Awards and Accolades

2012 Vintage: 89 Points - James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion
"Has that wonderful expression 'sourced from premium wine regions' (you get South Eastern Australia thrown in as a clue), to which Brokenwood's answer would no doubt be 'we have already specified the four varieties involved, regions simply overkill' - and it would be right. The crew at Brokenwood are far too clever to do anything to damage the value of the brand, so what you get is a full-flavoured wine worth every cent of its asking price."

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.

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.