The wines of Glenguin include several major trophy winners. The Old Broke Block Semillon won the trophy for "Best White Wine" at the 2000 Boutique Winemakers Show and the trophy for "Best Young White Wine" at the NSW Wine Awards in 2004. In 2003 Aristea Shiraz was awarded "NSW Best Young Red Wine", "NSW Wine of the Show" and "NSW Wine of the Year". Other wines have won numerous medals including several golds at various shows over the past decade.

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The outstanding 2007 vintage with warm dry weather throughout, combined with the extremely low yields (0.8 tonnes per acre) from the old dry land grown vines, to produce a superb concentrated wine which demonstrates the heights shiraz can achieve in the Hunter. Made from vines descended directly from the Busby plantings at Kirkton this wine provides a link with the pre-phylloxera cuttings taken from France by James Busby in the 1820s! Aristea will continue to develop greater complexity in bottle over many years and only a paltry 200 cases were made.

96 points James Halliday in The Wine Companion 2011.

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Aristea means perfect in Greek. It is my wife’s name and that of our finest shiraz. Made in the classic Hunter mould this lively well balanced wine shows “terroir” at work in a natural wine made with minimal intervention. Aristea has the power, weight and concentration to develop wonderful savoury complexity over a decade or more. 200 cases made.  50UK
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2009 was a superb vintage in the Hunter Valley with warm dry weather throughout vintage, allowing for the development of fully ripe fruit with great colour, savoury flavours and layers of fine dusty fruit tannins. A twist of Tannat adds a little spice to Stonybroke, which has the structure to develop further in bottle over 5-10 years. 600 cases made.  200UK

 

 

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2008 was a great vintage in the Canberra and Hilltops region but wet in the Hunter Valley. 2008 Stonybroke is a blend of 3 parcels including the 2008 Aristea and Schollhouse blocks. With warm dry weather throughout vintage in Canberra and in the Hilltops, allowing for the development of fully ripe fruit with great colour, loads of flavour and layers of fine dusty tannins. A twist of Tannat adds a little spice to Stonybroke, which has the structure to develop further in bottle over the next 3-5 years. 500 cases made.

From the first 30 rows in front of our house planted in gravel, Schoolhouse was picked at a very low yield of 1.2 tonnes per acre and this combined with the long growing season free of rain allowed us to produce a distinctive shiraz of great depth and concentration, which will continue to develop greater complexity over many years in bottle. 180 cases made.

95 points James Halliday in The Wine Companion 2011.

 

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Following our inaugural offer of our first straight Tannat the 2007 is a wine which although rich and drinkable now, will continue to develop in bottle over many years. As the name suggests this wine has layers of soft dusty tannins, which support luscious damson and plum fruit characters in a wine of savoury minerality. With depth power weight concentration and length I am again thrilled by the quality of this wine and the promise it holds for the future. 250 cases made.
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This ancient noble variety from SW France has found the ideal home in the rocky ironstone soils at Glenguin. Tannat’s small thick skinned berries add terrific purple colour, spicy damson fruit characters and multiple layers of soft dusty tannins to this interesting wine. A well balanced natural red Ironbark Tannat will continue to develop in bottle over many years. 250 cases made. 50UK
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This lovely mature soft red is in the Hunter River “Burgundy” style as described by Maurice O’Shea and others, before the second world war. This describes a style with modest alcohol (13% or often less) leathery savoury characters, little to no new oak and very soft tannins. Hence the use of burgundian as a descriptor in the old days before winemakers knew or where sure which grape variety they had planted. Made from 54 year old dry land grown vines on red basalt in Pokolbin.
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Made from the Busby clone vines at Glenguin which are directly descended from the first Semillon vines planted in the Hunter at Kirkton in 1832, this wine is made in the classic style capable of long term bottle development. Low alcohol (9.5%) and mouthwatering lemony acidity are the hallmarks of this wine, which will drink beautifully with seafood and salads over the coming summer months. With time in bottle the 2010 Semillon will develop the toasty aromas and honeyed palate which are the hallmarks of top aged Hunter Semillon. Only 250 cases made.



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We can usually only get this to work one year in three! In 2009 we had our most pronounced dry noble rot to date; the result of which is a luscious spicy wine. 15% late harvest viognier adds orange blossom and apricot characters to this unique blend. 1,000 cases 375ml produced.
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2009 is our most concentrated Protos yet from vines now approaching their twentieth year. Protos comes from our small block of Mendoza clone Chardonnay (unique in the Hunter) with its small berries, low yields and distinctive spicy character. It is a Chardonnay in the modern style with nutty aromas and a lively racy mouthfeel. Oak characteristics are in the background of a wine made in the classic Burgundian tradition. This wine is as natural as can be with its own “wild yeast” ferment and settling on gross lees. Hand picked and whole bunch pressed only the free run juice is used to produce Protos of which less than 200 cases were made.
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