Henschke Hill of Grace

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Over 165 years ago Johann Christian Henschke came from Silesia to settle and build his farm in the Eden Valley region. By the time third-generation Paul Alfred Henschke took over the reins in 1914, the now famed 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

"Bright purple color. Ripe, mineral-accented black and blue fruit preserves, licorice, mocha and violet on the expansive nose, along with cola and exotic spice accents. Stains the palate with deeply concentrated cherry-vanilla, dark berry, candied violet and spicecake flavors that build steadily as the wine opens up. Finishes broad, sappy and extremely long, showing superb energy, building tannins and lingering dark berry and floral notes.”
— Vinous, Dec 2021

“Despite the hot, early 2013 harvest, Australia’s most famous single-vineyard wine is once again a thing of beauty. The nose croons to a medley of ripe red berries and plums followed by eucalyptus, black pepper, pencil lead on a core of damp earth and iodine. The palate slinks with a satiny texture and primary fruit. Charred wood, leather and graphite are knit together with threads of fine, silky tannins. The finish is long, tangy and a touch savory. In this historic producer’s signature style, power and elegance reside seamlessly beside one another.”
— Wine Enthusiast, Feb 2019

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Vineyard name

Hill of Grace Vineyard

Soil composition

Allivial sandy loam over clay

Elevation:

1,312 feet

First vintage of this wine:

1958

Average Vine Age:

100 year average - oldest vines 150 years

Varietal composition:

100% Shiraz

Fermentation container:

Traditional open-top concrete fermentation tanks

Malolactic fermentation:

Full

Fining agent:

Animal based

Type of aging container:

Hogsheads

Type of oak:

French and American

Length of aging before bottling:

18 months

pH level:

3.6

Acidity:

5.9 g/L

Alcohol:

14.5 %

Residual sugar:

0.7 g/L

Cyril Henschke made the first single-vineyard shiraz wine from this vineyard in 1958 from handpicked grapes vinified in traditional open-top fermenters. Matured in 56% new and 44% seasoned (86% French and 14% American) hogsheads for 18 months prior to blending the separate parcels from the vineyard and bottling.

The red-brown earth grading to deep silty loam has excellent moisture-holding capacity for these dry-grown vines, that 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 known as Gnadenberg, meaning ‘Hill of Grace’.

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