Henschke Mount Edelstone Shiraz 2000

Henschke Mount Edelstone Shiraz 2000Mount Edelstone Shiraz is one of Australia's most famous single vineyard shiraz and a national treasure. The famed Mount Edelstone Vineyard, located in the Eden Valley at an altitude of 400 metres, is planted to dry grown ungrafted centenarian vines which were sourced from pre phylloxera material. The oldest vines were planted in 1912. The first vintage of Mount Edelstone was bottled by Cyril Henschke in 1952. This 2000 vintage release is the 48th

the most complex to blend – and yet also the one that receives the least attention

Farther up the valley nestled against the steeper hills to the south and west

Top 100 Australian Wines of 2017 - Matthew Jukes

With the high calibre of the artists consenting to appear on the labels

Winner of 11 Gold Medals at Australian Wine Shows

And I was also thinking about leaving Paris

"Hand-picked fruit from a single northeast-facing estate block

We’re acting in two ways: reinventing ourselves every year

The wine has lovely weight and mouth-feel and there’s fabulous balance between fruit and oak

the soils are well drained and high in organic matter

It is so deeply intense and powerfully framed yet so effortlessly long and sustained

and significantly cooled by the maritime influence from Port Phillip Bay