Plush, fruit-driven Hunter shiraz built to drink now, not cellar.
$34.00
750ml13.5% alc.6 for $180
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About
Deep red Hunter Valley shiraz with upfront raspberry coulis, satsuma plum and dark cherry, joined by cherries and mulberries over dried spice and toasty oak. Spice, cacao, mocha and anise carry through a soft, plush palate with velvety tannins, oak kept to a supporting role so the fruit stays centre stage. Drinking window to 2032.
Silkman takes its shiraz from the higher, farther-inland slopes of the Hunter, where the vines sit on a denser red clay. The sandy flats grow the region's semillon, but shiraz wants that heavier ground, and the Silkmans look for meaty, medium-bodied fruit from it.
Liz and Shaun Silkman are Hunter locals, born and bred. They started the label in 2013 as a side project to their day jobs, and it has grown into one of the valley's core producers. Liz was named Winemaker of the Year in the 2025 Halliday Wine Companion. The house approach is natural and low intervention, sustainably farmed, with the vineyard doing the talking.
This is a barbecue wine. Pour it with chargrilled lamb, beef skewers or a pizza off the stone, and do not bother decanting. A light chill on a hot day does it no harm.
Producer note
Silkman Wines is a boutique Hunter Valley producer drawing on years of local winemaking experience across a range of wines that showcase the region and its individual vineyards.
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