Red

Appearance: Vibrant red/purple colour with a crimson hue.

Bouquet: A fragrant red and black fruit bouquet with delicate oak in the background.

Palate: This generous wine displays spicy black fruit flavours with refreshing cherry cola characters dancing on the luscious medium bodied palate. The tannins are in complete harmony with the fruit.

Cellaring: Drinking well now or will further develop with medium term cellaring, 5 -7 years.

Appearance: Deep red/purple in colour with a vibrant crimson hue.

Bouquet: An intense bouquet of plum and spice with supporting oak.

Palate: This  Hunter Valley Shiraz displays a lovely fruit rich palate complexed with peppery and spicy notes. The polished tannins are ripe and supple. Combine this with quality French oak barrel maturation and the wine delivers a generous, well structured and sophisticated mouth feel with great length of flavour.

A winemaker selection of either the western or eastern blocks across the estate’s holdings that is is increasingly and inevitably, I am told, from the eastern side.

With the shading and attenuated ripening pattern, justifiably so. The result compacts a density of dark to mulberry fruit scents, with a leafy freshness embedded across a sinewy, firm tannic fiber.

Far more structured and authoritative than the other blocks due to tighter packed, compact grapes. This higher quotient of skin to liquid ratio imparts a full-bodied textural intrigue. Almost Italianate in its dry, structural pose. Savoury and inimitably Hunter. 

Fun, Fruity, Fizzy and Fantastic!

Appearance: Deep red in colour with a bright red hue.

Bouquet: A fragrant bouquet of red and blackberry fruit with spice and background cedary notes.

Palate: The Balmain is a modern Australian blend of Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. These three grape varieties are grown on our own Certified Organic Vineyard located in the Central Ranges of NSW. The wine is rich and velvety, displaying bright red fruit flavours with lovely supple tannins to provide a fresh and long palate. The French oak characters gently sitting in the background adding complexity and length to the soft and rounded finish. Medium to full bodied. 

Cellaring: Excellent drinking now or will further develop with careful cellaring up to 5 years.

Appearance: Deep red in colour with a bright red hue.

Bouquet: A fragrant bouquet of black and red currants with spice and cedary notes.

Palate: The La Perouse is a French style red blend of Cabernet Sauvignon approx. 60% and Merlot approx. 40%. These two grape varieties are grown on our own Certified Organic Vineyard located in the Central Ranges of NSW.

The wine displays a delightfully rounded palate offering a generous mix of red and blue fruits balanced by fine, silky tannins. With 12 months of gentle French oak maturation the palate is well structure, complexity and long.

Cellaring: Excellent drinking now or will further develop with careful cellaring up to 10 years.

Appearance: medium salmon pink.

Notes: Watermelon, kumquat, musk and strawberry notes. Refreshing enough, with a billow of refreshing acidity towing it long. 

The Brokenback Vineyard, Pokolbin, was planted in the 1970's by a visionary group led by the late, legendary, Len Evans, AO, OBE. Over the ensuing years the vines have produced premium wines under a variety of labels. In 2008 the vineyard then in two parts, was purchased privately and amalgamated.

Our Brokenback Shiraz is a rich and flavoursome wine and a classic in our range. Typical of this vineyard, the wine displays pepper, spice and layers of ripe red berry fruit flavours. With a refined tannin structure and subtle French oak characters, the seamless palate is complex and persistent.

Cellaring :  Drinking well now or gain rewarding bottle age complexity with careful cellaring up to 10 years.

Appearance: Deep red in colour with a bright purple hue.

Bouquet: A fragrant bouquet of raspberry red fruit with a touch peppery spice.

Palate: This Shiraz is grown on our own Certified Organic Vineyard located in the Central Ranges of NSW.

The wine displays layers of ripe raspberry red fruit flavours with a touch of peppery spice on a well-balanced fruit driven palate. With a refined tannin structure and soft, subtle, French oak characters, the seamless palate is complex and persistent. 

Cellaring: Excellent drinking now or medium-term cellaring 2 - 10 years will be rewarded.