2010 Clarendon Hills Astralis Shiraz
The 2010 Clarendon Hills Astralis Shiraz is the pinnacle of Australian Shiraz — a wine that has attracted perfect 100-point scores from Robert Parker across multiple vintages and established itself as one of the most celebrated and sought-after wines in the world. Fifteen years of bottle age. Ninety-year-old vines. A single vineyard in the cool Blewitt Springs sub-region of McLaren Vale. And a winemaker who has spent his career refusing to compromise. This is as serious as Australian wine gets.
Clarendon Hills was established by Roman Bratasiuk in 1990 with a singular obsession: to make the finest possible Syrah and Grenache from McLaren Vale's oldest, most stressed vines. Bratasiuk farms without irrigation, harvests by hand, and intervenes as little as possible in the winery — allowing the fruit, the site, and the vintage to speak without interference. Astralis is the ultimate expression of that philosophy: sourced from a single vineyard in the cool Blewitt Springs area, from vines over 90 years old, made with whole bunches and whole berries in a prolonged fermentation, and matured for 18 months in 100% new, high-quality French oak. It is a wine that has attracted a global collector following and appears at auction at multiples of its release price. The 2010 vintage, now 15 years old, is drinking at the very peak of its extraordinary powers.
Single-vineyard Blewitt Springs fruit from 90-year-old vines, whole-bunch and whole-berry fermented, matured for 18 months in 100% new French oak. The extreme power of the palate is so effortless that the wine carries a touch of elegance that will only deepen in the decades to come — a paradox that only the greatest wines can achieve. Fifteen years of bottle age has begun to reveal the complexity and integration that Astralis is built for. 97pts James Halliday.
Full-bodied with extraordinary depth, concentration, and structure. In the context of Astralis, 15 years is still relatively young — this wine is built for decades. Decant for three hours minimum. Drinking magnificently now for those who cannot wait, and will continue to develop and reward through 2045 and beyond. A wine to cellar seriously.
At HK$2,488, the 2010 Clarendon Hills Astralis Shiraz is one of the most significant and rare bottles in the store — a wine with a global reputation for perfection, 15 years of bottle age, and a track record of auction performance that speaks for itself. For serious collectors, this is not a question of price. It is a question of whether you can still find it.
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