Dalwood Estate Shiraz 2022 (12 Bottles) Hunter Valley, Australia
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This wine features all the Hunter red and black floral aromatics but with an addition of olive tapenade, dried thyme, marjoram and cloves. A structured wine with those savory elements driving the flavours on the palate and finishing quite dry. It screams out for focaccia with baked olives, rosemary and a generous blanket of prosciutto drizzled with good extra virgin olive oil.
Shanteh Wale – Quay Restaurant Head Sommelier Wine Pilot – July 2021
From none other than the birthplace of Hunter wine, located on the Hunter River, this is a very well pitched example from Dalwood Estate showing both hearty dark fruit flavours while retaining that savoury Hunter personality. It delivers fleshy blackberry and mulberry aromas lifted by iron fillings and graphite complexity with subtle oak sitting just behind. It’s then got that power and plush dark fruits on the palate seen in the 2019 vintage supported by fine tannins and then finishes with a spicy twist. It’s a crowd pleasing Hunter Valley style that will drink well for some time to come.
93 Points. Angus Hughson Wine Pilot – July 2021
Medium to deep ruby-red hue. Dark plums, dry herbs and pastrami aromatics. The palate heading to the full-bodied level with dark fruits, some anise and vanillin spices. Firmly-structured but works in context with the fruit and oak characters. Very long and drying.
92 Points. Stuart Knox The Real Review – March 2021
Tasted in the Hunter Valley, blind, in a bracket of 94 2019 vintage wines. No drinking windows entered. Big, bold, dark, chocolate-berry, pot pourri, clove and cinnamon, a pulse of firm acidity through it all. Dense, deep red. Lots of flavour, lots to chew on. Chewy too. It’s dry and sinewy. It needs time.
93 Points. Mike Bennie The WINEFRONT December 2020
Description
Dalwood Estate
Established on the beautiful Hunter River in 1828, Dalwood Estate is regarded as the birthplace of Hunter Valley wine.
As the longest running commercial vineyard in Australia Dalwood Estate purchased cuttings from the first Australian vine collections of Macarthur, Busby, Shepherd and Blaxland. Early colonial Dalwood wines from those vines won prizes at international exhibitions. It’s a proud heritage.
Today Dalwood Estate continues to raise the benchmark in Australian winemaking, placing passion, expertise and technique at the heart of all we do. We are proud to bring you an outstanding selection of Hunter Valley wines born from a legacy close to two centuries in the making.
Established in 1967, Hungerford Hill is a boutique estate in the Hunter Valley. Australia’s oldest wine region.
Hungerford Hill has a proud reputation for producing distinguished wines and providing a memorable cellar door experience. Guided by accomplished Winemaker Bryan Currie, Hungerford Hill’s able team produce authentic wines, packed with character and interest, with a focus on New South Wales’ cool climate regions.
In early December 2016 Sam Arnaout purchased Hungerford Hill and will continue the focus on the NSW regions of the Hunter Valley, Hilltops and Tumbarumba. Sam’s vision for Hungerford Hill is to have a much greater focus on the Hunter Valley. To further this goal in 2016 he purchased the renowned Sweetwater vineyard and property near Belford, and the former Wyndham Estate property including the vineyard and winery buildings at Dalwood. The historic Dalwood house is located on the property and is owned by the National Trust. Hungerford Hill’s winery is a landmark of the Hunter Valley region, with its unique barrel-shaped tasting room and underground working cellar. The much acclaimed Muse Restaurant offers some of the finest food in the Valley amidst spectacular views across the vineyards to the Brokenback Ranges.
