2023 7 Acre Shiraz
NEW RELEASE
Hunter Valley, NSW
Medium density colour with bright purple hues. The nose and entry on the palate is very much Hunter Valley with red fruit, plums on the nose and slight iodine on the palate coupled with soft fine tannins. Matured in large format French oak puncheons with approximately 25% new oak. An elegant, medium bodied Shiraz that will reward cellaring over the next 10 years.
CRU $577.50 | SVC $544.50
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Wine Specs
Vintage
2023
Varietal
Shiraz
Acid
6.59 g/L
pH
3.42
Residual Sugar
0.50 g/L
Alcohol %
13.5
Wine Profile
Vinification
Processing started with 3-4 day cold soaking and then 4-5 day ferment at 24-26C. The oak regime for this wine is 100% French oak puncheons, with 30% new oak.
Winemaker Comments
The ‘7 Acre’ Block was planted in 1968 with Shiraz cuttings sourced from old Hunter vineyards. The vineyard is on heavy clay soil, with east-west rows, making it one of the later ripening blocks from the Graveyard Vineyard and a block that enjoys a later ripening vintage.
Our third consecutive wet year, La Niña continued to make herself known through the first three quarters of 2022, with widespread floods again experienced across South Eastern Australia. Up to the 31st of December 2022, we received 1365.5mm of rain with 97 rainy days at Brokenwood. Pokolbin reached its annual rainfall by the end of June, with 2022 being the wettest year that we have had on record. The start of the growing season was particularly challenging with vineyard access and Downy Mildew pressure a constant issue. These issues resulted in very low yields. Thankfully, the weather cleared up in late October. Fruit condition and canopy were excellent despite the cool summer. This resulted in one of the latest harvests on record, resulting in near perfect tannin ripeness. The 7 Acre was picked on the 17th of February under clear skies in pristine condition
Food Pairing
Veal, duck and cheese.
Drink
Drinking well now but will improve with further bottle age.
