Vineyard name: Wheelwright Vineyard
Harvest time: April
Average Wine Age: 50+ years
Varietal composition: 100% Shiraz
Length of aging before bottling: 18 months
Total SO2: 91 mg/L
Alcohol: 14.5%
pH level: 3.64
Residual sugar: 1 g/L
Acidity: 5.9 g/L
Henschke The Wheelwright 2019
W I N E D E S C R I P T I O N
The Wheelwright pays tribute to the founding fathers of the Henschke winery and vineyards,
winemaker Johann Christian Henschke. He was among the first generation of the early Barossa
German pioneers of South Australia, and establighed the family winery in 1868. Johann
Christian arrived as a skilled stonemason and wheelwright and planted his first vineyards in the
high country of the picturesque Eden Valley. The wine is produced from Old-Vine Shiraz planted
a century later, in 1968, by fourth generation Cyril Henschke.
The Wheelwright comes from 50 year old vines on deep sandy loam over prismatic clay. It is the
coolest of the four Henschke vineyard sites where they grow Shiraz giving the wine a distinct
and focused red fruits character. A composed, cool, and long season for the 2017 vintage
brought out the purity and vibrance of the wines, and provided for ageability of up to 40 years.
T A S T I N G N O T E S
Medium garnet with crimson hues. Lifted aromas of red plum, red currant, blue and black
berries, rose hip and black pepper, with notes of bay leaf, sage, crushed flowering herbs, anise
and hints of cedar. The palate is rich and plush, deep and concentrated with layers of spicy red
cherry and red currant, interwoven with anise and vanilla. Balanced acidity gives freshness and
poise, finishing with elegant, velvety, fine-grained tannins for a long fruit-driven finish.
V I N E Y A R D & P R O D U C T I O N I N F O
W I N E M A K I N G & A G I N G
A N A LY T I C A L D A TA
P R O D U C E R P R O F I L E
Estate owned by: Stephen and Prue
Henschke
Winemaker: Stephen Henschke, Johann
Henschke
Total acreage under vine: 260
Estate founded: 1868
Region: Eden Valley
Country: Australia