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Wine Description
The Story
Percival’s Mill Grüner Veltliner pays tribute to the early pioneering days of Lenswood in the high country of the Adelaide Hills. The demolished historic E.W. Percival’s Timber Mill once stood on the Henschke Lenswood property on Croft Road in the early 1900s. The Lenswood district was historically covered by a dense eucalypt forest of magnificent candlebark gums; Eucalyptus rubida, and stringy bark; Eucalyptus obliqua. Over time, the valley w...
Wine Information
The winter of 2024 brought good rainfall, followed by a warm, frost-free spring that provided ideal growing conditions and prompted an early budburst across most varieties. Fruit set was excellent, despite lower fruitfulness caused by the previous season’s high cloud cover and low light conditions. A mild summer encouraged steady ripening despite it being the driest growing season since 2006, with less than 190 mm of rain recorded from Septemb...