Clonakilla Shiraz/Vioginer Canberra Districts 2006
Region: Canberra District
Sub Region:
Variety: Shiraz/Vioginer
Country: Australia
Vintage: 2006
The Wine
Excellent winter and spring rains set up another very good growing season and a slightly larger than average crop.
Harvest began on March 27 continuing until April 15. Total maceration times stretching out closer to three weeks. 32% new wood this year, with Sirugue, Francois Freres, Taransaud and Mercurey again being our preferred coopers.
12 months in oak, over which time the wine was racked aeratively twice.
Taken off lees in November and blended within their individual vineyard batches then returned to barrel.
Winner Best First Class Red, 2011 Cellars in the Sky International Airline Competition
Cellared Says
The 2006 vintage was right in the peak wine trend window for this fabulous wine. I remember visiting Tim in 2009 and purchasing a few cases of this highly regarded and indeed iconic blend. Svelte, with tension and fine interwoven fruit, savouriness and judicial oak. Perfect balance and still looking spot on (2024). Just an excellent wine.
Reviews
There are shades of 2021 in this wine. In fact, that might be because 2006 and 2021 were my favoured wines in the lineup (2009, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2021) for similar reasons.
this is a very special wine
This 2006 Shiraz Viognier is fresh, restrained and oh-so-composed. Nary a hair out of place, this wine sails, soundlessly, over the palate and into the smooth, long-ish, of course, the savoury, meaty hints that link these wines with an undeniable thread, but the characters are so expertly woven into the very fabric of the wine.
Excellent winter and spring rains set up another very good growing season and a slightly larger than average crop.
There is the usual 6% co-fermented Viognier in this 2006, with 32% new oak, not that the oak is evident in the glass now.
As an aside, the bottle suggests a drinking window of “5 to 10 years.” I think it's best we all ignore the bottle suggestion, no? This is only about 16 years shy of its potential, and even I may be being cautious. This is a very special wine.
Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
Region: Canberra District
Sub Region:
Variety: Shiraz/Vioginer
Country: Australia
Vintage: 2006
The Wine
Excellent winter and spring rains set up another very good growing season and a slightly larger than average crop.
Harvest began on March 27 continuing until April 15. Total maceration times stretching out closer to three weeks. 32% new wood this year, with Sirugue, Francois Freres, Taransaud and Mercurey again being our preferred coopers.
12 months in oak, over which time the wine was racked aeratively twice.
Taken off lees in November and blended within their individual vineyard batches then returned to barrel.
Winner Best First Class Red, 2011 Cellars in the Sky International Airline Competition
Cellared Says
The 2006 vintage was right in the peak wine trend window for this fabulous wine. I remember visiting Tim in 2009 and purchasing a few cases of this highly regarded and indeed iconic blend. Svelte, with tension and fine interwoven fruit, savouriness and judicial oak. Perfect balance and still looking spot on (2024). Just an excellent wine.
Reviews
There are shades of 2021 in this wine. In fact, that might be because 2006 and 2021 were my favoured wines in the lineup (2009, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2021) for similar reasons.
this is a very special wine
This 2006 Shiraz Viognier is fresh, restrained and oh-so-composed. Nary a hair out of place, this wine sails, soundlessly, over the palate and into the smooth, long-ish, of course, the savoury, meaty hints that link these wines with an undeniable thread, but the characters are so expertly woven into the very fabric of the wine.
Excellent winter and spring rains set up another very good growing season and a slightly larger than average crop.
There is the usual 6% co-fermented Viognier in this 2006, with 32% new oak, not that the oak is evident in the glass now.
As an aside, the bottle suggests a drinking window of “5 to 10 years.” I think it's best we all ignore the bottle suggestion, no? This is only about 16 years shy of its potential, and even I may be being cautious. This is a very special wine.
Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
Region: Canberra District
Sub Region:
Variety: Shiraz/Vioginer
Country: Australia
Vintage: 2006
The Wine
Excellent winter and spring rains set up another very good growing season and a slightly larger than average crop.
Harvest began on March 27 continuing until April 15. Total maceration times stretching out closer to three weeks. 32% new wood this year, with Sirugue, Francois Freres, Taransaud and Mercurey again being our preferred coopers.
12 months in oak, over which time the wine was racked aeratively twice.
Taken off lees in November and blended within their individual vineyard batches then returned to barrel.
Winner Best First Class Red, 2011 Cellars in the Sky International Airline Competition
Cellared Says
The 2006 vintage was right in the peak wine trend window for this fabulous wine. I remember visiting Tim in 2009 and purchasing a few cases of this highly regarded and indeed iconic blend. Svelte, with tension and fine interwoven fruit, savouriness and judicial oak. Perfect balance and still looking spot on (2024). Just an excellent wine.
Reviews
There are shades of 2021 in this wine. In fact, that might be because 2006 and 2021 were my favoured wines in the lineup (2009, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2021) for similar reasons.
this is a very special wine
This 2006 Shiraz Viognier is fresh, restrained and oh-so-composed. Nary a hair out of place, this wine sails, soundlessly, over the palate and into the smooth, long-ish, of course, the savoury, meaty hints that link these wines with an undeniable thread, but the characters are so expertly woven into the very fabric of the wine.
Excellent winter and spring rains set up another very good growing season and a slightly larger than average crop.
There is the usual 6% co-fermented Viognier in this 2006, with 32% new oak, not that the oak is evident in the glass now.
As an aside, the bottle suggests a drinking window of “5 to 10 years.” I think it's best we all ignore the bottle suggestion, no? This is only about 16 years shy of its potential, and even I may be being cautious. This is a very special wine.
Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate