1994 Henschke Shiraz Mount Edelstone

Community Tasting Notes (48) Avg Score: 92.4 points

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  8/17/2023 - Milos Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Part of a side by side tasting of the 1994 Hill of Grace and 1994 Mount Edelstone at Bymark. Medium garnet colour, opaque. Opened up right away with red fruit and with just a hint of blue fruit, touch of cedar and milk chocolate. The palate was rich and mouth coating from the first sip. Very focused, balanced, no detectible tannins but that did not take away the structure and focus. Elegant, refined and long. I cannot pick a winner. Both were in goosebumps territory.

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  5/4/2023 - Philip67 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Rich and sweet blueberry and blackberry fruit. Fruit still going strong though beginning to soften. The structure is still there and providing plenty of grip and interest, beginning to soften. Here is also whote pepper, leather and forest floor, though tertiary notes still muted. There is some mushroom but is pretty clean given the age. Long finish and complex. Drinking beautifully now, looks as if it will last another decade.

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  9/7/2022 - RN wrote:

  Very elegant and long. Certainly at its peak.

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  7/21/2022 - MuddyBoots wrote:

  Third bottle in the last 12 months -and the best of these three. Solid cork. Fully ripe, slightly jammy juicy red fruit with some minty tang. Quite a lot of oak, which gives vanilla and a slightly artificial sense of sweetness. Light tannin. Consistent with the earlier bottles. Still has life. Not my preferred type of wine - mostly because of the level of oak - but still a good example of the style. Questionable provenance - including a trip though the Panama canal in a steel container. Drink fairly soon.

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  5/27/2022 - maranoli Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Intense nose, Medium garnet with a hint of a rim
  Red fruit, hints of black fruits, some stewed or caramelized fruit
  Spicy, white pepper
  Tannins integrated and very smooth, lighter acidity. Very good balance
  At least 5 years to go if well stored.

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