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Brokenwood Graveyard Shiraz 2018

  • James Halliday
    99 Points
  • Huon Hooke
    98 Points
  • James Suckling
    98 Points
Brokenwood Graveyard Shiraz 2018
  • James Halliday
    99 Points
  • Huon Hooke
    98 Points
  • James Suckling
    98 Points
Brokenwood Graveyard Shiraz 2018
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Brokenwood Graveyard Shiraz 2018

SKU: BWGS201810 UCAU
15 Plus Years
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Recognized as an exceptional, classified single-vineyard wine from Brokenwood's Pokolbin estate, originally planted on heavy clay soils.

Dense and powerful, offering bold notes of black cherry, dark spice, tar, and integrated French oak, all driven by a long, seamless finish.

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Tasting Notes

Graveyard Vineyard - Hunter Valley, NSW

Planted originally in 1968 and sustainably certified under SWA, the 15-hectare Graveyard Vineyard is the cornerstone of Brokenwood’s red wine legacy. Its heavy clay soils produce low yields of intensely flavoured Shiraz, defining the signature Hunter Valley style for which Brokenwood is renowned. First bottled as Graveyard Vineyard in 1983, the Shiraz gained international recognition with its inclusion in Langton’s Classification in 1991 and remains the only ranked Hunter Valley Shiraz. Composed of eleven distinct blocks that express both history and terroir, the vineyard preserves original vine Shiraz genetics and showcases Brokenwood’s enduring pursuit of excellence.

Critic Scores

A single block of mainly 50yo vines. Take a bottle with you to drink with Maurice O'Shea and he'll be ecstatic. It's supple, perfectly balanced, a pure expression of a quirky vineyard that has been the work of winemaker Iain Riggs for 4 decades. '18 was a great vintage, and he pinged it.

Vivid, deep purple/red colour. Very regional bouquet, with lots of coaldust and graphite; the palate is powerful and highly-structured with superb tannins. Big, full-bodied, muscular. A ripping shiraz and a great Graveyard. - Huon Hooke (The Real Review)

A powerful vintage and a powerful iteration of Hunter Valley shiraz, this has aromas of fresh blackberries, violets, blackcurrants, dark spices, tarry notes and a gently leafy edge. The palate has very compact, smoothly defined and long, powerful style with bold, essence-like blackberry and black-cherry flavors. Velvety, rich and seamless. Concentrated and focused. Fine to drink now, but better from 2025.

About this Wine

Brokenwood

What began in 1970 as a weekend winemaking project in the Hunter Valley for three Sydney solicitors has gone on to become one of Australia’s most iconic wineries. Established by none other than James Halliday, Tony Albert, and John Beeston, Brokenwood started out as a part-time passion but bigger things beckoned and over the years, Brokenwood has boasted a roll call of winemakers to boot, notably current chief winemaker and managing director, Iain Riggs, who joined the team in 1982.

Iain shook things up on his arrival, introducing new winery equipment and the first white wines to the Brokenwood portfolio. Since then, Brokenwood’s reputation as a white winemaker has come to equal its one as a red wine producer, with its flagship ILR Reserve Semillon and Graveyard Vineyard Shiraz highly sought after around the world.

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