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Red
2008 Craiglee Shiraz Viognier
Shiraz Blend
- Australia
- Victoria
- Port Phillip
- Sunbury
Label borrowed from 2006
Label borrowed from 2012
Label borrowed from 2013
Label borrowed from 2014
Label borrowed from 1999
Label borrowed from 1996
Community Tasting Notes 6
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Softie Likes this wine:
June 18, 2019 - Drank this a few nights ago. It was absolutely gorgeous.
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Porters Wines Likes this wine: 91 points
June 21, 2018 - Get into now! Great aged Shiraz
Good fruit up front, soft lengthy tannins -
Patrick - winereviewer.com.au wrote: 92 points
August 10, 2013 - The 2008 Shiraz Viognier has benefited from time in the bottle and has a well integrated nose of peppery red fruits and at dried apricot lift no doubt from the Viognier that adds rather than detracts from the experience.
There is plenty of interest on the palate with peppery plum and violets joined by aniseed characters and set against the backdrop of textural tannins and balanced acidity. The wine finishes with a focus on dark fruits with a spicy vanillin aspect lingering.
Review Link - www.winereviewer.com.au (drink from 2013-2020) -
lightning wrote: 89 points
July 28, 2013 - 14.0% ABV.
Dark cherry, kirsch liqueur and pepper, velvet on entry, firm midweight tannins, kirsch liqueur flavour profile (perhaps a touched stewed), medium to full bodied, touch of warmth on the end. Technically it's good, but lacks a little charm. -
azzah Likes this wine: 92 points
February 4, 2013 - Deep purple red colour.
Very lifted aromas - the viognier doing its work - of violets, blackberry, leather, game and spice.
There's flavours of blackberry, dark cherry, raspberry, meat, leather, and finishing with clove, pepper, and subtle spicy/vanilla oak. Medium bodied only, but with good length and great balance - almost Rhone like. Will live for quite a while, and should even improve over the medium term.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2008
- Type Red
- Producer Craiglee
- Varietal Shiraz Blend
- Designation Shiraz Viognier
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Australia
- Region Victoria
- SubRegion Port Phillip
- Appellation Sunbury
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 9 (36%)
- Consumed 16 (64%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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- CountryAustralia
- RegionVictoria
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