Reviews & Awards

Review	Product Vintage	Vintage	Date Sort ascending
Henschke - Guild Somm			Jan-2019
Review In “Old Vines in Barossa,” Christopher Tanghe interviews Barossa winemakers and viticulturalists, including PRUE HENSCHKE, about “old vines and the benefits of their age.” Henschke’s family “owns several vineyards that are more than 125 years old, classified as ‘ancestor vines’ in the Eden Valley,” Tanghe notes. Henschke discusses the HILL OF GRACE and MOUNT EDELSTONE vineyards in detail, which date back to the 1860s and 1912, respectively. Henschke remarks that the mortality rate in her vineyards is about 1%: “After 100, 150 years actually, those vines have survived through every drought and flood that has been sort of thrown at them, and they’re still very healthy. It’s amazing.”
Bodegas Enrique Mendoza - Guild Somm	Estrecho	2012	Oct-2017
Review The 2012 Estrecho was even better, with a lightly floral nose of cigar ash, dried tarragon, chocolate, and fresh raspberries. The acidity led the tannins, and the palate was taut. The result is a stripped-down wine of purity, despite its abundant big red fruit.
Bodegas Enrique Mendoza - Guild Somm	Las Quebradas	2011	Oct-2017
Review “The 2011 Las Quebradas displayed a leafy nose of olive, iron, black cherry, black pepper, and leather. In the mouth, it was restrained and bright, with a pop of acidity and ripe but clinging tannins tickling the finish.”

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Henschke - Guild Somm

Jan-2019

Review
In “Old Vines in Barossa,” Christopher Tanghe interviews Barossa winemakers and viticulturalists, including PRUE HENSCHKE, about “old vines and the benefits of their age.” Henschke’s family “owns several vineyards that are more than 125 years old, classified as ‘ancestor vines’ in the Eden Valley,” Tanghe notes. Henschke discusses the HILL OF GRACE and MOUNT EDELSTONE vineyards in detail, which date back to the 1860s and 1912, respectively. Henschke remarks that the mortality rate in her vineyards is about 1%: “After 100, 150 years actually, those vines have survived through every drought and flood that has been sort of thrown at them, and they’re still very healthy. It’s amazing.”

Bodegas Enrique Mendoza - Guild Somm

Estrecho

2012

Oct-2017

Review
The 2012 Estrecho was even better, with a lightly floral nose of cigar ash, dried tarragon, chocolate, and fresh raspberries. The acidity led the tannins, and the palate was taut. The result is a stripped-down wine of purity, despite its abundant big red fruit.

Bodegas Enrique Mendoza - Guild Somm

2011

Oct-2017

Review
“The 2011 Las Quebradas displayed a leafy nose of olive, iron, black cherry, black pepper, and leather. In the mouth, it was restrained and bright, with a pop of acidity and ripe but clinging tannins tickling the finish.”