Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier

"The south facing 12 acre vineyard – located in the sleepy picturesque and biscuit-coloured Murrumbateman landscape – is planted on sandy clay loams over friable clays. The need to be different during the 1980s boutique winery boom moved Clonakilla away from the mainstream in 1986 and into the unproven but tantalising marriage potential and astounding nuances of Viognier as a co-factor in the vinification of Shiraz. This is a supreme example of where generosity of spirit as much as vineyard site and winemaking practice inextricably weaves through the wine. The perfumed, sensuous, Clonakilla style is essentially about “fruit leading the wood”. It is a highly aromatic wine with ginger, white pepper, apricot fruit, some savoury French oak nuances and fine slinky/boney tannins."Andrew Caillard MW

  • [SOLD-OUT] Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2021

    [SOLD-OUT] Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2021

    Region: ACT (Canberra)
    Farming Vegan-friendly Sustainably-made

    97 POINTS ROBERT PARKER!

          "Clonakilla is thrilled to finally release the 2021 Shiraz Viognier. After the devastation of losing the 2020 Shiraz Viognier to smoke taint, it’s a relief and a joy to offer  the beautiful 2021. A long, cool...

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    $130.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2019

    [SOLD-OUT] Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2019

    Region: ACT (Canberra)
    Farming Vegan-friendly Sustainably-made

    HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION 96 POINTS! WINE FRONT 96 POINTS!

      "Some wines have such distinct DNA. This is one of them. It packs so many layers of flavour and depth, yet never moves much beyond medium body. It smells of a souk market; spicy, peppery and exotic. It's replete with dark fruit, wood char and a...

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  • [SOLD-OUT] Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2017 1500mL-Magnum

    [SOLD-OUT] Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2017 1500mL-Magnum

    Region: ACT (Canberra)
    Farming Vegan-friendly Sustainably-made

    JAMES SUCKLING 98 POINTS!

        "Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier. Australian Grand Cru Shiraz.It has both lightness and power; it has wooden racks of spice set into deep cupboards of black cherry; it has anise; it has forest berries, it has florals and it has meat, though...

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    $365.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2016 1500mL-Magnum

    [SOLD-OUT] Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2016 1500mL-Magnum

    Region: ACT (Canberra)
    Farming Vegan-friendly Sustainably-made

    98 POINTS JAMES HALLIDAY!

      Medium to deep red colour with a good rim of purple, the bouquet is fresh and pepper/spicy with a decidedly foresty whole-bunch nuance. A lovely complex bouquet, which will only get moreso with time. The palate fllows on from the nose precisely,...

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    $335.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2015 1500mL-Magnum

    [SOLD-OUT] Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2015 1500mL-Magnum

    Region: ACT (Canberra)

    JAMES SUCKLING 99 POINTS!

        "Is there such a thing as a perfect vintage?  If such a year existed it would provide good early summer rain to give the vines a source to draw on through the summer heat. A good crop of grapes on a moderately vigorous canopy of...

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    $355.00
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  • Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2013

    [SOLD-OUT] Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2013

    Region: ACT (Canberra)

    "2013 was a remarkable vintage. The days were warmer and the nights cooler than average and the rain came just when we needed it. The 2013 carries the extra degree of opulence that you see in the great years. It is beautifully perfumed; ethereal,...

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    $120.00
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  • Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2012

    [SOLD-OUT] Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2012

    Region: ACT (Canberra)

    Tyson Stelzer 96 Points!A lighter, savoury and perfumed Clonakilla promising exceptional longevity. It's explosively fragrant, refreshingly tangy and exotically spicy, scaffolded with superfine tannin structure and singing with potpourri, cardamon,...

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  • Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2011

    [SOLD-OUT] Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2011

    Region: ACT (Canberra)

    - Campbell Mattinson 93 points! 'Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier is my Grange, if you like it's the wine I look forward to tasting the most each year. It's also the only wine I buy every year. I opened a 2003 Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier recently and it's still...

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    $115.00
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  • Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2010

    [SOLD-OUT] Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2010

    Region: ACT (Canberra)

    "There's no question that the 2010 vintage was difficult in the Canberra District but sometimes " difficult can be a good thing. Less hedonostic than recent releases " which isn't necessarily a bad thing. If you have a line of these running in your...

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    $125.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2009

    [SOLD-OUT] Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2009

    Region: ACT (Canberra)

    Jeremy Oliver Wine of the Year 2011 "The flagship [Shiraz Viognier]...shows the brooding but silky, plush magic of shiraz co-fermented with viognier. It's denser and more concentrated than the O'Riada, with a fine, more tannic bite. Our bottle...

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    $135.00
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  • Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2008

    [SOLD-OUT] Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2008

    Region: ACT (Canberra)

    Jeremy Oliver 97 points!Building towards a crescendo of richness and strength, this is a stellar wine of rare balance, poise and elegance. Its floral, musky and spicy bouquet of pristine black and red berries, ground pepper and cedar/vanilla oak precede...

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    $120.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2006

    [SOLD-OUT] Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2006

    Region: ACT (Canberra)

    - 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...

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    $130.00
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  • Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2005

    [SOLD-OUT] Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2005

    Region: ACT (Canberra)

    Campbell Mattinson 98 points!' A superlative wine. A step up. Pretty, structural, complex, super-persistent, pure, light on its feet and yet powerful. This is the one. Drink: 2014-2025.' Campbell Mattinson, Wine Front August ' October 2007Jeremy Oliver...

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    $150.00
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  • Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2004

    [SOLD-OUT] Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2004

    Region: ACT (Canberra)

    - Campbell Mattinson 95 points!' Cheesy, volatile, but put it in your mouth ' and it's a parade of silken, plummy deliciousness. A-grade. Great tannin framework, grapey, ripe, lengthy, flavoursome, the works. This is great, textural, floral, delicious...

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    $140.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2003

    [SOLD-OUT] Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2003

    Region: ACT (Canberra)

    Wine Front 94 points! "Glossy, perfumed, smoky, beautiful introduction. Again those nutty elements. Palate is juicy, cherried, sappy, delicious. In great form, with a great future ahead. Combination of spicy interest and slippery-smooth mid-palate...

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    $135.00
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  • Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2002

    [SOLD-OUT] Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2002

    Region: ACT (Canberra)

    Campbell Mattinson 94 points!" Stemmy, almost tomato-like scents and flavours, though coated here in blueberry and cherry fruit flavour. Nuts galore on the palate. Gorgeously aromatic, gamey, lengthy, textural " this should be phenomenal in seven to ten...

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    $125.00
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