Henschke Vintage Report 2012 Part 4

Henschke Vintage Report 2012 Part 4

The past two weeks has seen all of the white varieties from the Adelaide Hills picked.  Many of the red varieties have been filtering into the winery, with the open fermenters filling up quicker than the cellar hands can shovel them out!  We have crushed some more shiraz from the Tappa Pass sub-region and have also seen some Barossa cabernet.

We have picked most of the Mount Edelstone vineyard which is celebrating a milestone this year with its 100^th year! These grand old vines produced the wine that put Henschke on the map, with the first Mount Edelstone being produced in 1952.  The Hill of Roses has also been picked; this is a selection of the best low yielding dry-grown shiraz vines from the Hill of Grace nursery block. Prue hand-selected these vines in 1989 from the 150 year old Grandfather block in the Hill of Grace vineyard to ensure their longevity for many years to come. We now release limited amounts of the Hill of Roses shiraz to our lucky Henschke Wine Club members. 

Stephen took this photo of the dramatic stormy sky at the Mount Edelstone vineyard as they were tasting through the vineyard before deciding when to pick.

 One of the beautiful 100 year old Mount Edelstone vines!

Shiraz from the 100year old Mount Edelstone vines.

Stephen snapped this is in the Mount Edelstone vineyard  - Prue has planted native nectar providing plants like Bursaria at the ends of the rows to feed the beneficial insects.  These insects then feed on the predatory insects like Light Brown Apple moths! It's all part of the ecosystem service system in the vineyard!