The Tabernacle
Live Virtual Auction, 10 July 2022
Session 1
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
About this Item
Six generations of Henschke’s have made wine on this iconic estate in the Eden Valley, South Australia, the first bottled as early as 1868. Production is focused around Shiraz, but also includes a myriad of wine styles and varieties grown in vineyard sites best suited to their unique characters. These sites include vineyards in the Barossa Valley and Adelaide Hills. The infamous Hill of Grace and Mount Edelstone are arguably the two oldest single vineyard Shiraz wines produced in Australia. Current winemaker, Stephen Henschke and his wife Prue run the estate with the help of their children, who will undoubtedly continue the family legacy.
Provenance
The Distell Tabernacle - Stellenbosch
Critics Ratings
‘Sobering to taste this wine from the first year I visited Australia when it seemed on the very edge of the wine map. Deep ruby with rust rim. Heady violet scent and even some passion fruit flavours. A meaty wine that is far from past it. Quite vibrant if not exactly fine. Quite long, though much more evolved and lighter than the 1982. Slightly drying on the finish.’ - Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, 16.5/20 (Mar 2003)
‘Superb complexity on the nose - spice, bacon, cherries, earth and violets with some background mint. The palate is all about elegance, the fantastically integrated acidity drives and stretches the gentle fruit out.’ - Cellartracker, 95/100 (Jun 2014)
Other lots that might interest you
