2023 Mahmood Fazal 'Kuhn'

Place: Pyrenees, VIC

Variety: Shiraz

Farming: Organic

Mahmood Fazal is an investigative journalist for the ABC and has no intentions of making more than one barrel of Shiraz each year. He fell in love with great wine, happened to move to the winemaking hub of central Victoria and, three years ago, began an annual cellarhand gig at famed Cobaw Ridge where he made this wine.

Khun means blood in Persian and is Mahmood’s homage to the dense, inky, powerful wines that Australia is globally known for, as well as the style of Shiraz Mahmood is most inclined toward. It is harvested late, macerated hard and aged long, resulting in a powerful yet elegant Shiraz.