Tuesday Blind Tastings
Dionysus Shiraz Viognier 2015
Canberra District, Australia
Price: $28
Rating: 95
Source: Cellar door
Description: Full bodied. Redcurrant, pepper, apricot, cinnamon and spice on the nose. The palate was intense, savoury and leathery with dried apricots evident, spice, dry tannins, good acidity and real length. A complex and powerful wine that should cellar well.
Tasting date: 10 July 2018
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