Sangiovese
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 2–6 years from vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Wood-fired pizza, pasta with rich meat ragù, roasted lamb chops
✨ Technical Specifications
While Brokenwood is legendary for its Hunter Valley classics, the winery has long looked to the cool-climate regions of Victoria to champion premium alternative varieties. Their Sangiovese is a testament to this curiosity, sourcing fruit from established Victorian vineyards where the alpine influence and ancient soils mirror the grape's native Italian terroir. Crafted with minimal intervention, the wine undergoes fermentation in open-topped vessels before aging in seasoned French oak hogsheads. This gentle handling coaxes out the grape's signature savory complexity, bright acidity, and dusty tannins, offering a beautifully rustic yet polished expression of Australian-grown Sangiovese.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1970 by Sydney solicitors James Halliday, John Beeston, and Tony Albert, Brokenwood Wines began on a ten-acre Pokolbin parcel initially intended as a cricket ground. Situated in the lower Hunter Valley against the Brokenback Mountain Range, the estate operates on alluvial loams and heavy clay soils, shaped by a warm, humid subtropical climate with cooling maritime breezes. While historically anchored by its renowned Graveyard Vineyard Shiraz, Brokenwood established equivalent global renown for its pure, cellar-worthy white wines. The estate practices certified viticulture under Sustainable Winegrowing Australia standards, supervised in cellar operations by Chief Winemaker Stuart Hordern following Iain Riggs's transformative tenure. Renowned benchmark expressions include the single-vineyard and aged ILR Reserve Semillon—celebrated for low-alcohol tension, racy citrus acidity, and nuanced toast developments without oak maturation—alongside single-site iterations like Stanleigh Park Vineyard Semillon and cool-climate chardonnays from Beechworth and Orange.
🍇 Grapes
Sangiovese
🍷 ABV
13.0% - 14.0%