Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier

Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier

Wine Description

The Shiraz Viognier is the flagship wine, a careful selection of the best of the Shiraz Viognier parcels we craft each year from the Murrumbateman vineyard.

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Acclaim
“Mid cherry red. Delicate, refined perfume of dark-red fruits and violets. Refined and intense on the palate, without excess weight. Velvety tannins. Accomplished, harmonious, the red-fruit freshness coming back on the long finish.” — Jancis Robinson, Sep 2024
“A cooler year has produced a pared-back, elegant and finer style that’s as exciting as any vintage. It’s peppery, spicy, a little sappy, laden with cranberries, pomegranate tartness, amaro and rosehips – quite exotic really. Accents on red cherries and red plums with oak spices and woodsy inputs bolstering the flavour profile and structure. It’s medium bodied, with the filagree tannins etched in as the acidity takes the lead to finish long and pure. Lovely now, and in good time, it will blossom further.” — James Halliday, Jan 2024
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Vineyard & Production Info
Bottles produced of this wine:
19,000
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Winemaking & Aging
Maceration length:
3 weeks
Varietal composition:
94% Shiraz, 6% Viognier
Fermentation container:
Variety of Stainless Steel Tanks
Malolactic fermentation:
Full
Fining agent:
None
Type of aging container:
Barriques and Puncheons
Type of oak:
Fine-Grained French
Length of aging before bottling:
12 Months
Total SO2
89
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Analytical Data
pH level:
3.77
Acidity:
6 g/L
Alcohol:
12.8 %
Total SO2
89
Residual sugar:
<0.3 g/L
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Wine Production

A hail storm on January 9 gave us plenty to worry about, reducing what was already a small crop. Mercifully, the vines recovered well. A brilliant ripening season followed, marked by a run of gorgeous weather in the crucial late Summer/early Autumn.