[SOLD-OUT] Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2006

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Wine Advocate 95 points!
'Considerably more serious is the Cote-Rotie-like 2006 Shiraz-Viognier (with 6% of the latter co-fermented). It offers a splendid bouquet of pain grille, smoky bacon and sausage, violets, blackberry, and blueberry muffin. This is followed by a full-bodied, savory, opulent wine with gobs of fruit, layers of flavor, and well concealed tannin. All components are nicely integrated and the finish lasts for 60+ seconds. Give it 6-8 years of additional cellaring and drink it through 2036.'
Dr. Jay Miller, Wine Advocate #173 Oct 2007

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Campbell Mattinson 95 points!
'I stopped off at Clonakilla last Saturday night and got the chance to taste the upcoming Shiraz Viognier (due for release in September). I've tasted it again since getting home. This wine has only recently been bottled, and as a result took quite a bit of time to show its strength. It is though another wonderful release under this label. It's steely in its structure, smoky and floral and blessed with a gorgeous mix of red and dark fruits. Of course, trademark spice lifts off the wine, and the texture is again silken and smooth. But what's really taken me with this release is the long, smoky, gunmental-like tannins, which give the wine an overwhelming sense of sophistication. This release will need a good few years to show its best, but it's another classic. Drink: 2014-2023.'
Campbell Mattinson, Wine Front July 2007.

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Tyson Stelzer 96 points!
' The 'Killa has not only set the benchmark for SV in this country, but somehow manages to raise the bar every year. Tim Kirk has done it again in this gorgeously perfumed wine with a soothing palate of utter finesse and monumental persistence.'
Tyson Stelzer, Reviewed December 2007

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Country:

Australia

Region:

ACT (Canberra)

Variety:

Wine Red - Shiraz

Size:

750mL