Hunter valley

2023 Mystery Hunter Valley Shiraz Deal No. 5831

Sweeping all in its wake at the 2025 Hunter Valley Wine Show, with 4 Trophies! Then receiving 96 points from the Halliday Wine companion. True historical, single vineyard winemaking at its best.

Find out more
$27.00 /Bottle
RRP $70.00 (61% OFF)
$70.00
$27.00
$39.00
In Stock

Sweeping all in its wake at the 2025 Hunter Valley Wine Show, with 4 Trophies! Then receiving 96 points from the Halliday Wine companion. True historical, single vineyard winemaking at its best.

Find out more
Halliday 96The Real Review 95Review Score 93Trophy-4

Tasting Notes

Bright, deep colour with a good tint of purple; reserved and shy bouquet with hints of blackberry, the palate medium-full bodied and elegantly weighted, with fine and understated tannins, pleasing flavour and balance on the aftertaste where it has line and length. A serious shiraz from a top vintage that impresses the more you sip it.

Critic Reviews

Shipping & Returns

Tasting Notes

Bright, deep colour with a good tint of purple; reserved and shy bouquet with hints of blackberry, the palate medium-full bodied and elegantly weighted, with fine and understated tannins, pleasing flavour and balance on the aftertaste where it has line and length. A serious shiraz from a top vintage that impresses the more you sip it.

Product Highlights

This one comes from a very special corner of the Hunter Valley. A vineyard so tightly held that only two winemakers have ever been allowed access to the fruit. One is Thommo from Thomas Wines. The other is this wine. That’s the company it keeps.

It didn’t quietly arrive either. From the moment it hit the show circuit, it started collecting silverware. Multiple trophies and gold medals across the Hunter Valley Wine Show, NSW Wine Awards and Royal Melbourne Wine Show. Add Top 100 Wines recognition from James Halliday, plus scores of 96 points from Halliday and 95 from Huon Hooke, and you get a pretty clear picture of what’s going on here.

Just look at the lineup of awards:

4 Trophies - Hunter Valley Wine Show
Top 100 Wines - James Halliday
96 Points - James Halliday
95 Points - The Real Review (Huon Hooke)
Gold Medal - Hunter Valley Wine Show 2025
Gold Medal - NSW Wine Awards
Gold Medal - Royal Melbourne Wine Show
Silver Medal - Hunter Valley Wine Show 2024
Silver Medal - NSW Small Winemakers Show 2024
Silver Medal - Royal Melbourne Wine Show 2024
 

This isn’t a casual weeknight red. It’s a proper Hunter Valley Shiraz, built with structure and restraint, and made to age. If you’ve got the patience, 25 plus years in the cellar is absolutely on the cards. It’s the kind of wine that shows more with time, not less.

The fruit itself is incredibly hard to come by, which is why this wine has always been scarce. Historically, if you wanted a bottle, you had to make the trip to the Hunter, queue up at the cellar door and hope it hadn’t sold out before your turn. It’s not something that turns up often, and it’s rarely seen outside the region.

That’s why this release matters. When a wine like this becomes available more broadly, and at a level that represents genuine value for its quality and pedigree, it’s worth stopping and paying attention. These moments don’t come around often.

If you know Hunter Shiraz, you already get it. And if you don’t, this is a very good introduction.