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• Vignette Lab Likes this wine: 90 points

  October 16, 2023 - Popped and poured this first bottle of a case accidentally cellared this long ... the result is a deliciously happy accident … this has now reduced to a seductively soft morsel … still holding on to syrah characteristics while on a metamorphosis journey to Burgundy. What a gorgeous mistake.

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• Gavin Sutherland Likes this wine: 94 points

  January 9, 2021 - I drank a bottle of this about 6 months ago and felt it was past it’s prime having decanted it. This bottle I cracked and drank and it’s drinking really nicely. Blackcurrant, plum, brown sugar, spice & tobacco on the nose. The palate is smooth with good fruit, soft tannins and a little heat on the back palate. I’m digging it.
  Day #2 and it’s still tasty but a lot of the body has disappeared. My advice is dont decant and drink it all day #1

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• Gavin Sutherland wrote: 89 points

  June 27, 2020 - Good but past it’s prime

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• graemeg wrote:

  September 2, 2019 - NobleRottersSydney - even year Shiraz (360 Bar & Dining, Sydney): [Kim] {screwcap, 14.5%} Immediate decant prior to drinking. Open, brambly, woody nose. Some pong, a bit leathery, and some vanilla/coconut, but not oaky. This might have suffered from following all these South Australia offerings but it was distinctly different, even if not terribly convincing! Some cool-climate spearmint on the palate, over the coconut. Low-key on the tongue, sitting a bit towards the front of the mouth, with low finely gritty tannins and about medium-bodied weight. Palate doesn’t quite live up to the nose; just seems to lack complexity. Not hot on the finish, but it might have been better picked earlier and drunk younger. Will doubtless keep, but there’s no need.

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• majamke Likes this wine: 91 points

  September 1, 2017 - Dark cherry, blackberry, black pepper and eucalypt. Big bodied wine for the region, still packed with fruit and structure after 11 years. Will easily see 2020 given the right cellar.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2006
• Type Red
• Producer Clonakilla
• Varietal Shiraz
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Australia
• Region New South Wales
• SubRegion Southern New South Wales
• Appellation Hilltops
• UPC Code 727760504745

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• In Cellars 78 (38%)
• Consumed 128 (62%)

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