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Auction: SFW03 - An Evening of Exceptional Wines
Lot: 98

Unique parcel of Clarendon Hills vintage 2004
South Australia
6 bottles each from 14 different single vineyard
Clarendon Hills Astralis Syrah
Clarendon Hills Cabernet Sauvignon Hickinbotham
Clarendon Hills Cabernet Sauvignon Brookman
Clarendon Hills Cabernet Sandown Vineyard
Clarendon Hills Grenache Old Vines Blewitt Springs
Clarendon Hills Old Vines Clarendon Hill
Clarendon Hills Grenache Old Vines Hickinbotham
Clarendon Hills Grenache Old Vines Kangarilla
Clarendon Hills Grenache Old Vines Romas Vineyard
Clarendon Hills Merlot Brookman Vineyard
Clarendon Hills Syrah Brookman Vineyard
Clarendon Hills Syrah Hickinbotham Vineyard
Clarendon Hills Syrah Liandra Vineyard
Clarendon Hills Syrah Moritz Vineyard

Lying in bond in a temperature-controlled cellar duty & tax free in Singapore

84 bottles in perfect condition

Clarendon Hills is owned and run by Roman Bratasiuk, a Ukranian who arrived in Australia with his parents in 1950. The winery is situated 25 miles south of Adelaide, and is surrounded by vineyards largely populated by old bush vines.
Clarendon Hills is best known for Rhone varieties, with Grenache perhaps leading the way for all Australia.
The Shiraz wines are also very successful, but there are also very good Cabernet, Merlot and even Pinot noir. The estate's flagship wine is Astralis, from the vineyard of the same name, a shiraz cuvee of limited production, prices for which are sky-high.

Tasting Note: "One of Australia's most prodigious Syrahs, Clarendon Hills' 2004 Syrah Astralis is fashioned from vines planted in 1920, and spends time in 100% new French oak from the cooper, Cadus. It boasts off the charts intensity as well as an opaque purple color, and notes of spring flowers, blueberries, blackberries, roasted coffee beans, pepper, smoke, and a hint of sweet toasty oak. This full-bodied, rich, intense, backward Syrah needs 2-3+ hours in the decanter if one is going to approach it at this point in its life. Anticipated maturity: 2010 -2040, 98/100 points Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate #167 Oct. 2006

Estimate
SG$14,000 to SG$17,000