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Reviews from James
Halliday - Australian Wine Companion
We were very pleased to receive excellent
wine reviews from Australia’s leading wine scribe James Halliday in the Australian Wine Companion
2008 Chardonnay
Light
straw green; has a particularly expressive bouquet of grapefruit and
white peach, replayed in turn on the palate, barrel ferment inputs are
discernible, but no more, the finish crisp and minerally.
5 stars 94 points
2009 Riesling
4.5 stars 91 points
2007 Riesling
Voluminous
lime and a touch of passionfruit on the bouquet; rich, almost fleshy
palate; relatively early developing.
4.5 stars 92 points
2007 Shiraz
A
vibrant bouquet, with green peppercorn and raspberry fruit, medium
bodied and refined wine, with fine tannins and acid on the finish.
4.5 stars 90 points
2006 Shiraz James Halliday Top 100 Wines Henty Estate Shiraz 2006
Intense
crimson; while only medium bodied in weight, is packed full of
beautifully ripe, lip-smacking spicy black fruits, the tannins and the
new French oak seamlessly interwoven. “WHAT A WINE”
5 stars 96 points
2006 Riesling
Ripe, lime / passionfruit aromas,
a very well balanced palate thanks
to good acidity, but still at the big end of town.
5 stars 94 Points
2005
Shiraz
Strong purple - red, spicy, leafy nuances on
the bouquet unexpectedly foreshadow a deep and powerful palate, with
pure blackberry essence fruit supported by the excellent use of French
oak.
5 stars 94
Points
2005
Shiraz Cabernet
Herb and spicy edges to the aromas, once again, almost lusciously sweet
and ripe fruit catches you by surprise, very good balance and length.
4.5 stars 93 Points
2006 Cabernet Sauvignon
Bright,
light crimson; medium-bodied, classically structured cool-grown cabernet
sauvignon without any green or minty characters; very fine tannins add
to the length.
5 stars 94 points
Reviews from Gary Walsh - Winorama
Henty Estate Riesling 2007
I
do like a bit of Western Victorian Riesling and although I don’t
usually ‘drink’ many samples (that way alcoholism or madness lies.) I
did knock this one off over a couple of days and I was very sorry when
the bottle was empty. It’s a top wine.
Opens up exotic and aromatic with spicy citrus, peach and passionfruit
- just so lively and attractive. On the palate it has good weight and
an excellent lightly grippy texture with
plenty of crisp clean acidity and intense flavours of spice, lime,
orange, passionfruit and a musky perfume wafting about. Finishes long
and dry. On the second day of tasting the aromatics settled down and
the dominant flavours were of lime and spice. A great wine of style and
character.
Reviews from Ralph Kyte-Powell
– Epicure (11/3/2008)
2005 Shiraz
Behind this elegant label lies an interesting Shiraz from Hamilton in
Victoria. It’s a cool climate type with some herby notes but the
blackberry-like fruit is ripe and peppery spice adds nicely savoury
seasonings.
French oak is perfectly integrated and the poised, silky palate has
real depth of long flavour, and finely balanced tannins.
4.5 stars A steal at this price
Reviews from Canterbury Wines (Nick)
2007 Shiraz
An
absolute cracker. From a drought year, the wine is
spicy, luscious, rich and velvety. The nose is drop-dead gorgeous, beautifully
perfumed and full of black fruits; which leads into a powerful, deep
and long palate crammed with blackberry fruit. Soft fine tannins and
immaculately handled French oak complete this deceptively rich wine,
which will surely blossom with a few years in the cellar - provided you
can keep your hands off it!
Reviews from Vintage
Direct:
2004
Cabernet Sauvignon
A surprise find! This is an example of a refined cool climate Cabernet.
Very deep crimson colour with deep crimson hue. Ripe Cabernet top notes
of cassis, blackcurrant, spice, violets and cedar. The structure of
this wine is impressive, flavours of cedar and
cigar box are evident over cassis, blackcurrant and spice. Long aftertaste
of spice, cedar and blackcurrant.
Cellar 4-5 years (2010-2011)
4 stars
2005
Riesling
Bright pale straw colour with green film. Excellent aromatic nose of
lime and lemon followed by floral and spice end notes. The palate
flavour profile is still developing, but has much to offer in the
future. Flavours of lemon and lime are dominant followed by a mandarin
back palate. This is a very impressive Riesling which delivers wine
lovers a carefully managed sense of austerity which will ensure
excellent cellaring potential.
Cellar 5-8 years (2011-2014)
5 stars
Review from Campbell Mattison
- Winefront
2009
Chardonnay
I
gave this Henty Estate chardonnay a full day to breathe before sitting
down to write a review – when I first opened it, it didn’t seem all
that appealing at all.
But talk about turning into a swan.
Or doing its best impersonation of one, anyway. Given time to breathe
it tastes of limes and fennel, wax and gooseberries. It’s distinctive,
and attractive. It’s quite grippy/phenolic, but I don’t
mind that in a white wine. Nice length. Chardonnay with its own
attitude.
90 Points
2005
Riesling
There's a slight amount of spritz and a
slight amount of toasty development, but this is a lovely drink right
now. It's limey and fresh and flavoursome, a lychee character turning the deliciousness factor
to high.
Drink: 2006-2009
90 points
Reviews from Ben Edwards - (President of the
Australian Sommeliers Association in Victoria)
2004
Riesling
Riesling
shows youthful green hues and exhibits clean, pure citrus aromas
interwoven with a nicely defined minerality.
The fine palate exhibits pure lemon citrus fruits, with a fine, tightly
wound palate that is long and lively due to the concentration of fruit
and well-balanced acidity. Bright in its youth, this wine will age
gracefully for 10 years from 2005.
2003
Cabernet Sauvignon
The
deep crimson 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon from Henty Estate displays cool
aromas of confiture red currants, green
olives, tomato leaves and hints of spice. The medium-bodied palate is finely
textured with the bright red currant fruit dominating the cooler
savoury aspects of this wine. The finish has a distinctly savoury twist
and would be terrific with a roast leg of lamb. Enjoy until 2010.
2005
Riesling
Bronze
Medal at the 6th Annual Hyatt National Riesling Challenge in Canberra.
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