2014 Glenguin Stonybroke Shiraz Tannat, Hunter Valley
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The name Glenguin comes from the original Scots Gaelic name of the Highland Whisky distillery now called “Glengoyne”
Glenguin Vineyard was first planted in the 1980s with an average vine age now over 25 years and each wine comes from a small individual vineyard block on the property.
Organic and biodynamic farming practices are used at Glenguin where things are still done by hand from planting through vine training to pruning and handpicking at vintage.
Glenguin wines have won major Trophies including NSW and Boutique Wine Show Trophies for best white wine plus both Best Red and NSW Wine of the Year at the NSW Wine Awards for shiraz. Production is extremely limited with just a few hundred cases of each of our wines which are only made in good vintages.
The Shiraz vines at Glenguin were taken as cuttings from some of the oldest blocks in the Hunter Valley and can be traced back to the original plantings by James Busby at Kirkton in the early 1830s.
Those cuttings were taken originally from the hill of Hermitage in France, giving Glenguin vines a link to the spiritual home of Syrah.
2014 was Glenguin’s best vintage to date with lower than expected yields of 1.25 tonnes per acre.
The 2014 Stonybroke is punctuated by a distinct lack of oak. To give the wine a bit of a tannic kick along a small portion of Tannat grapes are co-fermented with the Shiraz, the resulting wine taking on a deeper colour and complexity, although the palate is red fruits and hallmark Hunter.
Very low yielding vines with all manual labour in the vineyard and viticultural conditions that were as close to perfect as any vintage has been. This wine has the depth, power and concentration that will see it live for twenty to thirty years, and possibly longer – which, for a sub-$30 wine, is virtually unheard of.
“Striking juicy freshness to the array of red and black fruits; while only just medium-bodied, the palate has compelling length and freshness.”
95 points, to 2044, 2017 James Halliday Wine Companion
“It’s a powerful expression of Hunter shiraz but it’s not an over-ripe or over-done one. Everything would indicate that this has a fine future ahead.”
93+ points, to 2032+, Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
| Product/Service Sold Out | Yes |
|---|---|
| En Primeur | No |
| New Arrivals | No |
| Wine Type | Red Wine |
| Wine Style | Traditional |
| Country | Australia |
| Region | Hunter Valley |
| Varietals | Shiraz, Tannat |
| Vintage | 2014 |
| Bottle Size | 750ml |
| Wine Points | 95 |
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