Dark berries
Oak

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St Hugo Barossa Shiraz

Name: St Hugo Barossa Shiraz
SKU: 145953
Price: 34.99 NZD
Availability: InStock

Wine · Australia · 13%

$34.99each

What it tastes like

A structured Barossa Shiraz with concentrated dark fruit, oak complexity, smooth tannins and a long finish.

Dark berries
Oak

Additional information

Wine
Style: Australia
Origin: 13% ABV
Alcohol: 0.8 per bottle
Standard drinks

The story of St Hugo Barossa Shiraz

St Hugo carries the name of Hugo Gramp, who took over the family wine business, G. Gramp and Sons, in 1920 at the age of 25 and ran it until he died in the Kyeema air crash of 1938. The label first appeared in 1983, on a Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon from the 1980 vintage. The "St" follows the old European habit of naming vineyards after saints, in the hope of bringing them good fortune.

The Barossa Shiraz is built from fruit grown by a number of growers across the valley rather than one vineyard, and it spends around 18 months in a mix of French and American oak. The St Hugo cellar door at Rowland Flat is an old ironstone winery that once belonged to the settler William Jacob. Hugo's son Colin helped restore the ruins, and the site opened to visitors in 2016.

In the glass it is dense and purple, with dark plum and berry fruit, spice, dark chocolate and an earthy edge, and the tannins are fine and ripe. It runs to 14.5% alcohol and drinks well now. Pour it with barbecued beef or lamb, or with venison and a rich pan sauce.