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Wine Description
The Story
Mount Edelstone (from the German 'Edelstein' meaning gemstone) is a single dry grown Shiraz vineyard planted by Ronald Angas in 1918 and through the 1920s. Henschke made wines from Mount Edelstone as early as 1952, although Cyril Henschke did not purchase the vineyard until 1974. By this stage Mount Edelstone was already recognised as an important vineyard site. Located on the eastern slopes of Mount Edelstone this 40 acre vineyard comprises l...
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Henschke Mount Edelstone
Mount Edelstone (from the German 'Edelstein' meaning gemstone) is a single dry grown Shiraz vineyard planted by Ronald Angas in 1918 and through the 1920s. Henschke made wines from Mount Edelstone as early as 1952, although Cyril Henschke did not purchase the vineyard until 1974. By this stage Mount Edelstone was already recognised as an important vineyard site. Located on the eastern slopes of Mount Edelstone this...
Vintage 1982
The 1982 Australian wine vintage is widely celebrated as one of the standout, defining harvests of the 1980s across the country's major southern wine regions. Coming off a relatively mild spring, a warm and remarkably dry summer provided ideal ripening conditions, yielding exceptionally healthy grapes with excellent natural concentration, deep color, and firm, ripe tannins.
While high-yielding in many areas, the vintage delivered outstandin...