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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...
Wine Information
Hill of Grace – Henschke Vineyards
The Eden Valley in which the Henschke estate lies, is situated in the Barossa Range to the east, overlooking the Barossa Valley. Together, these valleys comprise what is today known as the Barossa zone.
Hill of Grace is a unique delineated single historic vineyard. The 8-hectare dry-grown vineyard sits at an altitude of 400. The vineyard is comprised of seven 'blocks'. The Grandfathers, as the oldest...
Vintage 1986
Australia / Barossa: A very dry year with below-average rainfall and a warm vintage, once again without rain, provided ideal conditions for ripening and achieving good Baumés, although this was recorded as a very bad year for powdery mildew. The vintage conditions yielded rich and generous red wines. Highlights: Government-regulated grape prices were abolished, and a base price of $190/ton for all varieties was established for dry-grown land (...