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 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
Shiraz
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13.0-13.5%