Английская Википедия:Clonakilla
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Australian English Clonakilla is an Australian winery based in the Canberra wine region of Murrumbateman, New South Wales.
History
Dr. John Kirk AM[1] immigrated to Australia from the United Kingdom to work as a research scientist at the CSIRO in 1968.[2][3] In 1971, he founded Clonakilla, named after the farm owned by his grandfather in County Clare, Ireland.[4][5][6] The name of the winery translates to "meadow of the church".[7]
Clonakilla was the first commercial winery to open in the region[8] and John Kirk is often referred to as the "father" of the wine industry in the area.[3] The first wines from the estate, a Riesling and a Cabernet Shiraz[9] were produced in 1976 after initial difficulties with droughts and lack of irrigation.[3][10] Like almost all the wineries in the Canberra district, it is not based in the Australian Capital Territory but across the border in New South Wales.[10][11] This is due to the leasehold land system in the ACT which means a business can only lease land from the government and not own it.[12]
After teaching religious education with Jesuits at Xavier College in Melbourne and spending holidays helping at the winery, John's fourth son, Tim Kirk, joined the winery full-time in 1996.[2][4] Tim is currently the chief winemaker and in 2009 was appointed CEO.[13][14]
Wines
The Canberra wine region is a cool climate area and the wines produced by Clonakilla reflect this. Around 10,000 to 12,000 cases of wine are produced each year.[13]
The flagship wine is the Shiraz Viognier co-fermentation, produced from a selection of the best grapes in a single twelve hectare vineyard.[15][16] The two grape types in this wine are co-fermented, with around five to ten percent Viognier and the rest Shiraz, depending on vintage conditions.[2][4] This wine was first produced by Clonakilla in 1992 after Tim Kirk had spent time in the northern Rhone Valley, specifically visiting Guigal, and he decided that it was a style that he wanted to emulate and that it would be well suited to the Canberra region.[2][10][17] The Shiraz Viognier is described by James Halliday as having "icon status"[18] and as being the best example of this wine style in Australia.[19] Jancis Robinson has identified it as the "pioneer" of the blend in Australia.[20] It was recognised at the Outstanding level of the Langton's Classification of Australian Wine in 2005,[21] and was elevated to the highest level of "Exceptional" in 2010.[15]
Other red wines produced include two more Shiraz Viognier blends - an entry-level wine called "Hilltops", and the "O'Riada", named after Irish composer Seán Ó Riada, which sits in between the Hilltops and the flagship Shiraz Viognier[22] as well as a Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot blend called "Ballinderry".[23] There was also an experimental straight Shiraz released in 2006 and 2008 that spent an extra year in oak.[16]
Clonakilla produces a number of white wines as well - Riesling, a Semillon-Sauvignon blanc blend as well as two straight Viogniers are made, with one Viognier bottling aged in stainless steel and the other aged in oak.[4][22]
The logo displayed on the label of all the Clonakilla wines comes from the Book of Durrow, a seventh-century manuscript.[4]
References
External links
Шаблон:Langton's Classification of Australian Wine VI - Producers
- ↑ Clonakilla's founder John Kirk appointed Member of the Order of Australia (AM) Retrieved 13 June 2023.
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