Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2008 Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2008

Clonakilla is an Australian winery based in the Canberra wine region of Murrumbateman, New South Wales. Clonakilla was established in 1971 by present owner John Kirk. Clonakilla is a small, family winery dedicated to making distinctive, handcrafted wines. The wines are made in limited quantities and can be a little hard to find. They are worth the search.
Clonakilla makes a range of wines, but the speciality is that the wines made from two varieties which have their original home in the Northern Rhone valley in France: Syrah (Shiraz in Australia) and Viognier. The flagship is a Shiraz Viognier blend, produced from a selection of the best grapes in a single twelve hectare vineyard. The Shiraz Viognier is described by James Halliday as having "icon status" and as being the best example of this wine style in Australia. Jancis Robinson has identified it as the "pioneer" of the blend in Australia.

五克拉酒庄位于澳大利亚新南威尔士州（New South Wales）穆任百特曼（Murrumbateman）的堪培拉（Canberra）产区，由庄主约翰柯克（John Kirk）在1971年创立，是一家小型的家族式酿酒厂，旨在酿造独具特色的纯手工葡萄酒。酒庄的出品相当有限，难得一见，但绝对值得搜寻。
酒庄生产一系列的葡萄酒，但最擅长酿造的是起源于北隆的两个品种：西拉Syrah（在澳大利亚被称为Shiraz）和维欧尼耶（Viognier）。标杆产品是西拉子与维欧尼耶的混酿，葡萄均精选自12公顷的单一葡萄园。五克拉酒庄的西拉维欧尼耶混酿葡萄酒曾被詹姆斯哈利徳（James Halliday）评为澳大利亚葡萄酒的最佳代表。杰西斯罗宾逊（Jancis Robinson）也赞其混酿是澳大利亚葡萄酒的领军者。