Category: | Red Wines |
Sub-Category: | Red Wines |
Producer: | Brokenwood |
Label Name: | Graveyard Vineyard Shiraz |
Vintage: | 2021 |
Country: | Australia |
Region: | Hunter Valley |
Volume: | 750ml |
ABV: | 13% |
Grape(s): | Shiraz |
Acidity: | 4 |
Tannins: | 3 |
Sweetness: | 1 |
Body: | 4 |
Length: | 4 |
Aroma Intensity: | 5 |
Best Temperature: | 16-18°C |
Awards/Ratings
Wine Enthusiast 94 pts; Halliday / Taste the Awards 98 pts; Robert Parker (Erin Larkin) 96 pts; Langton's classified (First Classified/1st Classified status for Graveyard); Gold - New South Wales Wine Awards
Tasting Note
Perfumed blackberry, blueberry and red-cherry fruit with pepper, aniseed and dried herbs; cedary savory oak, fine chalky tannins and a long, mineral-laced finish.
Food Pairing
Roast lamb, grilled or braised beef, aged cheddar, duck confit; Asian: Korean BBQ (bulgogi), char siu pork, Sichuan-style eggplant, teriyaki beef.
Production Method
Hand-harvested, low-yield old-vine fruit; partially barrel-fermented and matured ~14 months in French and American oak (30–40% new); bottled under screw cap.
Vineyard Info
Brokenwood, established 1970, produces this flagship from its Graveyard Vineyard (Pokolbin) with old-vine plantings dating to 1968; first single-vineyard Graveyard Shiraz released in 1983.