Dimbulla Estate Hunter Valley

Dimbulla Estate is named after Dimbulla region in the western highlands of Sri Lanka, where the famous tea estates are located. The cool evenings and hot sunny days are a link with my childhood. The land where Dimbulla Estate stands was in the heart of the early coal mining area but has long since returned to farming, agriculture and, especially, viticulture and olive groves. At the time of the First World War, timber from the district was dragged to a small gully and burnt in furnaces to produce an ingredient essential for gunpowder. This section of the estate has been named Charcoal Gully Block and here we grow our Shiraz grapes with their distinctive characteristics of earthy tannins and dusky oak. The early European settlers brought the knowledge, experience and tradition of wine making to the new world. At Dimbulla Estate we are committed to pursuing this tradition. We are a young vineyard and as our vines mature, the quality of our wines are evolving season by season.

Dilip Kumar

Viticulteur
2014
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Tempranillo Shiraz

Dimbulla Estate Tempranillo Shiraz is a new variety with a great future. Tempranillo is blended with our classic Hunter Valley Shiraz. The wine is medium to full bodied showing red fruit and blackberry with savoury bitter cherry and peppery notes. It has a juicy palate with a mix of black cherry, plum and tilled earth finishing with mouth filling slippery tannins. A wine to be enjoyed for a long time.

Success at Hunter Valley Wine Show 2016

Dimbulla Estate was awarded the Doug Seabrook Memorial Trophy for the best red wine of the show and the Best Other Red trophy category. The winning wine, the 2014 Tempranillo Shiraz, is a refreshing blend of the Spanish grape, Tempranillo, and Hunter Valley Shiraz.

Success at Hunter Valley Wine Show 2016

Dimbulla Estate was awarded the Doug Seabrook Memorial Trophy for the best red wine of the show and the Best Other Red trophy category. The winning wine, the 2014 Tempranillo Shiraz, is a refreshing blend of the Spanish grape, Tempranillo, and Hunter Valley Shiraz.
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The Estate

Our Estate covers 100 acres – planted with grapes and olive groves. The grape varieties are Semillon and Shiraz, widely grown in the Hunter region, and Tempranillo, an emerging variety from the Rioja region of Spain now gaining popularity in Australia.