You expect something special for the scary prices of Aussie super-shirazes and this old-vine Eden Valley wine gives it.

$99999each $11997DOZEN EACH DOZEN Hill of Grace is a unique delineated single historic vineyard. The famous century-old Hill of Grace vines were planted around the 1860s by ancestor, Nicolaus Stanitzki, in rich alluvial soil in a shallow fertile valley just north-west of the winery. The vineyard lies opposite a beautiful old Lutheran Church, built of local field stone, which was euphoniously named Gnadenberg, meaning Hill of Grace. One of Australia's and indeed, the world's benchmark Shiraz, a wine of stature which carries a pedigree that only Lutheran planted Eden Valley vines can impart.

Intensely deep purple/ crimson in colour. Sweet perfumed bouquet overlaid with chocolate, prunes and liquorice, tar, truffles and earth. A lush, pure and sweet offering with all the essences of ripe Shiraz, ravishing spice and fruits of the forest, elements of baked cakes, clovey pepper, sweet suet, soy and plum and vanilla. A long well structured palate that is rich and complex finishing with silky velvety soft tannins. Wide strokes of layered tannins which dress the fruit in pantaloons of velvet, there are figures of port-like richness in the background, strong ruddy berries drive the enchanting palate. Seasoned by beautifully handled oak, it has dense but fine texture, thick ribena-like flavours, impeccable balance and length.

The Hill of Grace came up as a majestic and long-term Shiraz, in vintage 1978. The growing season was dry but temperate, unhampered by environmental vagaries, the old vine fruit was allowed to develop to textbook ripeness, the finished wine represented a classic Australian red of richness and longevity. Honest, earthy and tarry, an almost porty-ripe Shiraz cuvee, the 1978 initially exhibited fleshiness and lively sweet fruit combined with a firm tannic backbone. An honest and generous edition with integrated oak and supple finish.

$99999each $11997DOZEN EACH DOZEN The Henschke meticulous viticultural management has seen a new breath of life into the ancient, venerable Hill of Grace vineyard. The original two-storey cellar, built into the side of the hill in time for the 1868 vintage, has been added to throughout the generations. Now covered with ivy, the stone building retains an old-world charm with its open fermenters and winemaking memorabilia on display. The grapes are picked early to mid April at a sugar level of around 24°Brix, there is always a good acid/pH balance from the Hill of Grace vineyard. Unique and exceptional fruit, the anthocyanins (colour pigments) in the berries are very high, which perhaps offers a clue to the very high quality of the Hill of Grace Shiraz.

Intensely deep purple/ crimson in colour. Sweet perfumed bouquet overlaid with chocolate, prunes and liquorice, tar, truffles and earth. A lush, pure and sweet offering with all the essences of ripe Shiraz, ravishing spice and fruits of the forest, elements of baked cakes, clovey pepper, sweet suet, soy and plum and vanilla. A long well structured palate that is rich and complex finishing with silky velvety soft tannins. Wide strokes of layered tannins which dress the fruit in pantaloons of velvet, there are figures of port-like richness in the background, strong ruddy berries drive the enchanting palate. Seasoned by beautifully handled oak, it has dense but fine texture, thick ribena-like flavours, impeccable balance and length.

Hill of Grace, the name of the vineyard and the wine that has so captured the heart of Shiraz lovers, shared an unfavourable growing season with most of Australia's winegrowing regions. Hot and dry throughout summer, a prolonged wet autumn, tested the ancient vines, and the superlative skill of the Henschke growers. Nevertheless, 1979 produced a delicate and refined Hill of Grace, worthy of the name's stature. A lighter, sweeter, pleasantly plump and jammy wine with ripe, brambly fruit, oak influence and supple, soft tannins.

$99999each $11997DOZEN EACH DOZEN One of Australia's grandest wines, celebrated internationally as much for the heritage of it's ancient vines, as for the uncanny deftness of it's winemaker. Stephen Henschke has retained the traditional approach to winecraft used by his forebears, the Henschke name and reputation are inexorably linked with one of the world's great red wines Whatever the vintage, Hill of Grace is a magnificent Eden Valley Shiraz, grown on pre-phyloxera rootstock brought from Europe by early settlers, fashioned from vineyard blocks ranging between 50-150 years of age. Full-bodied, magnificently concentrated, pure, and delineated, the distinguished and compelling Hill of Grace is acclaimed internationally as one of Australia's hallmark reds.

Intensely deep purple/ crimson in colour. Sweet perfumed bouquet overlaid with chocolate, prunes and liquorice, tar, truffles and earth. A lush, pure and sweet offering with all the essences of ripe Shiraz, ravishing spice and fruits of the forest, elements of baked cakes, clovey pepper, sweet suet, soy and plum and vanilla. A long well structured palate that is rich and complex finishing with silky velvety soft tannins. Wide strokes of layered tannins which dress the fruit in pantaloons of velvet, there are figures of port-like richness in the background, strong ruddy berries drive the enchanting palate. Seasoned by beautifully handled oak, it has dense but fine texture, thick ribena-like flavours, impeccable balance and length.

Henschke is one of the longest established names in the Barossa. Johann Christian Henschke purchased land for a farm at Keyneton in 1861, after fleeing religious persecution in Silesia. He planted a small vineyard and an orchard, and after initially making wine for family consumption produced his first commercial vintage in 1868. Each generation built upon the reputation for quality, but it was fourth generation Cyril Alfred Henschke who in 1958 created the wine that has most captured the red wine world's imagination, Hill of Grace.

$99999each $11997DOZEN EACH DOZEN The Henschke meticulous viticultural management has seen a new breath of life into the ancient, venerable Hill of Grace vineyard. The original two-storey cellar, built into the side of the hill in time for the 1868 vintage, has been added to throughout the generations. Now covered with ivy, the stone building retains an old-world charm with its open fermenters and winemaking memorabilia on display. The grapes are picked early to mid April at a sugar level of around 24°Brix, there is always a good acid/pH balance from the Hill of Grace vineyard. Unique and exceptional fruit, the anthocyanins (colour pigments) in the berries are very high, which perhaps offers a clue to the very high quality of the Hill of Grace Shiraz.

Intensely deep purple/ crimson in colour. Sweet perfumed bouquet overlaid with chocolate, prunes and liquorice, tar, truffles and earth. A lush, pure and sweet offering with all the essences of ripe Shiraz, ravishing spice and fruits of the forest, elements of baked cakes, clovey pepper, sweet suet, soy and plum and vanilla. A long well structured palate that is rich and complex finishing with silky velvety soft tannins. Wide strokes of layered tannins which dress the fruit in pantaloons of velvet, there are figures of port-like richness in the background, strong ruddy berries drive the enchanting palate. Seasoned by beautifully handled oak, it has dense but fine texture, thick ribena-like flavours, impeccable balance and length.

A growing season which proved too hot and dry for most vineyards across South Australia, budburst and fruit set were a disappointment, bringing softer yields which continued to diminish throughout the summer. The Henschke wines from 1981 stood out brilliantly, as the painstaking traditional viticulture and know-how came into it's own. Hill of Grace was spared the excesses of the vintage, yielding generous and robust fruit with good tannin levels, ideal for flavour development. A genuine, but rare class effort from 1981.

$109999each $13197DOZEN EACH DOZEN The separate parcels of old Shiraz at Hill of Grace are picked at different times according to ripeness and maturity, before being treated as individual lots. Keeping the blocks separate allows for variations of soil types, vigour and age of the vines - all of which produce different flavours that become a part of the completed wine. In some years, vines gowing on the ancient Grandfathers block that are set in very deep soil, can have quite big bunches and big berries due to moisture retention, whereas the House Block bunches, which can be picked anywhere from one to three weeks earlier, can be rather small and the berries tiny. Segregation of the fruit from picking to the final blending allows for the ultimate in site selection.

Intensely deep purple/ crimson in colour. Sweet perfumed bouquet overlaid with chocolate, prunes and liquorice, tar, truffles and earth. A lush, pure and sweet offering with all the essences of ripe Shiraz, ravishing spice and fruits of the forest, elements of baked cakes, clovey pepper, sweet suet, soy and plum and vanilla. A long well structured palate that is rich and complex finishing with silky velvety soft tannins. Wide strokes of layered tannins which dress the fruit in pantaloons of velvet, there are figures of port-like richness in the background, strong ruddy berries drive the enchanting palate. Seasoned by beautifully handled oak, it has dense but fine texture, thick ribena-like flavours, impeccable balance and length.

A favourable summer, experiencing warm and even temperatures was preceded by much welcomed rains, which nourished the Henschke vineyards early on in the growing season. The vines flourished in the good conditions of the vintage, unfettered by climactic setbacks, Shiraz ripened beautifully, the batches of fruit came in on time, and in remarkable shape.

$89999each $10797DOZEN EACH DOZEN Australia's oldest vineyards, dating back to the 1860s, carry an aura of wonder about them, the gnarled and free-form shapes of the wizzened old vines are rarely seen in other plant species of such age. For overseas industry personnel visiting the Hill of Grace vineyard, it is a viticultural mecca. Hugh Johnson makes reference to the pre-phylloxera wines

Intensely deep purple/ crimson in colour. Sweet perfumed bouquet overlaid with chocolate, prunes and liquorice, tar, truffles and earth. A lush, pure and sweet offering with all the essences of ripe Shiraz, ravishing spice and fruits of the forest, elements of baked cakes, clovey pepper, sweet suet, soy and plum and vanilla. A long well structured palate that is rich and complex finishing with silky velvety soft tannins. Wide strokes of layered tannins which dress the fruit in pantaloons of velvet, there are figures of port-like richness in the background, strong ruddy berries drive the enchanting palate. Seasoned by beautifully handled oak, it has dense but fine texture, thick ribena-like flavours, impeccable balance and length.

A disastrous vintage across most of Australia's winegrowing regions, the 1983 growing season was one which most Australian wineries would rather forget. Fires (the cataclysmic Ash Wednesday) hail, drought and heat, it all happened in 1983. Somehow, the Henschke vineyards cocooned around the higher Eden Valley seemed to rise above the adversities of the vintage and produce a very fine Hill of Grace, a deep dense Shiraz wine with well featured, integrated oak and good concentration of sweet, ripe varietal fruit characters.

$79999each $9597DOZEN EACH DOZEN Located four kilometres north-west of Henschke Winery Cellars, Hill of Grace is sits on a unique part of the Moculta landscape where gentle protected slopes nestle against the rocky Boundary Road ridge to the east. Soils on these slopes are thick, red clay-rich loams overlain by a 20- to 25-centimetre thick veneer of brown, fine, sandy to silty loam; near Duck Ponds Creek, there is an additional layer of alluvial silty loam. The distinguished Grandfathers and Post Office Block One vines, in the western parts of the vineyard, are on these soils, which have good moisture holding capacity down to over one and a half metres. Segregation of the fruit from picking to the final blending allows for the ultimate in site selection.

Intensely deep purple/ crimson in colour. Sweet perfumed bouquet overlaid with chocolate, prunes and liquorice, tar, truffles and earth. A lush, pure and sweet offering with all the essences of ripe Shiraz, ravishing spice and fruits of the forest, elements of baked cakes, clovey pepper, sweet suet, soy and plum and vanilla. A long well structured palate that is rich and complex finishing with silky velvety soft tannins. Wide strokes of layered tannins which dress the fruit in pantaloons of velvet, there are figures of port-like richness in the background, strong ruddy berries drive the enchanting palate. Seasoned by beautifully handled oak, it has dense but fine texture, thick ribena-like flavours, impeccable balance and length.

A long period of dry, drought-like conditions was broken by welcomed rains early in the 1984 growing season, which heralded an opportunity to produce good ripe Eden Valley Shiraz. The vintage turned warm at harvest, finishing a good year with typically favourable conditions, the Hill of Grace exhibited prime fruit concentration and elegance. Slightly more restrained and reserved than releases from similarly warm vintages, the old Eden Valley vines yielded Shiraz of tightness and balance, Henschke Hill of Grace again led the way.

$79999each $9597DOZEN EACH DOZEN Fifth-generation winemaker Stephen Henschke and his wife Prue uphold the family name and reputation, as chief winemaker and viticulturist respectively. The highly revered and much sought-after Hill of Grace is the pinnacle of Eden Valley wine. Prue's meticulous viticultural management has breathed life into the venerable old vineyards. A mulch of wheat straw is used under the vines to retain soil moisture, build up organic matter, and inhibit weed growth. The grapes are picked early to mid April at a sugar level of around 24°Brix. There is always a good acid/pH balance from this vineyard. The anthocyanins (colour pigments) in the berries are very high, which perhaps offers a clue to the very high quality of the Hill of Grace Shiraz.

Intensely deep purple/ crimson in colour. Sweet perfumed bouquet overlaid with chocolate, prunes and liquorice, tar, truffles and earth. A lush, pure and sweet offering with all the essences of ripe Shiraz, ravishing spice and fruits of the forest, elements of baked cakes, clovey pepper, sweet suet, soy and plum and vanilla. A long well structured palate that is rich and complex finishing with silky velvety soft tannins. Wide strokes of layered tannins which dress the fruit in pantaloons of velvet, there are figures of port-like richness in the background, strong ruddy berries drive the enchanting palate. Seasoned by beautifully handled oak, it has dense but fine texture, thick ribena-like flavours, impeccable balance and length.

Vintage 1985 proved too hot and dry for most vineyards within the environs of the Eden and Barossa valleys, severely reduced crops for most South Australian wineries were further dashed by the ravages of a very wet autumn. Henschke's Eden Valley fruit was saved largely by it's protective Shangrila topography.

$79999each $9597DOZEN EACH DOZEN The vineyard is one of Australia's oldest and most distinguished. Over 160 years ago Johann Christian Henschke came from Silesia to settle and farm in the Eden Valley region. The famous century-old Hill of Grace vines were planted around the 1860s by an ancestor, Nicolaus Stanitzki, in rich alluvial soil in a shallow fertile valley just north-west of the winery. By the time third-generation Paul Alfred Henschke took over the reins in 1914, the famous Hill of Grace shiraz vines were more than fifty years old. Hill of Grace is a unique delineated single historic vineyard. The vineyard lies opposite a beautiful old Lutheran Church, built of local field stone, which was euphoniously named Gnadenberg, which of course means Hill of Grace.

Intensely deep purple/ crimson in colour. Sweet perfumed bouquet overlaid with chocolate, prunes and liquorice, tar, truffles and earth. A lush, pure and sweet offering with all the essences of ripe Shiraz, ravishing spice and fruits of the forest, elements of baked cakes, clovey pepper, sweet suet, soy and plum and vanilla. A long well structured palate that is rich and complex finishing with silky velvety soft tannins. Wide strokes of layered tannins which dress the fruit in pantaloons of velvet, there are figures of port-like richness in the background, strong ruddy berries drive the enchanting palate. Seasoned by beautifully handled oak, it has dense but fine texture, thick ribena-like flavours, impeccable balance and length.

1988 brought outstanding Shiraz fruit to the Eden Valley. A smaller yield due to spring frosts, the bulk of the growing season was long, warm and dry, ideal for the Henschke vineyards. The vintage made a sensational Hill of Grace, the grapes came in early and in superb condition, the finished wine exhibited spectacular concentration.

$79999each $9597DOZEN EACH DOZEN The Grandfathers Block on Hill of Grace was planted by Nicolaus Stanitzki around the 1860s. These vines are planted on their own roots from pre-phylloxera material brought from Europe by the early settlers. The sturdy, gnarled vines are dry grown and yield an average two tonnes to the acre (five tonnes to the hectare). The shiraz vines are planted on a wide spacing of 3.1 metres between vines and 3.4 metres between rows. The one-metre trellis consists of two wires which carry two to three arched canes with a bud number of around 40 to 50% The foliage is allowed to hang down to form a drooping canopy, to reduce shoot vigour. In wetter years, the shoot tips are trimmed before veraison on the blocks showing most vigour.

Intensely deep purple/ crimson in colour. Sweet perfumed bouquet overlaid with chocolate, prunes and liquorice, tar, truffles and earth. A lush, pure and sweet offering with all the essences of ripe Shiraz, ravishing spice and fruits of the forest, elements of baked cakes, clovey pepper, sweet suet, soy and plum and vanilla. A long well structured palate that is rich and complex finishing with silky velvety soft tannins. Wide strokes of layered tannins which dress the fruit in pantaloons of velvet, there are figures of port-like richness in the background, strong ruddy berries drive the enchanting palate. Seasoned by beautifully handled oak, it has dense but fine texture, thick ribena-like flavours, impeccable balance and length.

One of the few exceptional reds, out of what was a lesser vintage around Australia's winegrowing regions. Inconsistent weather patterns, followed by February heatwaves, made unremarkable wines everywhere, some of the Barossa and Eden Valley vineyards however, somehow managed to pull through and yield individual parcels of premium quality fruit. Hill of Grace delivered a cool, musky Shiraz this year, with a light aroma of sweet red berries and violets, caramel and vanilla oak, concentrated with flavours, a great balance and long finish.

$84999each $10197DOZEN EACH DOZEN The Hill of Grace vineyard site was originally granted to Charles Flaxman by land grant in 1842 for £1 per acre. It was then sold by George Fife Angas to Nicolaus Stanitzki in 1873, for £480% Paul Gotthard Henschke purchased the vineyard in 1891. The land changed hands several times until 1951, when it was was purchased by Louis Edmund Henschke, a son of Paul Alfred Henschke, who worked the vineyard and property for nearly forty years. Each generation built upon the reputation for quality, but it was fourth-generation Cyril Alfred Henschke who in 1958 created the wine that has most captured the red wine world's imagination, Hill of Grace. The Henschke family continues to maintain the heritage.

Intensely deep purple/ crimson in colour. Sweet perfumed bouquet overlaid with chocolate, prunes and liquorice, tar, truffles and earth. A lush, pure and sweet offering with all the essences of ripe Shiraz, ravishing spice and fruits of the forest, elements of baked cakes, clovey pepper, sweet suet, soy and plum and vanilla. A long well structured palate that is rich and complex finishing with silky velvety soft tannins. Wide strokes of layered tannins which dress the fruit in pantaloons of velvet, there are figures of port-like richness in the background, strong ruddy berries drive the enchanting palate. Seasoned by beautifully handled oak, it has dense but fine texture, thick ribena-like flavours, impeccable balance and length.

Fifth-generation winemaker Stephen Henschke and his wife Prue uphold the family name and reputation, as winemaker and viticulturist respectively. The highly revered and much sought-after Hill of Grace is the pinnacle of Eden Valley reds, and a tour de force amongst benchmark Shiraz wines in Australia and around the globe.

$99999each $11997DOZEN EACH DOZEN The Henschke meticulous viticultural management has seen a new breath of life into the ancient, venerable Hill of Grace vineyard. The original two-storey cellar, built into the side of the hill in time for the 1868 vintage, has been added to throughout the generations. Now covered with ivy, the stone building retains an old-world charm with its open fermenters and winemaking memorabilia on display. The grapes are picked early to mid April at a sugar level of around 24°Brix, there is always a good acid/pH balance from the Hill of Grace vineyard. Unique and exceptional fruit, the anthocyanins (colour pigments) in the berries are very high, which perhaps offers a clue to the very high quality of the Hill of Grace Shiraz.

Intensely deep purple/ crimson in colour. Sweet perfumed bouquet overlaid with chocolate, prunes and liquorice, tar, truffles and earth. A lush, pure and sweet offering with all the essences of ripe Shiraz, ravishing spice and fruits of the forest, elements of baked cakes, clovey pepper, sweet suet, soy and plum and vanilla. A long well structured palate that is rich and complex finishing with silky velvety soft tannins. Wide strokes of layered tannins which dress the fruit in pantaloons of velvet, there are figures of port-like richness in the background, strong ruddy berries drive the enchanting palate. Seasoned by beautifully handled oak, it has dense but fine texture, concentrated flavour, great balance and a long finish.