- Red Wine
- Shiraz
Shiraz
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
89
The first vintage from Athol's Paddock that has become and will remain the home of the Hanging Rock Heathcote Shiraz. The 20 acre property was planted in 1994 with only...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
92
This was the last vintage from the vineyard that had been leased by Hanging Rock for their inaugural releases from Heathcote. The vineyard was impacted by salinity and beyond the...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
A deep, dark and glossy red in the glass with a nose that shows itself as Barossa Shiraz straight from the get go with generosity of ripe plum and blackberry...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
90
A year that will be etched into the memory of many in Victoria with a crecendo of drought and heat leading to severe bushfires. Not a great year for making...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
89
A small to Moderate crop as the vineyard continued its battle with salinity. It has held up well as it ticks over its 25th birthday. The nose...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
As is the case in much of South Eastern Australia 1990 was a great vintage. The wine was picked at full physiological ripeness but was still only 12.5% alcohol. ...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
87
1989 was not a great year, the vintage was described as wet, wet, wet'. The wine is almost devoid of fruit on the nose with iodine...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
87
A tough year, a lack of rain and heatwaves meant it was an early vintage that produced wines of lower alcohol. The vintage conditions and time shows a wine that...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
The first ever vintage of Hanging Rock Shiraz produced from a leased vineyard in Heathcote that succumbed to salinity in 1992. A pity given the longevity of this wine 30...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
A dense, dark red in the glass with lashing of dark chocolate, plum with some meaty notes on the nose. A medium to full bodied wine that is brimming with...