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November 25, 2006
Wine On TV With Russell Crowe and Martha Stewart
The latest celebrity wine sighting took place on the November 9th, 2006, edition of The Martha Stewart Show. Oscar Winner Russell Crowe hand-delivered some Henschke wine. He and Martha Stewart shared a bottle of Hill of Grace from Eden Valley in the Barossa Range, South Australia.
About Hill of Grace; Background:
Hill of Grace is a unique delineated single historic vineyard. 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. The vineyard lies opposite a beautiful old Lutheran Church, built of local field stone, which was euphoniously named Gnadenberg, meaning ‘Hill of Grace'...
Vintage Description:
Good winter and spring rains continued on to our hottest summer on record. Occasional timely thunderstorms offered a few millimetres of wonderful refreshing rain. Vintage began two to three weeks early providing only average yields but exceptional reds.
Grape Varieties:
100% shiraz grapes from pre-phylloxera material brought from Europe by the early settlers in the mid 1800s and grown in the Eden Valley wine region.
Wine Description:
Very deep crimson in colour. The concentrated aromas are sweet, ripe and spicy with plums, prunes and blackberries complexed by hints of tar, anise, cedar and bacon. The rich, complex palate is dense, exotic and concentrated with black fruits. Beautifully balanced with great texture, excellent depth and length, finishing with soft velvety tannins.
Cellaring Potential:
Excellent vintage, drink 2005 to 2012+
Serving Idea:
Saddle of venison with roast parsnips and beetroots.
Technical Data:
Harvest date: 9-18 April
Alcohol: 14.3%
pH: 3.47
Acid: 6.3g/l
HENSCHKE Website–(left click here)
Source: “Russell Crowe and Martha Stewart,” Wine Enthusiast, November 25, 2006
*Photo credit: Anders Krusberg
Posted by fortna at November 25, 2006 05:23 AM
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