Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2001
Red
Canberra District, Australia
8.6
WineSaint
White pepper and dried shiitake lead, followed by bresaola and garrigue. The texture is seamless. Every element precisely calibrated, with fine-grained tannins that whisper rather than shout. Long, savory finish that confirms this as the benchmark for Australian Shiraz-Viognier. A masterclass in restraint and co-fermentation finesse.
white pepperdried shiitakebresaolagarrigue
Label
Clonakilla
→Clonakilla is the Canberra District producer most responsible for establishing Shiraz Viognier as a serious Australian style, drawing comparison to the northern Rhône long before that was a fashionable claim.