Verona Vineyard Shiraz
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 5–15 years from vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, grilled lamb chops, wild mushroom risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
The Verona Vineyard, situated on Hermitage Road in the Pokolbin sub-region of the Hunter Valley, was planted in 1968. This historic site is renowned for its red clay loam soils, which impart a distinct mineral complexity and elegant structure to the Shiraz grapes grown here. Brokenwood's Verona Vineyard Shiraz is a classic representation of the traditional Hunter Valley style: medium-bodied, savory, and deeply aromatic. Unlike the heavier Shiraz styles of warmer Australian regions, the Verona Vineyard expression focuses on bright red fruits, earthiness, white pepper, and fine-grained, silky tannins. The wine is typically aged in French oak puncheons to preserve the pure, site-specific fruit character and vibrant acidity that defines this historic vineyard.
🍾 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
13-13.5%