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 Vintage2012 Label 1 of 31 
TypeRed
ProducerClarendon Hills (web)
VarietySyrah
Designationn/a
VineyardPiggott Range Vineyard
CountryAustralia
RegionSouth Australia
SubRegionFleurieu
AppellationClarendon

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Drinking window: Drink between 2020 and 2032 (based on 144 user opinions)

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Community Tasting Notes (average 95 pts. and median of 95 pts. in 1 note) - hiding notes with no text

 Tasted by eddo & penny on 9/23/2016 & rated 95 points: this is pure elegance... structure is fantastic...looking forward to the rest when their ready in 5-10 years time (1622 views)

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By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (6/3/2017)
(Clarendon Hills Syrah McLaren Vale Piggott Range, Red, Australia) Subscribe to see review text.
By Campbell Mattinson
The WINEFRONT (6/5/2016)
(Clarendon Hills Piggott Range Syrah) Subscribe to see review text.
By James Halliday
Halliday Wine Companion (2/2/2015)
(clarendon hills piggott range clarendon syrah) Subscribe to see review text.
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Clarendon Hills

Producer website

CLARENDON HILLS

Inspired by the classic South Australian wines of the 1950s and 1960s, particularly Penfolds, the visionary Roman Bratasiuk, a former biochemist, bought the old Elysium winery at Blewitt Springs, near Clarendon in McLaren Vale. By chance he found the nearby 10 acre Astralis Vineyard as a source of "as good as you can get" Shiraz. The vines were first planted in 1920 with 19th century colonial vine-stock derived from Chateau Reynella. Best known for the flagship wine Astralis Syrah, Clarendon Hills also produces a portfolio of single vineyard age-worthy Grenache & Syrah wines derived from 35 to 75-year-old dry grown vines, from the Clarendon, Blewitt Springs and Kangarilla sub-regions of McLaren Vale.

Syrah

Varietal article (Wikipedia) | (Wines Northwest)

Note that some producers in the Northern Rhone distinguish between simply Syrah and "Serine", the latter described as ‘an ancient clone of Syrah, the berries of which are more oval-shaped and less deeply pigmented than Syrah’ by producer Tardieu-Laurent.

Australia

Wine Australia (Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation) | Australian Wines (Wikipedia)

South Australia

South Australian Wine Industry Association | South Australian Wines (Wikipedia)

Fleurieu

Fleurieu Wineries & Cellar Doors (southaustralia.com)

 
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