Brokenwood

Graveyard Vineyard Shiraz

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  Vintage 2019
  96 points Halliday Wine Companion

A stellar wine boasting an intensity of flavour, palate-staining levels of extract and a forensic precision to the tannins that forces one to swish the wine about the mouth while chewing every ounce of nourishment from it. Subdued at first, before 2019's ripe kit of black cherry melds with lilac florals and a long trail of pepper, Indian spice mix and charcuterie flavours. A venerable wine in the making.

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  Vintage 2009
  96 points The Wine Front

Gee, by crikey, by Jingos I'll tell you what! They've turned out a pretty fine Graveyard this vintage. A classic middle weight Hunter with appreciably better oak treatment. The overarching impression it gives you is one of balance. It's impeccable. Blue fruit, licorice, a little pepper and earth with a gentle charry sauciness. Oak is downplayed this year adding just a kiss of vanilla. Medium weight with fine grained tannin and balanced acidity it fills the mouth with a smooth and effortless charm. The pitch and length all just so - harmony. On a second day's tasting it developed a little more Hunter leather and coal (although I reckon they have had quite enough of that already). It would be foolish to drink this now - wait at least ten, or even twenty years, for it to show its best.