Winery: Leogate Estate
Region: Hunter Valley
Variety: Shiraz
Vintage: 2009
Your Wine Guy says:
The Reserve 2009 is still youthful in colour being deep purple with purple rim. The nose is mostly a more intensified version than the Brokenback with spicy plum and raspberry fruits, some toasty oak and again that hint of polished leather. The palate doesn’t disappoint with beautifully integrated fruit and oak perfectly matching the characters from the nose with plums, red berries on display with some delicious spicy oak backing it all up. I was more impressed with the Reserve than the Brokenback, contrary to Mr Halliday.
95 Points YWG Drink to 2025
Critics say:
“Deeper crimson; an altogether more powerful wine than Brokenback Vineyard, with more extract, flavour, weight and alcohol. Good wine, with a long future, but a case where less (the Brokenback) is better.”
91 Points Drink to 2029 James Halliday Wine Companion
The winemaker says:
Great old Hunter Shiraz vines produce lovely balanced fruit characters in the grapes. The 2009 Reserve Shiraz has been made to cellar, while the structure of the wine promotes the sweet spice flavours and the oak is well integrated to drink now. The tightness and balance with in the wine, shows the cellaring potential. Rich, good palate weight and then finishing with licorice tang from the oak tannins.
Winery Information:
Leogate Estate is the home of a long standing exceptional quality vineyard called the Brokenback Vineyard. This vineyard has for years produced outstanding wines under a range of different labels. The Brokenback vineyard was desperately sought by and split in two by joint owners the late inimitable Len Evans AO OBE and the late Hunter legend Murray Tyrrell AM. Leogate’s owners Bill and Vicki Widin finally amalgamated the Brokenback Vineyard in 2008. Leogate’s winemaker is Mark Woods formerly of Briar Ridge and Pepper Tree.
Leogate have recently won a couple of Gold medals at the Hunter Wine Show and at the NSW Small Winemakers Show have won a Gold medal along with a Trophy. They have also debuted in the 2012 James Halliday Wine Companion with a 5 Star rating including wines at 91, 94 and 95 Points.
Wines available from Your Wine Guy are:
Reserve Shiraz
Brokenback Shiraz
Reserve Semillon
H10 Chardonnay |