2016 Clonakilla Shiraz Hilltops

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 90.1 points

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  3/8/2024 - Kork-Dork Likes this wine: 91 Points

  In celebration of Sweden’s NATO ascension 🇸🇪
  
  👃 Plum liqueur, white pepper, prosciutto crudo and a hint of volatile acidity
  
  👅 Medium-bodied (ABV 14%) with silky tannins, fresh acidity (medium) and a palate of blueberry sorbet. Long sorbet like finish.
  
  👀 Purple
  
  📝 High intensity on the nose and on the palate. This wine is in a very good place right now. For you Swedes - I found this wine & vintage in Systembolagets beställningssortiment för 279 kr ($27). I will definitely order a few more bottles.
  
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  7/19/2023 - beatles wrote: 91 Points

  Under screwcap. Cool, blue, bright, tell-tale notes of pepper and black olives. Vertical wine, yet quite easy going.
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  3/13/2021 - beatles wrote: 91 Points

  Delicate, balanced and something of a cool cat. Olives, dark fruit is here, the fruit is easy and unforced. End peppery with a good lift.

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  1/12/2021 - LEEJV123 Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Medium body, fruity, round, balanced.

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  5/25/2020 - apple1813 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  2016 Clonakilla Shiraz Hilltops was floral, elegant and balanced. The Canberra District Shiraz was medium ruby in colour without any sediments. It took two hours of decanting to round out the edge of bitter astringency. On the nose, there were aromas of blackberries, violet blossom, vanilla, liqourice, game and a dash of black pepper. On the palate, it was dry and medium-full bodied, elegantly textured with medium levels of balanced acidity and finely grained tannin. Flavours of blueberries, iron, spiced beef stock and smoke were present in a medium-long savoury finish. The alcohol was at the modest level of 14.0%.
  
  Clonakilla puts Canberra on the wine map by producing exceptional Shiraz, from prestigious Shiraz-Viognier to affordable Hilltops Shiraz. It is unfortunate that Clonakilla does not produce any wines in the 2020 vintage because of smoke taint, following the widespread wildfire from November 2019 to January 2020.
  
  Purchased at CAD 28.55 from the provincial alcohol monopoly, this entry-level cuvée presented incredible value.

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