Clonakilla, Shiraz Viognier Vintage:2023 wood toast and menthol

wood toast and menthol

concentrated with firm tannins and ample acidity without any astringency

it offers up a big

minerals and spice notes

phenolically mature and driving finish that is quite firm without being aggressive yet impeccably well balanced

Clonakilla, Shiraz Viognier Vintage:2023 wood toast and mentholThe 2019 Shiraz Viognier is from a low yielding (down around 15% to 20%), warm and dry year with some well timed summer rain that allowed the vines to produce bright, lively fruit. The warm year brought higher alcohol with it (14. 6% alcohol as opposed to the 13. 2% of 2021), but the same 6% Viognier inclusion remains. The wine was matured for 18 months in French oak. Where the 2021 is bright, delicate and lacy, this 2019 is denser, muscular and