Tulloch Wines - Vertical Tasting of Pokolbin Dry Red Shiraz over 6 Vintages with Charcuterie board

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A vertical tasting at Tulloch Wines of six vintages of Pokolbin Dry Red (PDR) Shiraz, the wine that made the Tulloch name, paired with a local artisan charcuterie and cheese board.

Days

1 hour

Age

All ages; junior and teen options

Group size

Private seated tasting

Start / finish

Tulloch Wines, Pokolbin / same

Return

See itinerary for details

Transport

Make your own way to the cellar door in Pokolbin

Meals

Local charcuterie and cheese board

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Included experiences

Tulloch Wines — vertical tasting of 6 PDR Shiraz vintages
Wine Ambassador — the story of the wine from old to new
Charcuterie and cheese board — local artisan produce

Tulloch Wines - Vertical Tasting of Pokolbin Dry Red Shiraz over 6 Vintages with Charcuterie board

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ARRIVING AT THE CELLAR DOOR

Make your own way to the cellar door of Tulloch Wines on De Beyers Road in Pokolbin, about two hours' drive from Sydney and 45 minutes from Newcastle. The Hunter Valley is Australia's oldest wine region, planted in the 1820s. In 1895 J.Y. Tulloch, who ran the general store in nearby Branxton, took a 43-acre Pokolbin block as settlement of a debt. It came with five acres of Shiraz, and from those vines he made the first Tulloch Pokolbin Dry Red, the wine you're here to taste.

SIX VINTAGES OF PDR SHIRAZ

A vertical tasting means one wine across several years, so the only thing that changes in your glass is time. At your own table, a Wine Ambassador pours six vintages of Pokolbin Dry Red, from the oldest to the newest, and talks you through how each one has grown up. Hunter Shiraz is medium-bodied and earthy, and for much of the last century the valley's growers labelled it Hermitage. Young, it shows bright red fruit; with age it softens into leather and spice. A tasting mat keeps track of which year is which, and a generous board of local artisan cheese and charcuterie comes alongside. Bringing children? A junior tasting of four soft drinks and snacks, or kombucha and a cheese box for teens, can be booked at the same table.

FINISHING UP

After about an hour you leave with a take-home guide to the six vintages, so you can track down your favourite year. The cellar door is right there if a bottle needs to come home with you, and Pokolbin's other cellar doors, cheese shops and restaurants are a short drive away.

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Good to know

Meeting point: Tulloch Wines, 638 De Beyers Road, Pokolbin.
Suits: All ages. Kids can have a junior experience at the same table — 4 soft drinks with 4 matching nut-free and gluten-free snacks — and teens and non-drinkers a Mailer McGuire kombucha tasting with a local cheese box; choose the child or teenager price when booking. Children must be supervised by an adult.

What is included

Private seated tasting with an introduction by a Wine Ambassador
6 vintages of Tulloch PDR Shiraz
Local artisan charcuterie and cheese board
Individual tasting mat
Take-home wine experience guide

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