Cricket Pitch White
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters, grilled white fish, goat cheese salad
✨ Technical Specifications
The story of Brokenwood's Cricket Pitch White is inextricably linked to the winery's playful and community-minded origins. In 1970, the founders cleared a portion of their newly acquired Hunter Valley property to plant vines, but famously spared a flat, grassy tract to establish a cricket pitch. This pitch became the site of legendary social matches against rival wineries and visiting teams. The Cricket Pitch White was created to capture this spirited, social energy. Traditionally crafted as a vibrant blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon sourced from premium vineyards across South Eastern Australia, this wine undergoes cool fermentation in stainless steel to preserve its bright, aromatic profile. It represents a classic Australian style, marrying the tropical punch and herbaceous lift of Sauvignon Blanc with the crisp, citrusy structure and refreshing acidity of Semillon.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1970 by Sydney lawyers Tony Albert, John Beeston, and acclaimed wine critic James Halliday, Brokenwood Wines began on a modest 10-acre block in Pokolbin within the Hunter Valley of New South Wales. Guided for decades by veteran managing director and chief winemaker Iain Riggs, the estate evolved from a passionate weekend venture into one of Australia's most prestigious and benchmark wine producers. Brokenwood embraces a philosophy of precise, low-intervention winemaking designed to let terroir and varietal clarity shine across both estate-grown Hunter Valley fruit and carefully selected parcels across Australia. The winery has achieved global acclaim particularly for its crisp, cellar-worthy Hunter Valley Semillons and its flagship Graveyard Vineyard Shiraz, alongside popular lifestyle bottlings like the iconic Cricket Pitch label.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon