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96
/ 100
Jeremy Oliver -
19
/ 20
Jancis Robinson MW
Red
Classification
Shiraz
Variety
1988
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
Australia
Country
South Australia, Eden Valley
Region
14.0%
Alcohol %
15 Plus Years
Cellaring
Scores
96 / 100"Classically restrained, elegant and sophisticated, with marvellous length of pristine, sweet dark berry/cherry shiraz and fine-grained tannins. Musky and spicy, harmonious and integrated."
- Jeremy Oliver
19 / 20
"Mid, slightly grey ruby. Low-key nose. Then wonderfully rich, sweetness on the palate. No saltiness in this case! Rich yet delicate and no exaggeration. Grainy finish. Real lift to this wine. And quite a bit of development and complexity " yet there is energy still too. Most impressive. So long"
- Jancis Robinson MW
Tasting Notes
Over 165 years ago Johann Christian Henschke came from Silesia to settle and farm in the Eden Valley region. By the time third generation Paul Alfred Henschke took over the reins in 1914, the famous Hill of Grace vines were more than 50 years old. They were planted around the 1860s by an ancestor, Nicolaus Stanitzki, in rich alluvial soil in a shallow fertile valley just north west of the winery. The red brown earth grading to deep silty loam has excellent moisture holding capacity for these dry grown vines, which sit at an altitude of 400m, with an average rainfall of 520mm. Hill of Grace is a unique, delineated, historic single vineyard that lies opposite a beautiful old Lutheran church which is named after a picturesque region in Silesia called Gnadenberg, meaning Hill of Grace. Cyril Henschke made the first single vineyard shiraz wine from this vineyard in 1958 from handpicked grapes vinified in traditional open top fermenters.