1984 Henschke Shiraz Hill of Grace

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 92.5 points

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  2/2/2019 - walkerjfw wrote: 93 Points

  Zurich Supper Club convenes in NYC - Andrew, Pohlin and Paolo (Casa Apicii, NYC): A bottle Andrew gave me in London...he had sourced directly in Oz, made its way back to NJ and landing on a table in NYC for the group to drink on this evening. Its long journey did not disappoint. First bottle of the evening, decanted, drank over the course of the night (2+ hours)
  
  Medium/light ruby color with bricking at the edge. Nose of dusted red fruits, saddle leather. Was average at first, typical aged Aussie... After sitting in the glass and revisiting later it was bursting with baked caramel, Johnson's Carmel Corn (thats a New jersey thing...), creme brûlée...really singing after 45 minutes. Plate was smooth, subtle, velvety..showing old raspberry, strawberry, cedar box, leather. Medium/light weight (aussie standards), medium finish.
  
  It was remarkable how this wine evolved in the glass. With old(er) wines I am often concerned I might miss something early on so longer decants dont always work. In this case, if I were lucky enough to drink this wine again I would give it an hour + decant if the venue allows. Really unique and special wine on this evening

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  4/8/2014 - michaelong wrote: 90 Points

  1984 not a fantastic year for hills of grace, the remaining fruit are not a lot, but all r holding up well.. Very smooth, very aromatic, with distinct plum fruit flavour, lots of sediments, nevertheless very enjoyable

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  7/23/2011 - Wazza Likes this wine: 94 Points

  The wine looks Ruby colored.
  The legs are Medium.
  It smells like and Raspberry.
  It tastes like and Raspberry.
  The body is Light/Medium.
  The wine is textured Smooth.
  The wine finishes Medium.

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  2/19/2011 - Goldstone wrote: 96 Points

  Dinner with Greg & Sayo (Chez Patrick, 26 Peel Street, Central, Hong Kong): Double-decanted from a Museum Selection bottle then stored in the fridge for 5 hours before serving. Transparent light ruby red colour.....very bright. Nose is high-toned strawberries and vanilla pod ....mushrooms...woodlands....white mushroms....straberries getting richer...spearmint....hugely multi-dimensional in an unusually light way. Palate is light, lifted, perfumed red fruits......diaphanous.....develops in the glass and successive glasses into incredible rich, ripe but youthful and light raspberries and other redcurrant fruits. Utterly gorgeous and silencingly captivating.

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  3/8/2008 - Goldstone wrote: 93 Points

  Dinner at Crown Wine Cellars, Hong Kong: Double decanted for 8 hours. Was very pale, almost washed-out on first opening and distinctively bretty with some prune notes that suggested it had gone south. In fact it looked, smelt and tasted almost exactly like a 1970s Ch. Musar. The cork was also decayed despite being a Museum Collection bottle sourced directly from the winery. I was not optimistic for this wine other than that I have experienced 1970s Ch. Musars rise Lazurus-like from the grave. 8 hours later it was unrecognisably improved. Now a deep red colour with no sign of bricking (how does that happen?). All the brett had gone (clearly it had been cork-induced) and the nose was beautifully fresh with new soft leather with blackberries and plum stones on the back end. The palate was velvet and leather with lots of fruit. Great structure but with a bit too much acid to be perfect. Huge length and very pronounced " in your head" sensations. Lovely. Feminine and subtle.....which are not words you'd normally accociate with Aussie Shiraz. An heretical thought but might screw caps be better?

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