1973 Henschke Shiraz Hill of Grace

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 99.2 points

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  10/6/2023 - G.M. wrote: 98 Points

  Shared a bottle with my wife over 3 hours. Bliss from start to finish. Blood and iron. Dark, ripe plum. Leather and musk. Sandalwood. Ground coffee and cigar box at the end of the final glass.
  
  Remarkable stuff. I literally had my nose stuffed into my Zalto Universal for hours enjoying the evolving aromas. So complete. So deep and dark and alive. Incredible length. This could last forever. The vitality of a wine 1/5 it’s age, with all the complexity of a wine that has developed over half a century. 98 points - my highest ever CT rating, and I’m dragging the average down! Yes, The Hill is hallowed turf indeed. (98 Phenomenal wine)

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  6/19/2019 - aZzaZz wrote:

  Was very sweet, like fortified or port, was well past expected drinking age but still smooth and drinkable.

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  1/1/2014 - dogsbrekky Likes this wine: 100 Points

  Perfection - Heschke, Rockford and Charles Melton (in that order) are my favourite producers from my home appellation, Barossa... and this is their BEST WINE ever
  
  Best wine I have ever had in line with the 1982 Margaux (100), 1990 Grange (100) and the 1985 Cheval Blanc (98/100)
  
  Where do we start... I stole this... well not literally from a local negociant who doesnt know shit from shinola... but that is another story
  
  Perfectly stored
  
  From the Barossa Valley when the BV was king and the asshats from my birth land had not effed up the wine industry (thanks Robert Parker and co)

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  4/20/2013 - jackarmando wrote: 100 Points

  Simply one of the most amazing wines I've ever had. We've now had three of the 1973s over the past few years, and each has been perfection.

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  7/21/2010 - jackarmando wrote: 98 Points

  Excellent. Not quite as good as I remember it last time, but still amazing.

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