Graveyard Vineyard Shiraz
⏳ Drikkevindue
Typically best enjoyed 10–25 years from vintage release
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Roasted rosemary lamb, beef Wellington, mature hard cheeses
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
The Graveyard Vineyard Shiraz is one of Australia's most legendary and collectible red wines, representing the pinnacle of Hunter Valley winemaking. The vineyard owes its evocative name to its original late 19th-century designation as a cemetery for the Pokolbin community, though it was never actually used for burials. Instead, the heavy, low-yielding clay soils were planted with Shiraz vines in 1968. This unique terroir produces a remarkably distinct style of Shiraz. Unlike the blockbuster, high-alcohol profiles of warmer Australian regions, the Graveyard Vineyard Shiraz is celebrated for its medium-bodied elegance, savory complexity, and structural precision. Traditional open fermenters are utilized, followed by maturation in high-quality French oak puncheons and barriques. The resulting wine is a masterclass in Hunter Valley terroir, showing bright red and dark berry fruits, cracked black pepper, earthy undertones, and silky, fine-grained tannins that evolve beautifully over decades.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Brokenwood Wines blev grundlagt i 1970 af Sydney-advokaterne James Halliday, John Beeston og Tony Albert på en fire hektar stor parcel i Pokolbin, som oprindeligt var tiltænkt en cricketbane. Vinhuset ligger i det sydlige Hunter Valley op mod Brokenback-bjergkæden, hvor terroiret er præget af alluviale lerjorde og tung lerjord under indflydelse af et varmt, subtropisk klima med kølende havbriser. Selvom ejendommen historisk set har haft sit anker i den berømte Graveyard Vineyard Shiraz, har Brokenwood opnået mindst lige så stor international anerkendelse for sine rene og bemærkelsesværdigt lagringsdygtige hvidvine. Markerne dyrkes efter certificerede principper under Sustainable Winegrowing Australia, og i kælderen videreføres arbejdet i dag af chefvinmager Stuart Hordern efter Iain Riggs' skelsættende æra. Blandt husets ikoniske benchmarks er den fadløse ILR Reserve Semillon, som er berømt for sin stringente energi, lave alkohol, sprøde citrussyre og komplekse ristede toastnoter opnået gennem flaskemodning, foruden enkeltmarksvine som Stanleigh Park Vineyard Semillon og mineralske cool-climate chardonnayer fra Beechworth og Orange.
🍇 Druer
Shiraz
🍷 ABV
13.0-13.5%