Community Tasting Notes 6

• brisbane piefan Likes this wine: 98 points

  October 5, 2021 - Decanted for an hour to remove sediment and oxygenate. Seemed to benefit as opened up over the evening. White pepper notes with blueberries and richness. Amazing nose and everything in balance. Spectacular spot right now.

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• EdLark Likes this wine: 94 points

  March 21, 2021 - Beautiful balance with subdued tannins. Dark cherry and subtle fruit. Drinking beautifully, but shame I only managed to get the one as I think it still has a few more years.

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• Dr S wrote: 92 points

  December 1, 2018 - Tasted with Geoff and Bec in my home away from home, Hastings Hawkes Bay. Tried only a handful of times previously, all showing glacial progress in ageing and never quite as beautiful as when first released.
  
  Dark purples still. A highly floral nose with more black fruits than normal, intense but without the usual spicy and dried herb complexity. Almost essence like blackberry and dark plum fruit on the palate. Tannins have mellowed but the palate is tight fisted, even hard and lacks the suppleness or willowy textures the 05 and 08 now display. A product of the worst frost of four (94, 99 and 14 the others), picked very early (February perhaps instead of mid March into April), potent fruit. Tastes younger than 08, 09 or even 2010.
  
  The question is will it ever unfold and evolve in the CKA SV fashion? The stern essence-like palate suggests perhaps not. A good wine but not a classic SV. Arrested development?

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• Vini Ciclismo Likes this wine: 93 points

  September 8, 2017 - 2007 Vintage Tasting (Bronte, Sydney): medium red.
  spicy fragrance, a little nutty, light herbal tones, some pepper.
  blueberry essence, white pepper spice, extremely refined smooth style, just silky. fine grippy tannins, very clean long finish. excellent.

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• Nigel Davies Tas Likes this wine: 94 points

  June 14, 2016 - First of four bottles. Only 1800 made due to frost destroying 92% of crop. Impenetrable colour and long legs. Slight funky edge to cherry / raspberry nose. Balanced intense plum / cherry fruit and acid but both outweighed by massive tannins at present. Long finish. Keep rest until 2021+.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2007
• Type Red
• Producer Clonakilla
• Varietal Shiraz Blend
• Designation Shiraz Viognier
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Australia
• Region New South Wales
• SubRegion Southern New South Wales
• Appellation Canberra District
• UPC Code 727760506886

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• In Cellars 238 (67%)
• Consumed 119 (33%)

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