Shiraz
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 3–10 years from vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted lamb, grilled beef ribeye, duck breast
✨ Technical Specifications
Brokenwood's Shiraz represents a classic, elegant expression of New South Wales viticulture, standing in graceful contrast to the blockbuster, high-alcohol styles found in warmer southern regions. Sourced from premium vineyards across New South Wales, including the historic Hunter Valley, this wine is crafted to highlight bright fruit purity and savory complexity. The region's unique climate—marked by warm summer days, high humidity, and cooling afternoon sea breezes—allows the grapes to ripen slowly, developing intricate flavors while retaining natural acidity. Brokenwood employs traditional winemaking techniques, including fermentation in open-top vessels and gentle maturation in a combination of new and older French oak casks. This careful oak regime ensures the wood complements rather than dominates the fruit, resulting in a medium-bodied red defined by red cherry, dark plum, cracked black pepper, and earthy, leathery undertones that reflect the historic Hunter style.
🍾 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
Shiraz
🍷 ABV
13.0-13.5%