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Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2017
Clonakilla

Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2017

Sale price$159.99

— Inspired by a trip to Cote-Rotie, Clonakilla’s Tim Kirk transformed the family estate into a benchmark, crafting perfumed, expressive Shiraz Viognier unique to Canberra.
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— Top 100 Wines: Halliday's Wine Companion (2018), James Suckling (2018 - World & Australia), Matthew Jukes (2018)
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— Sourced from a premium private cellar

Origin

New South Wales Canberra District, Australia

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SKU: CLSV201712 UCAU
  • 98 Points
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TASTING NOTES

"It is one of our four greatest reds, alongside Penfold’s Grange, Henschke’s Hill of Grace and Cullen’s Diana Madeline Cabernet Sauvignon." Ken Gargett

Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2017 is a masterful expression from one of Australia’s most influential family estates, located in the Canberra District. Inspired by a trip to Cote-Rotie, Tim Kirk transformed the family vineyard into a benchmark for perfumed, expressive Shiraz Viognier blends, capturing the unique terroir with meticulous vineyard care and gentle winemaking techniques.

This exceptional vintage features hand-picked Shiraz grapes co-fermented with a touch of Viognier, including a portion of whole bunches and indigenous yeast to enhance aromatic complexity and structure. The wine matured for 12 months in French oak barriques, about one-third new, carefully balancing fruit purity with subtle oak influence.

In the glass, the 2017 Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier reveals lifted aromas of violets, black cherry, white pepper, and delicate spice. The palate is refined and vibrant, showcasing fine tannins, energetic acidity, and layers of red and dark fruits that unfold alongside savory and floral nuances. This wine is balanced, persistent, and expressive, offering both immediate appeal and excellent potential for cellaring.

Recognized among the Top 100 Wines by Halliday's Wine Companion (2018), James Suckling (2018 - World & Australia), and Matthew Jukes (2018), Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier stands as a benchmark for the style and region.

Produced in the cool climate Canberra District, known for its distinctive Shiraz Viognier blends, this wine reflects the region’s capacity to produce elegant yet powerful reds with aromatic complexity and structure.

  • Crafted by the Kirk family, pioneers of the Shiraz Viognier blend in Canberra
  • Hand-picked grapes and co-fermentation with indigenous yeast enhance aromatic depth
  • 12 months maturation in French oak barriques (one-third new) for balanced elegance
  • Top 100 Wines recognition by leading critics in 2018
  • Sourced from a premium private cellar, ensuring exceptional provenance
TASTING PROFILE
  • LIGHT
  • FULL
  • LOW TANNIN
  • TANNIC
  • SWEET
  • DRY
  • LOW ACIDITY
  • HIGH ACIDITY
Food Pairings:
  • Pork
  • Red Meat
  • Spicy

Classification: Red

Variety: Shiraz Blend

Vintage: 2017

Bottle : 750ml (Bottle)

Country: Australia

Region: New South Wales

Alcohol: 14.0%

Cellaring: 15 Plus Years

Scores

98/100

Top 100 Wines of 2018 & Special Value Wine

A co-fermented 94/6% blend. The hue is good, although not deep - pinotish. Tim Kirk nails it when he writes of a line of pure spice running through the bouquet and palate - I would simply add 'and the aftertaste' because this has superb length and texture, replete with red berry flavours. Clonakilla at its best. Drink by 2037.

James Halliday

Scores

98/100

Top 100 Wines of the World 2018 & Top 100 Wines of Australia 2018

One of the greatest vintages of this wine. It has a super complex array of white and black peppers, hard brown spices, leaves, flowers and fresh wet earth, as well as graphite-like dark stony notes. The palate is immaculately detailed, long and silky with flavors of blackberries, red cherries, red plums, dark cherries, blackberries and dark chocolate. The palate is delivered with steady elegance and power, showing unwavering build and a seemingly never-ending trail of fresh and spicy fruit flavors. With the most immaculate tannins, too. The real soul of this wine shines through in this perfectly simpatico vintage. Fascinating to drink now, but it is best to give it some time. Try around 2025.

Nick Stock

Scores

96/100

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 all of it sits in the one, neat, tidy room. Tannin is so fine and so bright with spice that it sits like gold thread in an evening gown. It’s a wine of shadows and a wine of light; of shadow and of joy. Pour a glass and behold its beauty, for it is rich in that. Drink: 2019-2034+

Campbell Mattinson

Scores

96/100

A gloriously fragrant and elegant Clonakilla is the blessing of a classic cool year, brimming with rose petal and pot pourri. A delightful core of morello cherry and wild strawberry fruit glides seamlessly through a lingering trail of powder-fine tannins. It's set to go down as a long-lived Clonakilla.

Tyson Stelzer

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