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Buy OnlineClaymore's Dark Side of the Moon has become something of a legend around these parts, earning a devoted following that's almost as passionate as fans of the iconic Pink Floyd album, almost!
Now back with a new vintage, it delivers everything you've come to expect. This is a full bodied, voluptuous Clare Valley Shiraz bursting with rich, generous fruit and impressive depth. It never misses a beat and is sure to keep its loyal fans coming back for more. Music to our ears, you could say.
As the winery puts it, "A wine so delicious you'll want to explore your Dark Side again and again."
Winery notes (2023 Vintage)
"Welcome vintage 2023 – once again from our home in the Clare Valley, the classic hit returns to the play list! This release of our fan favourite, Dark Side of the Moon Shiraz, is intially aromatic and herbaceous but as it dances across the palate moves to dark plum, raspberry licorice and finishes elegant with fine, grippy tannins.
A cooler vintage and return to healthier annual rainfalls following consecutive drought years – our vines repaid our patience producing wines so delicious you'll want to explore your Dark Side again and again."
5 Stars & 94/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, July 2026 (2023 Vintage)
"Richly fruited and complex, the enticing bouquet showcases blackberry, liquorice, star anise, cedar, and dark cocoa aromas. It's weighty and plump in the mouth, offering terrific fruit intensity and a plush texture, framed by layers of polished tannins, making it sturdy and generous with a long, delectable finish. At its best: now to 2035."
Reviews for the 2022 vintage below…
93/100 Ken Gargett, WinePilot.com, February 2025 (2022 Vintage)
"The only thing that this wine will please more than the crowd are the wallets they carry. This is always a deservedly popular Clare Shiraz. An intense vibrant crimson hue, this is all chocolate and blackberries with plums, root vegetables, cloves, bay leaves, soy and licorice. A touch of cassis on the finish ties it together. This is a savoury style with a supple texture, sleek tannins, good balance, fine acidity and real length. There is good intensity throughout and it will prove why it is so popular, over the next eight to ten years. Cracking value."
93/100 Tony Love, WinePilot.com, June 2025 (2022 Vintage)
"The Pink Floyd album of the same name as this wine was a progressive music blockbuster, quite deep at times in its own style of story-telling. This Shiraz provides its own set of complexities: a smoky, charry, meaty layering in its aromatic greeting, dark roasted root veggies as well, while the fruit senses are mainly in the black cherry spectrum. Once tasted, there’s no escaping the darker fruit, high percentage cacao and obvious ground pepper notes. Give this some air-time for the wine to reveal the purity in its fruit expression, albeit dark-sided, as there’s plenty to appreciate now with a promise it will evolve successfully over the next 10 years. Excellent value."
