Rolf Binder of Veritas joined with Kevin Mitchell of Kilikanoon to develop this exciting range of South Australian wines.  This traditional Barossa Wine blends the plum and spice of shiraz with the berry and gamey characters of Grenache and the earthy Mourvedre. Paired with roasted red meat this is a knockout. James Halliday 5 star rated vineyards.

The Kilikanoon Story (from the winemaker)

Winemaker Kevin Mitchell purchased the Kilikanoon property in the heart of South Australia's picturesque Clare Valley in 1997 with a vision of creating his own brand. The first Kilikanoon branded wines were from the 1997 vintage and released in 1998. The wines were Shiraz (soon to become the Oracle, Mort's Block Riesling, Prodigal Grenache and Cabernet Sauvignon, with all the grapes coming from the 2 vineyards owned by Kevin and his father Mort.

The 2002 Clare Valley Wine Show was what really put Kilikanoon on the map. That year there were 7 trophies awarded (trophies being awarded to the highest scoring gold medallists where the judges felt the wines were of sufficient standard). Of these 7 Kilikanoon won 6, remembering of course that the judges, led that year by Huon Hooke, one of Australia's most respected and influential wine writers and judges tasted all the wines blind.

In more recent times Kilikanoon has received comments like "This is one of the most brilliantly run wineries in Australia" from Robert Parker Jnr's Wine Advocate, who has regularly scored Kilikanoon's wines up to 98 points, and the coveted 5 red stars from James Halliday's authoritative Australian Wine Companion. These, as well as international awards such as Best Shiraz (worldwide) at the 2008 International Wine Challenge for Kilikanoon's Oracle Shiraz and the same award-(Best Shiraz) at the 2004 International Wine and Spirits Competition, also for Oracle have helped Kilikanoon to spread its wings rather more quickly than may be expected from a young winery.

In 2005, Kevin was finally able to realise his dream of building a purpose built winery with open fermenters and basket presses to ensure ever higher standards of quality from the expanding fruit sources. We are forever grateful to Dave Powell of Torbreck Wines in the Barossa Valley where most of Kilikanoon's red wines were crushed and fermented until then. We also continue to work closely with Neil Paulett in the Clare Valley where our Rieslings are crushed. Another important partnership for Kilikanoon has been with Rolf Binder, also from the Barossa Valley, with whom we have formed the Binder Mitchell brand of fine Barossa wines.

The Vertitas Story- (from the winemaker)

Veritas has slowly gained recognition and won back to back trophies in 1995 and 1996 for the Best Shiraz at the Barossa Wine Show and the Trophy for the Best Small Producer. The last is awarded for a crush of less than 500 tonnes.

In 2002 Veritas again won the Trophy for the Best Small Producer.

More recently Veritas has been awarded, both in 2002 and 2003, the Trophy for the Best Semillon at the Barossa Wine Show. In 2002, Veritas were the makers of the top three pointed Semillons at the Barossa Show and included the gold medal and trophy winning wine.

The winner of the Best Small Producer Award at the Barossa Wine Show three times in eight years.

The English wine magazine 'Decanter' featured the Veritas Hanisch 1994 as one of the 'Top three Australian Shiraz'.

The Magpie Estate 'The Malcolm' 1996 was awarded 99 out of 100 by the influential New York wine critic Robert Parker in his 1998 Wine Advocate, at the time the highest ever pointed Australian wine.

A strong appraisal of all Veritas reds by the New York wine critic Robert Parker in his influential 'Wine Advocate', June, 2001, included a rating for the Veritas 'Hanisch' Shiraz 1998, of 99 points out of 100. An average of all of his reviews of Shiraz made by Veritas gives a current rate of 96.5 out of 100.

Included in the consumer 'Winestate' magazine 'Jewels of the Barossa', March-April, 2003. Nine vintages of the Veritas Hanisch were rated as; three with five stars, one with four stars, and five with four and a half stars.

Red winemaker, Rolf Binder was named a finalist in the Gourmet Traveller Australian Winemaker of the Year for 2006.

Five Stars from James Halliday's Australian Wine Companion