Henschke Hill of Grace 2021 (1 x 750ml)

"Knife-edge balance, incredible length, that creamy and seductive texture, silk tannins - this is an amazing wine which more than lives up to the hype. Well cellared examples should provide immense pleasure over the next forty to fifty years."
100 points, Ken Gargett

"I love the effortless, understated calm that it projects amidst profound concentration, heightened exoticism and mesmerising line. The exotic five spice signature of this revered site is more characterful than ever. These grand old vines set a texture so supple it's silky; its impossibly fine tannins at once caressing and at the same time enduring, carrying a finish unrelenting for more than a minute. True Grace in every sense."
99 points, Tyson Stelzer

"An exceptional year like 2021 is almost a law unto itself, one where anything is possible agewise given both the complexity of the wine and its already seamless presence in the glass."
99 points, Jeni Port - Wine Pilot

"Incredibly fresh and refined, with deeply brooding notes of dark plums, mocha, graphite, five spice and cured meat. The palate is ultra-refined and pure, with balanced acidity, seamlessly integrated tannins and a creamy texture… It is truly exceptional, and is an icon of Australia for a reason."
99 points, James Suckling

"The 2021 Hill of Grace Shiraz comes from a vineyard that sits at 400 meters above sea level-a beautiful, remote-feeling place. The vineyard is picked block by block, defined by vine age, soil types, elevation and position within the vineyard. The older vines within the vineyard tend to hold their acidity and retain lower pH with higher natural acidity than the younger vines, which also assists in determining the parcels. "Ironically, this is the simplest wine to make; it's the vineyard that produces the wine like this. It's due to the work in the vineyard over many generations," says Stephen Henschke. So, to the wine. It is pure and fine, with a languid pool of fruit that is characterized by black silty tannins and persistent, seamless length. This speaks of the ancient place, the rocks, the vines. This is just a magnificent, graceful wine here, one that is "immune to hyperbole," as they say. 14.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap. The Wheelwright vineyard has 50-year-old vines, Mount Edelstone is over 100 years old, and the ancestor vines in the Hill of Grace vineyard are aver 150 years old."
98 points, Erin Larkin - The Wine Advocate