96 points - "The Rosehill vineyard, with its slightly higher elevation and north-easterly aspect, is one of the last vineyards harvested in the Hunter Valley. This year's wine is a blend of the '56 and '65 vines. It has excellent flow and balance, with pitch-perfect medium weight, cherry fruit, faint florals and impressive vitality. It is a superb drink, with its seamless nature, fine tannins and softly sculpted palate. Easy to love." - Toni Paterson (Halliday Wine Companion)

95 points - "Medium weight, supple and succulent, a sense of density and concentration, quite sweet-fruited with a core of black olive, ginger biscuit, sage leaf, aniseed and choc-liquorice. Feels dense but sits high in the palate, satiny and then a fine trill of grainy, tensing tannins. Indeed, tannin quality is great here. Almost a pinosity to this wine too. Great charm." - Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

93 points - "Immediate appeal. Cherry pie and black olive, rose water. It’s quite plummy too, a mix of dried bitter herbs, pink peppercorn, black tea tannins, cool, soft, with bergamot orange lift, full-flavoured, filles the mouth, slightly broad in that way but translucent in the flow making it medium-bodied at best but impactful flavour with a ferrous and peppery finish. Has a bit of a chew to the end and dusty aftertaste. Just feels a bit obvious, but very good. Good appeal." - Kasia Sobiesiak (The Wine Front)

94+ points - "Boysenberry, dark raspberry, violet and dried rose, some sweet damp earthiness and biscuit spice. Medium-bodied, ripe black and red fruit, a bit richer and more brooding this year, black olive savoury, some dried herb too, tannin is fleshy and there’s a spicy finish of good length. Nice." - Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)

95 points - "Another excellent medium-bodied delight from Mount Pleasant, this Rosehill Shiraz lands in the pleasure zone with supreme ease.

After a few days of tasting, the tension and focus highlight its ageing potential. A blend of the two Rosehill plantings (1946 & 1965), dark cherries and red cherries are partnered by blueberries and boysenberries. Medium-bodied as you'd expect, dark chocolate dust, a little cola and a delightful savoury drive with a host of dried herbs bring the splendour. Powdery tannins surge and shine on a fabulously lengthy finish. All class." - Q Wine Reviews

First planted by Maurice O’Shea in 1946, the Rosehill Vineyard is a wonderful site. Producing wines that are quintessentially Hunter Valley, they are bright, red-fruited, and elegant, with the ability to age gracefully for the long term. This single vineyard wine is a representation of the best of this vineyard in that specific year of production.

Tasting Notes

Red fruit and floral notes with a lovely complexing spice note. An elegant focussed wine with lovely length and balance, full of rich red fruits.

Drinking Window

Fresh and lovely as a young wine, the Rosehill Shiraz will reward those with patience, maturing in bottles for at least 25 years.