Even though the vines are over 100 years old, Prue reports they are still vigorous and profound. East-facing and lapping up the morning sun, Mount Edelstone is fabulously expressive and uncommonly aromatic in 2021, and I swear the colour is a couple of pantones darker than usual, too. You are presented with an ostentatious bunch of flowers on the nose, and it takes a few heartbeats for a deep red wine experience to occur. While you find your bearings, the thrum of a throaty engine kicks in, and while the tannins seem imperceptible to the taste, you can see them pulsating on the finish. This is an action-packed silent movie of a wine and while the volume of flavour is tremendous, there is a keen chalkiness and degree of athletic refinement that tethers the whole experience to the ground. Calm, deliberate, detailed and celestial, Prue knows when to pick this wine, and I feel she has nailed each bunch with Swiss precision in 2021 because every sip has effortless grace despite the scale and directness of the flavour. This wine has a thrilling future ahead of it, and it is another horizon-expanding example of what this incredible vineyard is capable of.
Henschke Mount Edelstone Shiraz 2021 6x75cl 19.5+/20 MJ
Top Score: 19.5+ points
“It’ll go down as one of the greats.”
Price IN BOND
£765.00 6 x 75cl Bottles
4 in stock
| Colour | Red |
|---|---|
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Country | Australia |
| Region | Eden Valley |
19.5+ points Matthew Jukes
98 points Wine Companion
I used to live next door to this 109-year-old vineyard for nearly a decade and have seen the hard work and attention to detail that goes into its farming. The 2021 is an absolute stunner from a great vintage and I’ve no doubt that this will age gracefully for decades. The length of flavour with this release is quite something; the fruit is sleek, plush and on-point pure. Blackberry, Doris plum and black cherry layer with spice and hints of sage, bay leaf, pepper, olive tapenade, anise, violets and stone. Velvety and graceful in its flow on the palate with a fresh mineral cadence and superfine, powdered granitic tannins for support. It’ll go down as one of the greats.
97 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2021 Mount Edelstone Vineyard Shiraz was planted in 1912 and was 16 hectares from own-rooted, pre-phylloxera James Busby vine stock. The first Mount Edelstone wine was produced in 1952, from 40-year-old vines. The success of the Mount Edelstone was the inspiration for the Hill of Grace single-vineyard wine to be produced from the 1958 vintage. The Mount Edelstone vineyard is planted at 400 metres in elevation and has an easterly aspect trellised to the Scott Henry system, capturing the morning sun and avoiding the hot afternoon sun. The wine is velvety and layered with raw cocoa tannins, black pepper, Sichuan pepper, raspberry and blood plum. This has all the concentration and intensity that we know and love of Mount Edelstone; it speaks clearly to Eden Valley as a place, with notes of sage, bay, crushed rocks and a cool minerality that drives it through the long finish. This is a superb wine.
