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HenschkeMount Edelstone Shiraz 1996
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Made from 75 year old ungrafted, dry grown, low yielding vines. The Shiraz was hand picked in mid April and matured in new and season American and French oak hogsheads for 18 months. Its rich complex, layered fruit and with age will become more elegant.
Made from 75 year old ungrafted, dry grown, low yielding vines. The Shiraz was hand picked in mid April and matured in new and season American and French oak hogsheads for 18 months. Its rich complex, layered fruit and with age will become more elegant.
Full bodied red wines have a noticeably textural mouthfeel with bold, complex flavours. Often deeply coloured.
Dry wines have no trace of sweetness at all.
- TypeShiraz
- Size750mL
- RegionEden Valley
- Current Vintage1996
- Standard Drinks8
- Alcohol Volume13.50%
- Langtons ClassifiedExceptional
- CountryAustralia
- StateSouth Australia
- Brand NameHenschke
- Wine MakerPrue Henschke
- ClosureCork
- Wine SweetnessDry
- Wine BodyFull Bodied
James Halliday
Australian wine writer, critic and winemaker
Vintage 1996
95 points www.winecompanion.com.au
Medium to full red-purple; complex aromas run through the bouquet with nuances of pepper, licorice and mint to the core of red cherry fruit. The palate is smooth, with cherry, mint and a touch of pepper all showing; the oak is sweet but not forceful, the
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