Hickinbotham Brooks Road Shiraz 2022 6pack 14% 750ml

Hickinbotham Brooks Road Shiraz 2022 6pack 14% 750ml

Hickinbotham Clarendon Vineyard

First planted in 1971, the Hickinbotham Vineyard is situated on the hills of Clarendon, at the northern edge of McLaren Vale. It produces famously resilient wines with highly expressive character. A unique contoured and sloping vineyard with high elevation, ancient geology and cooling breezes, which funnel through from the hills above and the coast below. Wines crafted by Napa Valley mountain winemaker Chris Carpenter (Bordeaux varietals) and Yangarra winemaker, Peter Fraser (Rhône varietals). Vineyard is certified Australian Organic and Biodynamic and a certified member of Sustainable Winegrowing Australia. Global acclaim: 95-99 points from renowned international reviewers including the Halliday Wine Companion, The Real Review and Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate. Sustainable Winegrowing Australia certified, organic, biodynamic.

Country: Australia
Region: McLaren Vale
Vintage: 2022
Variety: Shiraz/Syrah
Alcohol volume: 14.0
Closure: Screwcap
Volume: 750
Weight: 1.57kg
Wine style: Red (Full Bodied)

Reviews:

Shanteh Wale, Wine Pilot - 96 Pts

20% whole bunch 30% destemmed and berry sorted and 50% crushed to open top fermenters. 20 days on skins and kept on lees in 30% new French oak puncheons. A further 12 months in French and Austrian 25 hectolitre foudres. A pool of dark berries, Holly, bilberry and blackcurrant. There is a generous spread of olive tapenade that leads back around to a halo of blue tinged fruit. Prune and blueberries. Oak shows in maple and red oak, undercurrents of savoury tobacco and carob too. Just when you think this may be quite a heady wine, acidity dances in with light feet, making for a medium bodied but grainy textured drop. The Clarendon potency is all here with a nod to dried herbs and wildly fragrant spices. A complex and detailed wine that you can ponder for hours and marvel for days. Drink now or will cellar well for another 6-8 years. A bucket list pairing would be a hearty pork and mushroom pie with gravy poured down the centre funnel. Lode Pies signature Pithovier would do it justice.

Marcus Ellis, Halliday Wine Companion - 96 Pts

From the original contour planted 1971 vines; 20% whole bunches, 30% destemmed and berry sorted and 50% crushed; matured for seven months in 30% new French puncheons, the rest in one- to two-year-old oak, then racked to older French and Austrian 2500L foudre for 12 months. This is amply generous, with blackberry tart, raspberry compote, tapenade and black plum, but picked at the right time and made with a typically deft touch by Peter Fraser. It’s a wine of intensity, verve and impressive harmony, with an elegant sheen of oak tastefully applied.

Cassandra Charlick, Wine Pilot - 95 Pts

Concentrated and bright in the glass, there’s plenty to unpack on the nose. Wild spice, red berry intensity, black plum skin, all wrapped in some toasty yet balanced oak, allowing the fruit brightness to shine through. A slatey minerality and dark chocolate silt jostle with anise spice-studded charcuterie. This is cracking stuff, and it should be given the combo of site and winemaking prowess of Napa legend Chris Carpenter and our own Pete Fraser. Yes, it’s still tight-knit and a rather densely fruited Shiraz, but there’s real energy and brightness at its core. Tannins are multitudinous with an al-dente chew, and acidity is fresh and lifts through the compact fruit and brambled spice. A Shiraz which straddles old and new, bold and bright. There’s so much here, be sure to decant or give it some cellar time if so desired.

Ned Goodwin, JamesSuckling.com - 95 Pts

A classy, polished, consummately detailed, full-bodied shiraz. Not an ounce of flab or extraneous sweetness on its refined structural bones. Anise, blue fruit, grilled meats and mace on the finish. Tension across its classy oak and grape tannins. Drinkable now, but best from 2028.