Henschke Hill of Roses 2022
- 97
- $495
- Drink by: 2026-2061
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One of the most elegant and stylish of all the Hill of Roses, showing a strong vineyard and seasonal influence. Has a delightful perfumed exotic red fruit lift with that vineyard and regional sage bush and slightly herbal characters emerging. It’s an elegant and most charming wine of poise and precision. Has a slightly chalky character, which adds to its appeal, along with a wonderfully aromatic five-spice character. The Hill of Roses is produced from a mass selection from the Grandfather Vines in the Hill of Grace vineyard, planted as a nursery block in 1989. This is the 17th release, and because of seasonal problems was not produced in five vintages. The vineyard is managed with organic and biodynamic practices. There is a beautiful purity of fruit here expressed faithfully and subtly complemented by maturation in 100% French oak hogsheads for 20 months. These vines are approaching a stage where they could be considered for inclusion in Hill of Grace, but the question is: would they?
Ray Jordan has been writing about wine for more than 40 years. His first articles were published in the early issues of national wine magazine Winestate in the late 1970s when he worked in Sydney as a newspaper correspondent. From 1989 Ray wrote more than 3000 columns as a regular newspaper wine columnist. He currently writes a regular column for the special business publication Business News and is one of the main contributors to national wine platform Wine Pilot. In 2017 Ray co-authored The Way it Was – A History of The Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry and previously wrote Wine in the Blood: Australia’s Family Wine Estates, published in Mandarin and English. In 2011 Ray was awarded WA Wine Press Club Jack Mann Memorial Medal for his contribution to the WA wine industry. His love of wine is as strong as his love of the blues and tasting the thousands of wines that cross his bench each year allows him to indulge in both.
