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GOLD FOR THE 2020 JOSHUA TREE RIESLING!
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL WINE COMPETITION 2020
JOSHUA TREE RIESLING 2020 FOR THE WIN!
Confirming our belief in this wine and the consistent quality it offers vintage after vintage, we are incredibly proud to annnounce not only a GOLD medal for the 2020 release but that Claymore Wines was also awarded 'Clare Valley Riesling Winemaker of the Year'.
The Melbourne International Wine Competition is peer judged and organisers had to get creative and arrange for virtual judging in the 2020 COVID-19 impacted environment.
The Joshua Tree Riesling is made from estate grown fruit all located in the Watervale sub-region of the Clare Valley; producing an appealing, fruit forward style Riesling with deliciously racy acidity and delicate aromatic profile of blossom and lime juice. Serve well chilled with oysters or other quality South Australian seafood!
26/11/2020 at 1:40 PM
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A Claymore Wines Virtual Clare Valley Gourmet Weekend Event; find us on FaceBook! Featuring the 'Store Paella' from Louise Haines at The Watervale General Store paired with our Miseducation Tempranillo. A wine and food pairing session - while dressed in our Fab Frocks! Join us from the comfort of your home in your festive frocks and fedoras as we taste test Louise's famous Paella. Post your fabulous frock photos to be in the running to win a Fiesta 6pk!
08/05/2020 at 5:50 PMClaymore Wines Tasting Results - Wine Showcase Magazine
Our wine was very well received by the Magazine's tasting panel who enthusiastically evaluated the wine. All the wines were tasted blind and judged in their appropriate price points.
They have done the numbers for the last 5000 wines they have tasted (roughly 1200 per edition over last 12 months) and the percentages across those tastings are as follows as at 10th March 2020:
97 Points & above: 0%
95-96 Points: 1.6%
93- 94 Points: 4.4 %
90 -92 Points: 6.7%
85 -89 Points: 7.1%
84 Points & Below: 80.2%
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01/02/2020 at 1:19 AMAccolade's galore for the 2018 Joshua Tree Riesling
95 points - Gold
The gently spicy edge to the blossom aromas is coupled with a whisper of musk, the palate adding to the appeal of the bouquet with its display of lime and lemon zest palate. There is power to the base, yet no hint of extraction. Really enjoyable, and great value
James Halliday, Wine Companion, 1st April 2019
09/04/2019 at 11:41 AMRocking Reviews by Wine Orbit
2018 Joshua Tree Riesling - 95 points - 5 stars
It is fabulously expressed on the nose showing lemon peel, fresh apple, lime zest and blossom aromas, followed by a juicy palate that is vibrant and beautifully expressive. The wine is pristine and bright with youthful flavours, yet immediately approachable, backed by fine texture and crisp acidity. Charming and irresistibly attractive.
2018 Superstition Reserve Riesling - 96 points - 5 stars
A magnificent offering; the inviting bouquet shows white flesh stone fruit, lime sorbet, Gala apple and white floral aromas. The palate is focused and finely textured, delivering outstanding fruit concentration and intensity, wonderfully structured by bright acidity. the wine offers lovely flow and refinement, finishing impressively long and engaging. Impeccable.
2017 You'll Never Walk Alone Grenache Shiraz Mataro - 94 points - 5 stars
It is sweetly perfumed on the nose showing raspberry, blackberry, vanilla, hazelnut and violet aromas with hints of spice and cocoa. The palate delivers excellent weight and intensity, backed by silky texture and plush mouthfeel, leading to a persistent delectable finish. Wonderfully harmonious and flavoursome.
2017 London Calling Cabernet Malbec - 94 points - 5 stars
Youthfully charming and inviting, the bouquet shows Black Doris plum, blackcurrant, vanilla, almond and floral characters with a hint of mint chocolate. it is succulent and mouthfilling on the palate, displaying excellent weight and intensity, backed by plush texture and polished tannins. Generous and satisfying.
2017 Dark Side of the Moon Shiraz - 95 points - 5 stars
Offering fruit power as well as refinement, this splendidly expressed shiraz shows mixed berry compote, dark plum, vanilla, cedar and warm spice aromas on the nose, followed by a wonderfully flavoursome palate that is fleshy and supple. The wine offers terrific fruit purity combined with gorgeous oak infusion, backed by beautifully integrated fine tannins. Seductively aromatic and immensely delicious.
2015 Nirvana Reserve Shiraz - 96 points - 5 stars
This is magnificently fruited and enticing on the nose showing blackberry, blueberry, chocolate tart, cake spice, floral and cedary wood characters, followed by a concentrated palate that is opulent and impressively weighted. The wine offers glorious fruit intensity backed by lavish texture and velvety mouthfeel, wonderfully framed by seamlessly woven silky tannins. Power and grace in one.
08/02/2019 at 10:30 AMJoshua Tree Riesling turns 20!
Highly acclaimed Clare Valley producer Claymore Wines is excited to have reached platinum status, celebrating twenty years of production with the release of the 2018 vintage of Joshua Tree Riesling.
Dark Side of The Moon Shiraz, another of their iconic wines, turns twenty with the 2018 to be released in the next couple of years. However, they will celebrate that birthday when they get to it. For now, the focus is on revelling in the 2018 vintage rieslings, paying particular homage to the birthday boy; Joshua Tree.
At this special time Claymore Wines are pleased to announce that Nathan Norman, who has been been working within the company as the assistant winemaker, now steps up to takes the reins as Winemaker.
Nathan is an eighth-generation wine maker who grew up on his Grandfathers farm at Angle Vale. His formative years were spent at Peter Lehman Wines where he ‘cut his teeth’ in the winery after leaving school. He then travelled to Sicily, England and Spain for vintages, eventually returning to work with Tin Shed Wines for the better part of a decade. In his new appointment at Claymore Wines, Nathan will have oversight of all Vineyard and Winemaking operations.
He has been involved in crafting some great wines in previous roles and is looking forward to taking over the winemaking reins at Claymore. Given it is Claymore’s twentieth year of production, he is particularly excited about stamping his mark on the twentieth releases as they roll out, starting with the twentieth vintage of the Joshua Tree riesling in September.
Nathan, who has a particular fondness for the grape that is riesling, is super “chuffed” to be the Winemaker who gets to “hang his hat” on this vintage.
Claymore also welcomes Steve McKenzie to the production team as Vineyard Leading Hand and Cellar Assistant, he joins them with a wealth of experience from Quelltaller Estate, another iconic winery from the Clare Valley.
Regarding his new position, Nathan says, “It’s a family thing. My dad, my brother, my sister, my grandad… Winemaking is something that is in my blood. To be here in the Clare Valley, the Riesling capital of the world; well I wouldn’t have it any other way!”
30/08/2018 at 12:01 PMLiverpool Experience Winners return home!
Ian Gray and Pamela Honeysett have recently returned from their epic adventure as our prize-winners to the Claymore Wines Members Club annual competition. This competition sees two lucky people jetted off to Liverpool for three days of sight-seeing, including an Anfield Stadium tour, lunch in the Liverpool FC cafe and a corporate package to see our adored Reds play a home game at Anfield, including a ride home in the Liverpool FC players team bus back to their hotel, a noted highlight for them both!
Ian and Pamela extended their trip to see some of what Europe has to offer. While they concur, that after being dazzled by Liverpool, some of what they saw was a bit underwhelming. However, one of their highlights was in Switzerland where they enjoyed a bottle of Claymore ‘Dark Side if the Moon’ that Ian had carefully brought along for such an occasion.
Here is a photo of their balcony view in Switzerland where they thought it was a perfect setting to 
enjoy their favourite Claymore drop.
Ian comments, “We would like to thank Claymore Wines so much for the trip experience you have made available through the promotion. Obviously, there can only be one winning couple and Pamela and I were very, very fortunate to have our name drawn.
Pamela and I are just so happy to be part of the Claymore family and look forward to a long association of enjoying the wines and events.”
We are thrilled to add Ian and Pamela to our Claymore Family and also look forward to a long association with them both.
18/06/2018 at 3:18 PMSilvers Awarded to our Riesling Duo
The 2017 Clare Valley rieslings are stunning! Confirmation of this has come with a Silver for the 2017 God is a DJ in the 2018 Decanter World Wine Awards and a Sliver for the 2017 Joshua Tree in the 2018 International Wine Challenge.
05/06/2018 at 10:08 AM