity. The wine is crafted using traditional, hands-on techniques, including fermentation in open-top vessels and gentle basket pressing, followed by maturation in seasoned French oak hogsheads. This minimal-intervention approach coaxes out the grape's signature rustic charm, dark fruit profile, and savory undertones, celebrating the rugged elegance of Clare Valley terroir.
🍾 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
Mourvèdre
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
14.5%