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.