2008 Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier

This 2008 Shiraz Viognier is beautifully perfumed and expressive as it bursts with apricot, red currant, earth and clove aromas. There is also a lovely combination of elegance and power, offering generous mouthfeel while remaining silky and supple before finishing with serious length and balance. At peak but will also hold for another decade.
93 Points
Angus Hughson - Antonio Galloni's Vinous (October 2022)

As expected the wine is young and buoyant, with a highly fragrant perfume of red fruit, fresh blackberry, violets, roasted meat and a little tar; the palate reveals the true potential of this superb wine with a cascading array of flavours and thrillingly silky tannin, poised acidity and a peacocks tail on the very long and precise palate.
97 Points
James Halliday's Australian Wine Companion (July 2021)

Super-complex and meaty this time around. The flagship Clonakilla shiraz viognier has abundant sweet musky aromas, deli meats, light summer berries and Marco Polo tea aromas – sweet and exotic indeed. The trick here is the effortless balance, elegant structure and gently rounded shape of the palate, as it harbors concentrated red and dark berry fruits, hard brown spice flavors, gentle chocolate and fine-grained tannins that glide long through the finish. Seamless and all too drinkable now, it will continue to build beguiling complexity for many years ahead.
95 Points
JamesSuckling.com (April 2016)

Medium to deep garnet in color, the 2008 Shiraz Viognier presents very youthful blackcurrant and black plums aromas accented by cloves, tree bark, some sage and a whiff of bacon. Medium to full-bodied, this more structured style has medium-firm, grainy tannins, vibrant acid and a long, concentrated finish. Drink it now to 2024+.
96 Points
Lisa Perrotti-Brown - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (June 2014)