2008 Mount Edelstone Shiraz
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Glass-staining ruby. Exotically perfumed scents of blueberry, boysenberry, fruitcake and sandalwood incense. Open-knit dark berry compote and violet pastille flavors provide excellent palate coverage, with slow-building tannins providing shape. Tightens up with air and picks up notes of candied licorice and black pepper that carry through a very long, spicy warm finish.
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Josh Raynolds
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate
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Produced from nearly 100-year-old, dry-grown, ungrafted Shiraz vines, the 2008 Mount Edelstone has a deep garnet-purple and a wonderfully fragrant nose, with notes of roses and lavender over ripe cassis and blackberry, plus hints of sage, allspice and anise. The full bodied palate provides a great concentration of ripe, spicy fruit with crisp acid to give just enough lift and a medium level of velvety tannins, lending support. The finish is long with some earthiness coming through. It’s tempting to drink now though it should be best 2013 to 2022+. During my visit to Henschke, I was treated to a mini vertical of the Green’s Hill Lenswood Riesling. A single vineyard wine, production is tiny though it can occasionally be seen in export markets and is well worth the hunt. Note that no 2007 Hill of Grace is reviewed here. Due to the tiny production of this vintage (only 8 hogsheads, owing to frost and drought), the release has been delayed and it wasn’t available yet for tasting. Importer: Negociants USA, Napa, CA; tel. (707) 259-0993