The fruit for this wine was grown in the mudgee region, a few hundred kilometres north west of the hunter valley. Mudgee is further inland and as a result has a more continental climate, i.e. theres a bigger difference between day and night temperatures. The hunter is relatively close to the coast, so we see more even temperatures.

In 2022 the mudgee vintage went pretty much to script. The fruit was vibrant and deeply coloured. We made it into wine and then looked at how to incorporate it into our house of straw, sticks and bricks range. Basically, it defied being blended.

We always investigate blending wines and more often than not find a way to improve a wine by doing so. But, sometimes a wine just has a uniqueness that is only diminished by blending it. And so it was for the happy as shiraz. The decision was made to simply bottle it as is, so you can see how good the 2022 mudgee vintage was. Mudgee shiraz isn’t hugely different to hunter shiraz.

It's medium bodied and matches well with tender cuts of beef cooked medium rare.

• Vintage2022
• TypeRed Wine
• Volume750ml
• Alcohol Volume15%
• Palate

  750