"It’s kind of understated but also offers layers and layers of complexity. Symphonic. Scents are sweet fruited, spicy, herbal, faintly meaty and nutty, flavours similarly so with fine tannins in a sheath lending gentle pucker and tension. It’s sits in the palate with ultimate palate-refreshing succulence, persistence and detail. Magnificent wine that topples the standard bearers, this is the real deal, honest, pure, fleshy and rich with the grape variety’s best attributes on show.
It’s been a while since running through the range of Hochkirch wines and the reminder is, simply put, these are some of the best wines in Australia. Individual, pure, beautiful, complex, and supreme overall. Remind yourself too." - Mike Bennie, Wine Front
“As always, this is also 100% estate fruit, sourced from 10- to 30-year-old vines on basalt, gravel and loam soils. The 2021 vintage was another cool one in Henty, providing a lengthy ripening period and excellent development of flavour.
25% was fermented as whole bunches while the rest of the fruit was destemmed but not crushed. Fermentation was in small, open-top vessels, and it was plunged once a day, then pressed to tank after 14 days to French barriques (just 15% new) for 14 months. Minimal SO2 added (50ppm).” - Hochkirch
Organic
Biodynamic
Vegan-friendly
Sustainably-made
