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飲んだワイン　クロナキラ/シラーズ ヴィオニエ2010　7点

オーストラリアの高級ワインであるクロナキラ。 赤ワインですがヴィオニエが含有されており、かなり珍しいワインと言えます。 持ち寄りのワイン会ではこういったカルトなワインが飛び出すのも嬉しい所。

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[shawn-c-paul]

Open for business. @clonakillawines 2006 "Hilltops" showing gorgeous savory and dried fruits, smoked chilis, beef broth cranberry, fig and that beautiful pure texture. Touch of reduction at first. Screw-top all the way. #clonakilla #canberrawine #shirazhilltops #shiraz #nocorkscrewneeded (at Matthews, North Carolina)

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Clonakilla: new vintage riesling & shiraz viognier

Clonakilla is up there as one of Australia’s greatest wine producers. No doubt.

They’ve just released their 2014 shiraz viognier and 2015 riesling. Both are stunners and certainly “must-haves” for any lover of great wine.

Tim Kirk is a pioneer of both the shiraz viognier blend and world-class cool climate shiraz in Australia. This wine is regarded alongside Penfolds Grange and Henschke Hill of Grace in terms of both quality and collectibility.

Fortunately, unlike those wines Tim Kirk prices his with relative modesty. Clonakilla shiraz viognier, if you can buy it quickly enough, can be had for under $100 per bottle. Grange and HOG push $800 these days.

That’s not to say Penfolds and Henschke shouldn’t charge that much: they are world class wines, with worldwide demand, and still sit well under the prices asked for superstars from Bordeaux and Burgundy.

What it does is highlight how incredibly good value the Clonakilla is. Basically, get on board now before it’s too late. Order it here.

Clonakilla riesling may not have the notoriety of the shiraz viognier, but for those in the know, it’s class has always been evident in the glass.

‘15 is probably the best in the line for Clonakilla riesling. It took out an incredible swag of awards from the 2015 Canberra Regional Wine Show, including Champion Wine of Show, Best White, Best Riesling and Best Canberra Riesling. Phenomenal.

Order the riesling here before it evaporates.

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When the Skys the Limit for Australian Shiraz

When the Skys the Limit for Australian #Shiraz #VIWF cc @greenockcreek @Clonakilla

If you checked through my previous article on my favourite Australian wines from the Vancouver International Wine Festival, you would not have seen the wines below from Inland Trading Co (ITC), and you may have wondered why. The wines from this agency were being talked about so highly amongst the trade, and there was a continuous lineup to taste the wines.  You also had to taste all the wines in…

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New Tasting Notes: Alternative Reds

The biggest tasting I did last month was of 150 mixed red varietals – these are made from grapes other than the staples, shiraz, pinot noir, cabernet and merlot.

This grab-bag of ‘alternative’ varieties is blossoming – both in the number of varieties being produced by our winemakers, and their quality.

It’s very encouraging. Happily, there are fewer of the green, weedy sangioveses and over-extracted petit verdots; the bretty chambourcins and raw, acidic tempranillos than there used to be. What’s happening? Are winemakers finally realizing that they can’t produce these wines using the same recipe they’ve always used for their cabernet and shiraz. Each variety is a special case and needs individualized attention, like bringing up a brood of recalcitrant kids. They are all individuals with different needs.

As well, winemakers seem to be stepping back more, and permitting the grape variety to speak, instead of slathering it with oak or harvesting it overripe so that it ends up just another oaky, jammy Aussie red.

Here’s a list of the varieties tasted. Tempranillo, sangiovese, nebbiolo, barbera, dolcetto, lagrein, graciano, tannat, zinfandel, montepulciano, touriga, sagrantino, malbec, durif, saperavi, bonarda, teroldego, aglianico, petit verdot and nero d’avola, as well as the old faithfuls grenache and mourvedre.

Some people have really worked out how to do it. Bryan Martin’s Ravensworth nebbiolo (tasting) and sangiovese (tasting) 2013s are both utterly delicious. He is also involved with Clonakilla of course, whose 2013 Ceoltoiri (tasting) (a GSM blend) is a wonderful wine. From Inverell, Topper’s Mountain’s latest Red Earth Child (tasting) is another cracker. It’s an unlikely blend of nebbiolo, shiraz, tempranillo and tannat. The Willson sisters of Bremerton fielded a 2012 malbec (tasting) and a ’12 mourvedre (tasting) under their special release label, and both impressed.

Fox Gordon’s nero d’avola (tasting) is an interesting interpretation, and Teusner delivered with a mataro (tasting) and a durif (tasting) in their typically big, bold style.

Mudgee’s Stuart Olsen impressed yet again with his Eloquesta label: this time with a non-vintage, non-varietal red charmingly labeled A Boy With Fruit (tasting). And there were several very good zinfandels and a raft of excellent Rutherglen durifs to keep you big red lovers happy.