Community Tasting Notes 25

• oxwombat wrote:

  February 13, 2024 - Opened at L'Envol in HK. Decanted and served as the last wine for lunch.
  
  Unfortunately, not much luck with Australian wines these past two days. Those with more experience with this wine said that it didn't show what it was meant to - not much more I can make of it. Dense, not very expressive - perhaps this needs more time? But it also didn't feel like it had much upside. Maybe an awkward bottle.
  
  Once again, would be happy to revisit given the hype, but can't tell much from this. Thanks to E for sharing though, still a treat!

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• Milos Likes this wine: 95 points

  August 17, 2023 - Part of a side by side lunch tasting of the 1994 Hill of Grace and 1994 Mount Edelstone at Bymark. Deep garnet colour. Slightly shy to begin with but started to open up fairly quickly. Dark and with just a hint of blue fruit, touch of sandalwood, chocolate. The palate started out very focused, almost lean with a slight herbal note, but filled in quickly. By the end of the lunch (2 ½ hours) it was perfectly focused, very fine and ripe tannin barely notable, elegant, refined and long. I cannot pick a winner. Both were in goosebumps territory.

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• andrew.cameron Likes this wine: 97 points

  June 16, 2023 - Under cork. Decanted two hours. Opened up beautifully chocolate and coffee bean and mocha. An excellent wine. Enjoyed at Roganic in HK wonderful experience.

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• Chateaunewf wrote: 96 points

  December 3, 2022 - Stunning Aussie 1st growth. Plump, round, and fulsome on the palate. Generous fruit concentration but not over-extracted at all. Mouth filling and seemless from start to finish. Not particularly complex or overt wood tones but a pure single note of perfectly ripe damson plum or succulent Pruneaux d'Agen. Could be mistaken for a top Pomerol. Fabulous and at peak.

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• JonnyG Likes this wine: 98 points

  May 14, 2022 - Perhaps the best Hill of Grace I've had (so far), expressing everything I love about this bottling, effortlessly. Fine acidity. Spiced plum and baked berries. Loads of sweet mint and eucalyptus, alongside lavender and white pepper, but this was as much about the texture: just seamless, silky and elegant. Irresistible.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1994
• Type Red
• Producer Henschke
• Varietal Shiraz
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Hill of Grace
• Country Australia
• Region South Australia
• SubRegion Barossa
• Appellation Eden Valley

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• In Cellars 316 (77%)
• Consumed 95 (23%)

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