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What a remarkable jouney for Clonakilla. When John Kirk first planted vines in 1971 who would have thought it would be celebrated as one of Australia’s finest vineyards! Their first Shiraz Viognier was made in 1998 – by 2005 it was deemed ‘Outstanding’ in Langton’s Australian Wine Classification … by 2010 it was promoted to “Exceptional” .. up there with Grange and Hill of Grace! Murrumbateman & Canberra wine region is all about cool climate shiraz … complex layering of raspberry, violets, spice, cracked pepper, roast game with darker blackberry, blackcurrant and aniseed in warmer years. Clonakilla’s shiraz across the board including the Hilltops and O’Riada remind me of syrah at it’s best from famed ‘Cote Rotie’ in France’s Northern Rhone.
From Tim Kirk, winemaker about this wine: .. “From the magnificent 2025 vintage the Viognier Nouveau captures the vibrancy of the Viognier fruit in all its youthful glory. Fermented cool and bottled early, this wine delivers heaps of flavour without heaviness. Drink it now!”
Brand new vintage release .. this is for the white aficianodos and is top shelf. Racy citrus, thirst-quenching tang with hints of juicy stonefruits. Unwooded youthfull glory here!
95 points, Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot “From the Canberra region, fermentation was in stainless steel with bottling soon after, the idea to capture the youth and exuberance that the variety can offer as a young (in this case, very young) wine. Tim Kirk has expressed great excitement over the 2025 vintage for his region, noting it seems to ‘brim with energy’. Yes, I know, winemakers will often overhype a vintage but I doubt Tim has ever told a porky in his life. So you can be sure, this is a vintage to watch. A shimmering pale lemon hue. This very young but utterly delightful wine is beautifully fragrant; there are notes of lemongrass, florals, stone fruits and ginger. Fresh, with a minerally backing, there is an underlying line of acidity. Finely balanced, the wine is of medium to good length and will provide absolute joy over the next two to three years.”
94 points, Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front “The first impression is of citrussy fruit; forward, juicy, inviting, delicious, all those things. But then the spice notes charge in. And those apricot kernel characters. And that tension between mineral and wood, and by wood I don’t mean oak, I just mean that there’s this deeper inside-the-trunk-of-the-vine note that is more than just pure juice. There’s an elegance to this wine, and an intensity, the latter of which sits right on the cusp of true richness, which is both a terribly difficult place to pitch a wine, and a terribly attractive one. A crushed fennel note added to the finish is yet more evidence that we have here a peak vintage of Clonakilla Viognier Nouveau. You need to slow down a fraction to get the best out of this wine but, that done, it provides exquisite pleasure.”
RRP $34 *Our Special Price $27.99 when you buy 6 or more of this wine.
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