It’s official.

After quite a few months of being sold out of shiraz, the 2013 Hunter reds are being released today. The 2013 Kiss shiraz heads and impressive line up of wines, all of which have settled into their skins nicely since bottling mid 2014.

Following an amazing response to it’s inaugural 2011 vintage, Elenay shiraz maintains its place in the range, this time with an actual barrel selection from the Kiss and Sweetwater vineyards, to continue this exceptional contemporary expression of Hunter shiraz.

Sweetwater shiraz is again showing it’s distinctively floral and blue fruited notes, and the DJV shiraz (now sourced from the 50 year old Trevena vineyard) is probably the surprise packet of the vintage – intentionally lighter bodied with amazing fruit purity and grace.

Please enjoy, and feel free to get back to me with your comments.

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As is quite often the case, we take in the last of our semillons and the first of our shiraz is knocking on the door….

Most importantly, that frustrating rain we’ve had over the last few weeks seems to have disappeared, and the forecast over the next few weeks looks clear and fine. Amazingly, the shiraz vineyards we deal with have come through totally unscathed, looking clean, healthy and getting some nice ripe flavours.

Sweetwater shiraz is the first to be picked, looking the ripest (pushing 14.0 Beaume) and most flavoursome at this stage, and I’d expect the Kiss (Pokolbin Estate) vineyard to follow soon there after.

Our new oak barrels are rolling into the winery just in time….