HENSCHKE HILL OF GRACE SHIRAZ 2022

Hill of Grace is regarded as Australia's best single vineyard wine, this 2022 vintage is being touted as one of the best ever releases.

Winery notes (2022 Vintage)
"Dark crimson with ruby hues. Enchanting aromas of blackberry, blueberry and fresh-cut plum are complemented by signature five-spice, black pepper, violets and cedar. A complex and elegant palate, abundant with mulberry, dark forest fruits and star anise, is balanced by fine acidity and layered, velvety tannins, delivering exceptional depth and length."

99/100 Erin Larkin, RobertParker.com, Wine Advocate, March 2026 (2022 Vintage)
"The 2022 Hill of Grace Shiraz leads with dark fruit and an abundance of exotic spice to match. The tannins are profuse here, quite distinct from the Hill of Roses tasted alongside. Star anise, cloves, cinnamon (cassia), fennel seeds and Sichuan pepper weave in and out of the blackberry, blueberry, crushed quartz/ferrous undertones. There's a sweet rolling-tobacco character that is highly attractive and lingers through the finish. I love the 2022 vintage. It is fresh and detailed. It may forever live in the shadow of the great 2021 vintage, but not for me—I believe firmly this is a sleeper vintage and will reveal its longevity given time. The allure of it now is not in question, either."

98/100 Dave Brookes, James Halliday's Wine Companion (2022 Vintage)
"Australia's finest and most famous single-site shiraz. Incredible ancestor vines of 160 years of age are the heart of the wine, with additions of centenarian (100-plus years), survivor (70-plus years) and old-vine (35-plus years) shiraz; matured in seasoned French oak for 20 months. It's the aromatic detail, texture and elegance that immediately stands out with the Hill of Grace. Pure satsuma plum, blackberry and black cherry fruits with hints of bay leaf, mace, sage, Chinese five-spice, panforte, cedar, tapenade, black pepper, pan juices, graphite, dried meats and purple floral tones. The amplitude of this wine always amazes me. Everything just resonates perfectly; fruit, tannin and acidity are all in harmony and the arc across the palate is perfectly timed. Stunning."

97/100 Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front, March 2026 (2022 Vintage)
"Magical wine. Intense, boysenberry and saturated plums, sweet spice and peppercorns, a long swagger of almost-grainy tannin, a lot of muscle and flex but a lot of perfume and ripe/sweet berry flavour too. The fruit here, almost musky, pushes deep and long through the palate, a parade of flavours draped and flying in its wake. This will cellar for decades. This is a ripper. It’s bold and fresh and aromatic and screen-printed with tannin. I can barely imagine a more perfect Hill of Grace Shiraz."