Cellar It$850-1,000

Henschke Hill of Grace Shiraz 2018

Australia's answer to DRC — single-vineyard pre-phylloxera Shiraz from vines planted in the 1860s.

Producer

Henschke

Region

Eden Valley, South Australia

Varietal

Shiraz

Vintage

2018

Beckett Stone

2026-04-11

The Short Take

Henschke Hill of Grace is one of the world's greatest wines — single-vineyard Shiraz from pre-phylloxera vines planted in the 1860s, some of the oldest Shiraz on earth. Rich yet elegant, with black cherry, wild blackberry, sage, rosemary, sandalwood, and rose petal. The 2018 was scored 100 points by Andrew Caillard MW. A once-in-a-lifetime cellar bottle.

If Penfolds Grange is Australia's Lafite — blended from multiple sites for consistency and power — then Hill of Grace is Australia's DRC. A single vineyard. Pre-phylloxera vines planted in the 1860s. One family since 1958. Five generations of care. The 2018 is rich and dense but also restrained and elegant — a combination that should be impossible at this concentration. Black cherry, wild blackberry, baked plum cobbler, sage, rosemary. Then sandalwood, rose petal, Assam tea, Kalamata olive. The layers keep unfolding. Silky tannins. Tremendous intensity. Full body. Andrew Caillard MW gave it 100 points. This is not a wine you drink. This is a wine you experience, once, maybe twice in your life, with people who understand what it means. If your cellar has room for one iconic Australian bottle beyond Grange, this is the one. Drink now through 2040.

Pairs With

Dry-aged ribeye, slow-smoked brisket, lamb shanks, wild game.