Soil Selection Shiraz
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed within 3 to 8 years from vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled ribeye steak, slow-cooked lamb shanks, roasted root vegetables
✨ Technical Specifications
Brokenwood's Soil Selection range is built on the philosophy of sourcing grape varieties from the specific Australian regions where they truly excel. For this South Australian Shiraz, the winemakers look beyond their historic Hunter Valley home to the premium vineyards of South Australia, often blending fruit from renowned regions like McLaren Vale, Padthaway, and Langhorne Creek. This multi-regional approach allows Brokenwood to craft a wine of remarkable consistency and balance, marrying the intense, dark fruit profiles of South Australia with the estate's signature style of elegance and restraint. The wine is typically matured in a combination of French and American oak, resulting in a plush, approachable red that honors Brokenwood's legacy of minimal-intervention winemaking.
🍾 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)
14-14.5%