-
97
/ 100
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW -
19
/ 20
Jancis Robinson MW -
94
/ 100
James Halliday
Red
Classification
Shiraz
Variety
1991
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
Australia
Country
South Australia, Eden Valley
Region
13.5%
Alcohol %
15 Plus Years
Cellaring
Scores
97 / 100"Deep brown-brick in color, the 1991 Hill of Grace offers intensely scented notes of warm black fruits, Chinese dried plums, dark chocolate-covered cherries and licorice. It is very pure, full-bodied and rich in the mouth, with profound and seductive flavors, a great backbone of crisp acid and firm, finely-grained tannins through the long finish. It is mature now but no rush to drink"
- Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW
19 / 20
"Dark crimson with some blackish hues. Rich start but very lovely texture. Spice and some quite dry tannins but wonderfully mellow overall. So complete. A real pleasure."
- Jancis Robinson MW
94 / 100
"Medium to full red-purple, with abundant, smooth and sweet dark cherry fruit aromas; the oak is subtle but there is some lift. In the mouth a potent wine with some striking similarities to Grange Hermitage, not the least being the degree of lift, and also the tremendous length on the palate. Strikingly different from the 90, but may simply be the impact of the ripe year."
- James Halliday
Tasting Notes
Hill of Grace is considered one of the greatest Single Vineyard wines in Australia.
Hill of Grace: this surely is one of the most evocative phrases in the world of wine. It is a translation from the German 'Gnadenberg', a region in Silesia, and the name given to the lovely Lutheran Church across the road. For Henschke it is the name of both the vineyard and the wine that has so captured the heart of the red wine lover.
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity
- Smooth
- Complex