{"product_id":"brokenwood-hunter-valley-shiraz-2014","title":"Brokenwood Hunter Valley Shiraz 2014","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBrokenwood began in the early 1970s when a small group of Sydney professionals — James Halliday among them — planted their first 1.5 acres of Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon in Pokolbin, marking an unlikely leap from law into winemaking. The estate's fortunes were transformed by the purchase of the neighbouring Graveyard Vineyard and, from 1984, by the arrival of Iain Riggs as Chief Winemaker and Managing Director — a role he held for decades and that now lends its initials to the estate's celebrated ILR Reserve Semillon. Today Chief Winemaker Stuart Hordern (named 2026 Hunter Valley Winemaker of the Year, following in the footsteps of his father John, inducted the same year as a Wine Industry Legend) carries that legacy forward. This regional Shiraz draws on fruit from several of Brokenwood's best Hunter sites — including younger vines from the famed Graveyard Vineyard itself, alongside Oakey Creek, Mistress Block, Verona, and Tallawanta — hand-harvested and fermented in small open vats, then aged in predominantly older French oak to let the fruit and site speak clearly rather than layering on new wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe result is everything classic Hunter Shiraz should be: soft, plush, and gently structured rather than powerful, medium-bodied with bright red fruit, a touch of spice, and that distinctive earthy, savoury kick that sets the region apart from Australia's punchier Shiraz styles. It's smooth and genuinely easy to drink on release, yet carries enough underlying structure to reward a few years in the cellar — a hallmark of good Hunter reds, which have a well-earned reputation for ageing with real grace.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brokenwood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48252339257509,"sku":null,"price":69.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/2597\/2133\/files\/Image5.jpg?v=1788955920","url":"https:\/\/wine.thestunnedmullet.com.au\/products\/brokenwood-hunter-valley-shiraz-2014","provider":"The Stunned Mullet Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}