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Wine Description
The Story
Nicolaus Stanitski, a Henschke ancestor, originally planted the Hill of Grace vineyard during the 1860s above the Barossa Valley. During the 1950s Cyril Henschke took his family concern back to wine and established the Hill of Grace label in 1956. The Shiraz vines – many now over 140 years old – are among the world's oldest genetic Shiraz plant material. It is remarkable that the vineyard remained intact considering the economic uncertainty an...
Vintage 1963
A hot, dry year with average rainfall in the growing season and a wet January and April produced some very good red wines tending towards a lighter style.
In 1963 there were 7,174 hectares of vines in the Barossa and 22,203 tonnes of wine grapes were crushed in that vintage.
A year of very low production in South Africa with only 60% of the yield in 1962. In the Barossa, hail and strong winds in the Eden Valley-Springton region had a pro...