{"product_id":"2024-clonakilla-shiraz-viognier","title":"2024 Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier","description":"\u003cp\u003eClonakilla’s Shiraz Viognier is the wine that proved Australia could do cool-climate elegance just as well as the Northern Rhône, and the 2024 vintage is one of the best in its history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was a heartbreaking start to the season with October frosts wiping out a huge chunk of the crop, but the fruit that survived benefited from a glorious, warm autumn. The result is a wine at the \"high-water mark\" for the estate - ripe and powerful, yet incredibly precise. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe perfume on this release is the thing that gets you. You get an aromatic explosion of orange blossom, rose petals, and raspberry mixed with more savoury hits of cracked pepper and sandalwood. On the palate, it’s remarkably layered; there’s a core of cherry and plum fruit, but it’s the non-fruit stuff - the notes of soy, smoked meats, and graphite - that make it so complex.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven with its underlying power, the wine remains lithe and medium-bodied with the hallmark silky tannins that have made Tim Kirk’s flagship a legend. It’s already showing great drinkability, but given its immaculate balance and concentration, it will easily strut its stuff for the next two decades. This is a world-class release that tops even the masterpieces of recent years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e99 points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If one may start with the bottom line, the only reason that this one didn’t get 100 points is because there would seem to be every chance that Tim Kirk will continue to outdo himself and come up with something even better. Mind you, looking at this wine, it is hard to imagine how he will do that. As always, this sits amongst the world’s very best Shiraz Viognier blends... The previous vintage was a masterpiece. This one tops it.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Ken Gargett (Wine Pilot)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e98 points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Elegant and precise with real clarity, showing all the hallmarks and charm of the Northern Rhone. Excellent.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Ryan Montgomery (James Suckling)\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e97 points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The 2024 Shiraz Viognier is so perfumed from the glass... I love this wine in pretty much every vintage condition; it varies each year, but it remains true to its fine, complex DNA. This is super.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Erin Larkin (The Wine Advocate)\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e97 points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The detail, the elegance, the intensity, the length — this is a wine of class and quiet confidence. The term ‘national treasure’ came to mind. Outstanding.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Tom Kline (Wine Pilot)\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe data-dashlane-frameid=\"399\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aes4OZXoQP8?si=kmsl4QG8jwOGib3U\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clonakilla","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44088029577259,"sku":"2024 Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier","price":130.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2572\/9722\/files\/ClonakillaShirazViognier_9917acbd-4595-4e11-bdc8-e93868d60693.png?v=1754631753","url":"https:\/\/www.differentdrop.com\/products\/2024-clonakilla-shiraz-viognier","provider":"Different Drop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}