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Hanging Rock Winery Tasting Notes
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Rock Merlot has soft spicy aromas on the nose and the palate offers fleshy, ripe cherry/plum flavours with just a hint of sweet spice. |
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Made using traditional methods, this wine is rich and full flavoured and certainly no wimp of a Pinot. Medium bodied, with intense varietal character, excellent palate structure and tannins that are soft and round but clearly evident. |
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This classic French variety has an intense palate with delicious cherry and floral characters which are carried on a backbone of fine, smooth tannins. A great food wine, match with lamb, gamier meats and/ or tomato based dishes. |
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This Shiraz Cabernet is a nicely balanced, easy drinking wine and excellent value for money. |
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A blend of Chardonnay fruit from selected growers in Victoria. Slightly sweet with tropical fruit, peach and melon flavours and a smooth finish. |
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This lively, crisp, refreshing wine shows characters of gooseberries, lychees, snow peas with a touch of asparagus and stinging nettle.
This wine is very food friendly - terrific for appetisers, veggie dishes, fragrant salads - like Greek or Caesar, Thai food & Sushi. |
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Fresh lemon, lime and tropical fruit characters sweet fruit flavours that persist - but not from residual sugar.
A truly varietal wine that drinks well on its own and also matches well with a wide range of food styles and particularly spicy Asian-influenced dishes. |
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A lovely, round, silky textured wine. Sweet apricot and lime characteristics typical of the variety shine through. The wine is very well structured and has an exceptionally long lush finish.
The lush richness of the wine makes it perfect with full flavoured food including spicy Thai, soft cheeses, pâté and even light desserts. |
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Petit Noir is light, bright and very lightly sparkling. It’s floral and fun with strawberry and cherry flavours. Designed to be the perfect summer drink, it should be served chilled.
Ideal to drink on the verandah with snacks or with Japanese or light spicy foods such as Thai.
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Affectionately dubbed ‘Son of Heathcote’ by our winemaking team, Cambrian Rise is a fine example of Heathcote Shiraz. The wine has a complex palate with ripe berry flavours well integrated with the steam bent American oak flavours that last. |
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This lovely textured, full-flavored wine has balanced fruit character, acid and subtle tannin dryness, all persisting through a long, lingering finish.
This is a food lovers wine, perfect with full flavoured and robust meat based dishes.
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It’s sweet, but not too sweet.
It’s Succulent, it’s Seductive. It’s ‘S’ our dessert wine. |
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Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc are a happy combination. Fresh, fruity and crisp. This delightful wine has lychee and passionfruit flavours, with herbaceous undertones and a long crisp finish. |
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100% Estate grown this is an exceptional example of a cool climate Sauvignon Blanc. Fresh, full of varietal fruit character - hints of passionfruit and asparagus, just-right acid on the middle and back palates and a clean, crisp finish. |
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A nicely balanced wine; combining fruit character, a hint of sweetness and a clean, dry finish. Undoubtedly a great Summer time drink and versatile when matching with food, particularly seafoods and salads. |
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The Jim Jim Riesling is called ‘RS Fifty’ in reference to the level of residual sugar - 50 grams per litre. Lively, refreshing and juicy this wine is steely and crisp yet simultaneously luscious and textural. |
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Rock Shiraz blend is a wine designed for today’s palate - full flavoured but a little lighter in weight than many Shiraz based blends. A delicious combination of Shiraz, Grenache, Mourvèdre and Pinot Noir. |
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A lifted bouquet of cassis and aniseed precedes a palate of sweet winter fruits, blood plums and blackberries. The palate is long and fleshed out. Good acid structure and chalky tannins complete this delicious package. |
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Rich plum in colour with vibrant and uplifted berry aromas, hints of chocolate and all spice. A delicious palate with a soft, rounded texture and robust tannins. |
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A non-vintage blend of Pinot Noir base wines from the Jim Jim vineyard. Salmon pink, delicate in flavour, dry finishing and an ideal aperitif wine. Serve well chilled.
TROPHY - 'Best Sparkling Wine' 2008 Macedon Ranges Wine Exhibition
TROPHY - 2008 'Best Sparkling Wine'
2008 Federation Square Victorian Wineries Showcase |
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A Selection of 3 HRW Premium white wines in a stylish Wooden presentation box:
- 2008 Jim Jim Sauvignon Blanc
- 2007 Tarzali Riesling
- 2006 Poppet Head Chardonnay
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Heathcote Wine Region, in Central Victoria, has a rapidly growing reputation as a great place to grow Shiraz.
The region features a deep strip of rare, red Cambrian soil with excellent moisture retention characteristics, that virtually eliminates the need for irrigation. It is this red soil that gives Heathcote Shiraz its distinctive character.
The combination of low rainfall, hot summers and the red Cambrian soil creates a challenging environment in which the Shiraz vines thrive, albeit producing low yields and small berries with intense flavours.
One of the impressive features of these wines is their ability to age gracefully. The Hanging Rock Winery Heathcote Shiraz is testament to this. These wines are designed to age, the main focus in the winemaking onset is based around structure of tannin and acid. This along with great strength in fruit and oak stands the wine in great stead for many years to come. It is for this reason that we have matured this wine on your behalf.
In wine producers’ parlance ‘Reserve’ typically means a quantity of wine set aside for special or additional treatment at the hands of the winemaking team. This extra time/effort/cost is, obviously enough, reserved for batches of wine of such quality that the investment of resources is justified. |
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Heathcote Wine Region, in Central Victoria, has a rapidly growing reputation as a great place to grow Shiraz.
The region features a deep strip of rare, ancient, red Cambrian soil with excellent moisture retention characteristic virtually eliminating the need for irrigation. It is this red soil that gives Heathcote Shiraz its distinctive character.
The combination of low rainfall, hot summers and the red Cambrian soil creates a challenging environment in which the Shiraz vines thrive, albeit producing low yields and small berries with intense flavours.
The 2003 won Four Gold Medals; at the 2006 Royal Melbourne Wine Show, the Korea International Wine Challenge, Top Gold at the 2006 Royal Hobert Show, and Top Gold at the Federation Square Heathcote Region Showcase.
Halliday's 2007 Wine Companion 5 Stars - 95 Points - "Glorious colour; big. rich, condensed fruit and ample tannins; floods the mouth with flavour. |
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Australia's Equal Top Ranked Sparkling - 96 Points - in James Halliday's 2007 Wine Companion (equal Top with our Macedon LD Late Disgorged Cuvée VI - also 96 points).
Macedon XII - Our twelth release is a blend of Vintages: 2001(39%); 2000 (18%); 2003 (18%); 1999 back to 1987 inclusive. All components were aged on lees in old French oak barriques for at least two years before blending and tirage. The result is a base wine of immense complexity and creamy softness.
The blend is approximately 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay, and the Pinot comprises three distinct clones that each have an important impact on the final balance of the wine. To ensure consistency, each year we bottle only half of the initail blend, the balance being stored, again on yeast lees, until the preparation of the next blend. |
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Great Hanging Rock wines featuring Eliza Park labels in a deluxe twin gift pack.
Twin Pack 'B' - one bottle each of:
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Macedon NV Brut Rosé NV
'Macedon' Rosé is salmon pink, delicate in flavour, dry finishing and an ideal aperitif wine. Serve well chilled.
TROPHY - 'Best Sparkling Wine' 2008 Macedon Ranges Wine Exhibition
TROPHY - 2008 'Best Sparkling Wine'
Federation Square Victorian Wineries Showcase |
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Great Hanging Rock wines featuring Eliza Park labels available in deluxe twin gift packs or dozens.
Twin Pack 'A' - one bottle each of -
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2008 Semillon Sauvignon Blanc
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2005 Shiraz, Grenache, Mourvedre & Pinot Noir
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A Selection of 3 Premium Hanging Rock red wines in a stylish Wooden presentation box:
- 2005 Cambrian Rise Shiraz
- 2004 Gralaine Merlot
- 2006 Kilfara Pinot Noir
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Rock Chardonnay is a wine designed for today’s palate - full-flavoured, but fresh and light. Un-oaked, it is made with carefully chosen fruit from our growers in various regions of Victoria. |
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This classic Australian Riesling is crisp and dry and distinctive in style. Lemon & citrus tones are prevalent, along with a buttery texture, a fantastic acid back bone, and a long finish. |
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Soft, smooth plum-fruit characters so typically Merlot, are enhanced in the company of Cabernet Franc which gives the palate a lifted fragrance and an edge to the finish. A truly wonderful food wine. |
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Packed with juicy melon flavours and restrained oak character this Chardonnay is a great all-rounder which can be matched with just about anything! |
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Australia's Equal Top Ranked Sparkling - 96 Points - in James Halliday's 2007 Wine Companion (equal Top with our Macedon LD Late Disgorged Cuvée VI - also 96 points).
Macedon XII - Our twelth release is a blend of Vintages: 2001(39%); 2000 (18%); 2003 (18%); 1999 back to 1987 inclusive. All components were aged on lees in old French oak barriques for at least two years before blending and tirage. The result is a base wine of immense complexity and creamy softness.
The blend is approximately 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay, and the Pinot comprises three distinct clones that each have an important impact on the final balance of the wine. To ensure consistency, each year we bottle only half of the initail blend, the balance being stored, again on yeast lees, until the preparation of the next blend. |
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The 2001 Heathcote Shiraz is the fifth release from our ‘Athols Paddock’ vineyard and the second release under the Heathcote Shiraz Reserve black label. This vintage continues the high standards of its predecessors, with which collected two Trophies and forty four Gold Medals. Hanging Rock Winery Heathcote Shiraz is testament to this. |
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100% Estate grown this is an exceptional example of a cool climate Sauvignon Blanc. Fresh, full of varietal fruit character - hints of passionfruit and asparagus, just-right acid on the middle and back palates and a clean, crisp finish. |
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Macedon LD is our deluxe, no expense spared, top of the range sparkling wine. Hanging Rock winemaker John Ellis discusses the evolution of Macedon LD, "We had noted Bollinger’s achievements with their ‘RD’ product and our early experience with ‘Macedon’ led us to believe that we could match them in the style of sparkling we love best. James Halliday reviewing the LD Cuvée VI clearly agrees with us."
The price is simply a reflection of the amount of time, effort and care that goes into making a wine like this. The wine has spent nine years on yeast lees, building an incredible depth of complexity and richness.
Our first LD release, Macedon LD Cuvée VI was Australia's Equal Top Ranked Sparkling - 96 points in James Halliday's 2007 Wine Companion (equal Top with our Macedon Cuvée XI - 96 points). |
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The Jim Jim Riesling is called ‘RS Fifty’ in reference to the level of residual sugar - 50 grams per litre. Lively, refreshing and juicy this wine is steely and crisp yet simultaneously luscious and textural. |
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Heathcote Wine Region, in Central Victoria, has a rapidly growing reputation as a great place to grow Shiraz. The region features a deep strip of rare, ancient, red Cambrian soil with excellent moisture retention characteristic virtually eliminating the need for irrigation. It is this red soil that gives Heathcote Shiraz its distinctive character.
The combination of low rainfall, hot summers and the red Cambrian soil creates a challenging environment in which the Shiraz vines thrive, albeit producing low yields and small berries with intense flavours.
The 2003 won Four Gold Medals; at the 2006 Royal Melbourne Wine Show, the Korea International Wine Challenge, Top Gold at the 2006 Royal Hobert Show, and Top Gold at the Federation Square Heathcote Region Showcase.
Halliday's 2007 Wine Companion 5 Stars - 95 Points - "Glorious colour; big. rich, condensed fruit and ample tannins; floods the mouth with flavour. |
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This classic Australian Riesling is crisp and dry and distinctive in style. Lemon & citrus tones are prevalent, along with a buttery texture, a fantastic acid back bone, and a long finish. |
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'Macedon' Rosé is salmon pink, delicate in flavour, dry finishing and an ideal aperitif wine. Serve well chilled.
TROPHY - 'Best Sparkling Wine' 2008 Macedon Ranges Wine Exhibition
TROPHY - 2008 'Best Sparkling Wine'
Federation Square Victorian Wineries Showcase
Halliday's 2007 Wine Companion - 92 Points - "Pale pink; a totally seductive rosé style; strawberry fruit and perfect acidity/dosage. Estate grown Pinot Noir." |
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Affectionately dubbed ‘Son of Heathcote’ by our winemaking team, Cambrian Rise is a fine example of Heathcote Shiraz. Our long involvement with the Heathcote region (since 1987) brings a thorough understanding of the way it behaves in differing vintage conditions, as well as the micro-climatic variations that naturally occur in this north-south aligned region. |
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In what we believe is a sparkling wine world exclusive offer - Hanging Rock Wine Club members have the opportunity to ‘create’ their own sparkling Macedon; tailor-made to order!
As if Macedon wasn’t good enough already, your tailor made Macedon can be improved through On-Lees ageing, before it’s disgorged and packaged ready for delivery to you. |
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Packed with juicy melon flavours and restrained oak character this Chardonnay is a great all-rounder which can be matched with just about anything! |
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Kilfara Pinot Noir is made using traditional methods, and fruit from cool Victorian vineyards. This year, the grapes are from the Norris vineyard at Faraday in the Bendigo region, the Macedon Ranges and other small central Victorian vineyards. A medium bodied wine with intense varietal character and excellent palate structure. Tannins are soft and round but clearly evident. |
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This French variety is made in a traditional style: rich and full bodied, with a smooth, rounded texture. The nose and palate are distinctively varietal, showing flavours such as honeysuckle and blossom with a hint of almonds. |
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Rock Chardonnay is a wine designed for today’s palate - full-flavoured, but fresh and light. Un-oaked, it is made with carefully chosen fruit from our growers in various regions of Victoria. |
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Soft, smooth plum-fruit characters so typically Merlot, are enhanced in the company of Cabernet Franc which gives the palate a lifted fragrance and an edge to the finish. A truly wonderful food wine. |
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Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc are a happy combination. Fresh, fruity and crisp. This delightful wine has lychee and passionfruit flavours, with herbaceous undertones and a long crisp finish. |
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Our Super Premium Reds offer excellent value for money. Superbly crafted by Winemaker John Ellis, these reds will impress! Prove it for yourself with this attractively priced 6 pack and SAVE $42 on the RRP!
The pack comprises 2 bottles each of -
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It’s sweet, but not too sweet.
It’s Succulent, it’s Seductive, it’s ‘S’ our dessert wine. |
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The Hanging Rock Winery sources grapes from many parts of Victoria and southern New South Wales. Many of the vineyards are in areas that were the focus of the gold rush of the mid to late 19th century. ‘Rich Reef’ refers to the quartz reefs which were used to track gold deposits in mines. |
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This lively, crisp, refreshing wine shows characters of gooseberries, lychees, snow peas with a touch of asparagus and stinging nettle.
This wine is very food friendly - terrific for appetisers, veggie dishes, fragrant salads - like Greek or Caesar, Thai food & Sushi. |
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An elegant style Cabernet Merlot with a complex nose and palate, and a firm dry finish. A great match with food, particularly richer, full-flavoured dishes. |
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Fresh lemon, lime and tropical fruit characters sweet fruit flavours that persist - but not from residual sugar.
A truly varietal wine that drinks well on its own and also matches well with a wide range of food styles and particularly spicy Asian-influenced dishes. |
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A lovely, round, silky textured wine. Sweet apricot and lime characteristics typical of the variety shine through. The wine is very well structured and has an exceptionally long lush finish.
The lush richness of the wine makes it perfect with full flavoured food including spicy Thai, soft cheeses, pâté and even light desserts. |
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Rock Shiraz blend is a wine designed for today’s palate - full flavoured but a little lighter in weight than many Shiraz based blends.
It’s made with style, from approximately 60% Shiraz, blended with approximately 15% of Grenache, 14% Mourvèdre and 11% Pinot Noir. |
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Rock Merlot has soft spicy aromas on the nose and the palate offers fleshy, ripe cherry/plum flavours with just a hint of sweet spice. |
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Petit Noir is light, bright and very lightly sparkling. It’s floral and fun with strawberry and cherry flavours. Designed to be the perfect summer drink, it should be served chilled.
Ideal to drink on the verandah with snacks or with Japanese or light spicy foods such as Thai. |
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This lovely textured, full-flavored wine has balanced fruit character, acid and subtle tannin dryness, all persisting through a long, lingering finish.
This is a food lovers wine, perfect with full flavoured and robust meat based dishes.
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