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 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)
13-13.5%