This is a charming, agreeable red. Easy to like and easy to drink! A nice medium colour the aroma is red fruit, leafy cab sav with a hint of cedar. Flavours of dusty fruit, and oak tannins that will only integrate further as the wine ages, though I’d say crack it open now.
Brokenwood is a consistent 5 star winery, ranked highly by publications from The Australian Wine Companion to Gourmet Traveller. They also are committed to producing the highest quality wines possible with the least impact on the environment possible.
FROM THE WINERY: The blend for this wine is 73% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot and 4% Shiraz. The 2010 growing season and then into 2011 was unusually damp for the southern states. Our 3 growers are experienced enough to maintain the required sprays and as such we had no problems with fruit quality. Stylistically untypical, in that earlier picking was the norm and the usual McLaren Vale ‘fruit power’ are less obvious. However for our Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot blend there’s plenty of savoury, red berry fruit character.
Don't Pay: $20.00
WBW Rating: 90/100
Closure: Stelvin
Region: Hunter Valley, NSW
Winemaker: Ian Riggs
Drink now until: 2018
Alc/Vol: 13.5 %
