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| Drinking Windows and Values |
| Drinking window: Drink between 2022 and 2031 (based on 145 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.5 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 2 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by JB_11 on 5/24/2022 & rated 93 points: 6 year old vintage and not the slightest sign of slowing down. Deep red in colour, bold on the nose, and a solid fruit forward lead. The complexity in the mid palate is something else though. Dry and structured tannins, but deep dark fruits that linger through a maze of pepper spice. Great drinking now, but suspect will continue to develop over - at least - the next 10 years. A great McLaren Vale shiraz. 93 for now, potential for much more. (463 views) | | | Tasted by Son Bui on 4/18/2022 & rated 92 points: Full body, medium dry, oaky, smooth tanning, dark Berry on the nose. (459 views) |
| 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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