2023 Hunter Valley Shiraz
HALLIDAY 96 POINTS
Hunter Valley, NSW
Superb colour with dark red and purple hues. Lifted aromas of red to dark red fruits and ginger spice. Ripe fruit and low oak impact on the palate, with the new oak providing a slight vanillin sweetness that compliments the berry fruit. The ripe fruit tannins are complemented by the natural fruit acidity, resulting in a very long finish for the wine. A stylistically typical medium-bodied Hunter Valley Shiraz from a very good year.
MAJOR ACCOLADES:
Gold Medal (96 Points) | 2026 Halliday Wine Companion - reviewed by Toni Paterson (2025)
Silver Medal | 2024 Hunter Valley Wine Show
Bronze Medal | 2025 Hunter Valley Wine Show
CRU $577.50 | SVC $544.50
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Wine Specs
Vintage
2023
Varietal
Shiraz
Acid
6.56 g/L
pH
3.40
Residual Sugar
0.50 g/L
Alcohol %
13.5
Wine Profile
Vinification
The process involves using both vinomatic fermenters and
open-top fermenters with a capacity of 2-4 tonnes. The open-top fermenters are plunged twice daily. After five days, the wine is pressed off, and malolactic fermentation takes place in oak barrels. The wine then matures in 100% French oak, which consists of 11% new oak overall.
All Shiraz grapes are sourced exclusively from our owned and
managed Hunter Valley vineyards: Graveyard, Mistress Block, Oakey Creek, Tallawanta, and Verona.
Winemaker Comments
Our third consecutive wet growing season, La Niña continued to make herself known throughout the first three quarters of the year, 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. Thankfully, the weather cleared up in late October. Fruit condition and canopy were excellent despite the cooler summer. This resulted in one of the latest harvests on record, resulting in near perfect tannin ripeness. Depsite the challenging season, wines of outstanding balance were the result.
Food Pairing
Veal, duck and cheese.
Drink
Drinking well now but will improve with further bottle age.