2023 Hunter Valley Shiraz
HALLIDAY 96 POINTS
Hunter Valley, NSW
Lovely mid-depth colour with purple tints. Lifted red fruit and earthy notes on the nose. 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
Part vinomatic and part open top 2-4 tonne fermenters. The latter plunged two times per day. After 5 days, pressed off, with malolactic fermentation conducted in oak barrel. The wine matured in 100% French oak, made up of 25% puncheons and overall 25% new oak. The Shiraz grapes are 100% sourced from our Hunter Valley managed vineyards - the Graveyard, Oakey Creek, Mistress Block, Verona and the Tallawanta Vineyards.
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, and hence gave the wines a near perfect tannin ripeness.
Food Pairing
Veal, duck and cheese.
Drink
Drinking well now but will improve with further bottle age.