2022 Hill of Peace

Eden Valley

100% Semillon

Pale gold with green hues. Delicate, floral aromas of citrus blossom and meadow flowers are interwoven with lime zest, fresh white peach and lemon curd. The palate is intense and pure, defined by citrus and stone fruits, layered with lemon verbena, jasmine, tarragon and toasted almond with mineral fresh acidity, finishing long and crisp.

$90.00
$90.00
Pale gold with green hues. Delicate, floral aromas of citrus blossom and meadow flowers are interwoven with lime zest...

SIGN IN FOR MEMBER'S PRICING

Would you like a gift box?
VIEW DETAILS
BACKGROUND

Hill of Peace is named as a tribute to the early Barossa Silesian community who settled at historic Parrot Hill in the Eden Valley. Their toil, perseverance and conservatism in hardship has meant that the many generations that followed have rejoiced in the riches of those prudent efforts. This wine is just one of those blessings. The semillon vineyard lies across from the Gnadenberg (‘Hill of Grace’) Church and Cemetery. This single-vineyard wine is produced from low-yielding semillon vines planted in 1952 by fourth-generation grower Louis Henschke, on shallow red-brown earths in the Hill of Grace Vineyard. The quality of the fruit has produced a single-vineyard wine with unique site expression, which was carefully matured in French oak before its limited release.

PRODUCT INFORMATION

Varieties: Semillon

Harvest Date: 8 March

Alcohol: 11.5%

Vintage Rating: Exceptional

Maturation: Matured in 100% seasoned 225L French oak barriques for 5 months. Bottle-aged prior to release to develop further complexity and balance.

Cellaring Potential: 20+ years

VINTAGE

The winter of 2021 brought good rainfall, refilling soil profiles, and the cool, slow start to the growing season resulted in budburst occurring two weeks later than average. An extreme hail event on 28 October decimated the young shoot growth across our vineyards in Keyneton, significantly reducing crop potential. Late flowering (late November to early December) avoided the cold and windy conditions, resulting in good fruit set, albeit with smaller yields. A burst of summer heat, without extremes, supported berry development and balanced canopy growth. Welcome rain in late January occurred just before veraison and ripening, leading into a mild and dry finish to summer. The 2022 vintage was late, with harvest dates one to two weeks later than the historical average. The resulting wines speak faithfully of their place, with elegance, distinction and enduring beauty. Reminiscent of the high-quality vintages of 1991, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2010 and 2015, the 2022 single-vineyard wines show wonderful ageing potential and will reward long-term cellaring under ideal conditions.

TASTING NOTES

Hill of Peace is named as a tribute to the early Barossa Silesian community who settled at historic Parrot Hill in the Eden Valley. Their toil, perseverance and conservatism in hardship has meant that the many generations that followed have rejoiced in the riches of those prudent efforts. This wine is just one of those blessings. The semillon vineyard lies across from the Gnadenberg (‘Hill of Grace’) Church and Cemetery. This single-vineyard wine is produced from low-yielding semillon vines planted in 1952 by fourth-generation grower Louis Henschke, on shallow red-brown earths in the Hill of Grace Vineyard. The quality of the fruit has produced a single-vineyard wine with unique site expression, which was carefully matured in French oak before its limited release.

Varieties: Semillon

Harvest Date: 8 March

Alcohol: 11.5%

Vintage Rating: Exceptional

Maturation: Matured in 100% seasoned 225L French oak barriques for 5 months. Bottle-aged prior to release to develop further complexity and balance.

Cellaring Potential: 20+ years

The winter of 2021 brought good rainfall, refilling soil profiles, and the cool, slow start to the growing season resulted in budburst occurring two weeks later than average. An extreme hail event on 28 October decimated the young shoot growth across our vineyards in Keyneton, significantly reducing crop potential. Late flowering (late November to early December) avoided the cold and windy conditions, resulting in good fruit set, albeit with smaller yields. A burst of summer heat, without extremes, supported berry development and balanced canopy growth. Welcome rain in late January occurred just before veraison and ripening, leading into a mild and dry finish to summer. The 2022 vintage was late, with harvest dates one to two weeks later than the historical average. The resulting wines speak faithfully of their place, with elegance, distinction and enduring beauty. Reminiscent of the high-quality vintages of 1991, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2010 and 2015, the 2022 single-vineyard wines show wonderful ageing potential and will reward long-term cellaring under ideal conditions.

96 Points
“Fresh camomile, limes, tonic water aromas with hint tropical fruit notes. Pure-fruited and mouthwatering with lime and lemon pastille flavours, fine bitter textures and fresh indelible acidity. Finishes crispy and long. Very good mid-palate concentration, tension and mineral length. … Will age for years.”

ANDREW CAILLARD MW, THE VINTAGE JOURNAL

95 Points
“…scratched lemon and dry grass, white pepper, pressed linen and notes of juniper. On the palate, the wine exhibits a quinine-like freshness. The core of fruit is savory in the extreme: while this has lemon notes, it is preserved/salted lemon, accompanied by textural weight from the lees and layers of saline acidity. … It's a substantial wine, in its way. It's a wine of place.”

ERIN LARKIN, ROBERT PARKER WINE ADVOCATE

95 Points
“Pure lemon, grapefruit and crunchy pear with hints of clover blossom, lanolin, crushed stone, quartz, citrus zest and lemon sorbet. It's a lovely textural wine, finely focused, with a taut lemony core and super-tight, minerally acidity that stretches the flavours out beautifully.”

DAVE BROOKES, HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION

95 Points
“…opening with classic varietal airs of lemon barley water and cut hay before pouring into a generous palate expression of those aromatics with a neat balance of flavours, acidity and pithy textures, Delicious - a joy to see Semillon offered such respect.” 

TONY LOVE, THE VINTAGE JOURNAL

94 Points
“This is Barossa semillon paid due and proper respect. One sip and I was an instant fan. … This is a wine of presence and a bit of drama even in the face of its neatness. There’s a good deal of acidity here too, positively, as both a structural element and as a conduit to flavour. It’s a lovely wine all over.”

CAMPBELL MATTINSON, THE WINE FRONT