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Henschke Mount Edelstone 1979:

Color: Dark ruby with a little orange edge

Nose : Show's a dominant bloody bouquet with nougat, dried herbs, liqueur, orange, mineral

Palate: A middle body with a little scrap of tannin, blood, nougat, cough lolly,

I think can be stored in the cellar until 2010.

89 Points

Henschke Mount Edelstone 1983:

Color: Dark ruby with a little orange edge

Nose : Show's a animal bouquet with leather, horse and Brett, espresso, cranberries, little greenery

Palate: A middle body with melted tannin, leather, orange, haws, espresso, little mineral

I think can be stored in the cellar until 2010.

90 Points

Henschke Mount Edelstone 1984:

Color: Dark ruby with a little red-brick edge

Nose : Show's a curious bouquet with a lot of Maggi, vegetable stock, dried herbs, medicine, chocolate

Palate: A middle body with a scrap of tannin, blackberry, vegetable stock, dried herbs

Now to drink up

85 Points

Henschke Mount Edelstone 1985:

Color: Dark ruby with a little orange edge

Nose : Show's a bouquet with Brett, leather, horse, smoke, little red berry

Palate: A middle body with a scrap of tannin, blackberry, haws, little mineral

Now to drink up

86 Points

Henschke Mount Edelstone 1986:

Color: Dark ruby with a little orange edge

Nose : Show's a bouquet with Brett, leather, horse, smoke, mineral, spices, bacon, toast, espresso, very complex

Palate: A full body with great tannin, blackberry, espresso, little mineral

I think can be stored in the cellar until 2012

92 Points

Henschke Mount Edelstone 1987:

Color: Dark red-brick with a orange edge

Nose : Show's a bouquet with blackberries, haws, blood, smoke, a little mineral, espresso

Palate: A middle body with a scrap of tannin, blackberry, espresso, haws

Now to drink up

84 Points

Henschke Mount Edelstone 1989:

Color: Dark red-brick with a orange and little brown edge

Nose : Show's a bouquet with vegetable stock, blackberries

Palate: A middle body with a scrap of tannin, blackberry, chocolate, a hint of Brett

I think can be stored in the cellar until 2008.

87 Points

Not sure about this bottle, maybe heat damage.

Henschke Mount Edelstone 1990:

Color: Dark Black with a orange edge

Nose : Show's a bouquet with blackberries, hazel-nut, acid cucumber pot,
Think this is the first time with american oak,

Palate: A full body with a lot of tannin, blackberry, mineral, a lot of fruit

I think can be stored in the cellar until 2012+.

94 Points

Henschke Mount Edelstone 1991:

Color: Dark Black with a orange edge

Nose : Show's a bouquet with adhesive plaster, iodine, coffee, bacon, haws,

Palate: A middle to full body with mineral tannin, blackberry, espresso,

I think can be stored in the cellar until 2015.

92 Points

Henschke Mount Edelstone 1992:

Color: Dark ruby with a orange edge

Nose : Show's a bouquet with blackberries, espresso, a little moss, mineral,

Palate: A middle to full body with mineral tannin, blackberry, espresso, liquorice, mineral

I think can be stored in the cellar until 2020.

94 Points

Henschke Mount Edelstone 1993:

Color: Dark ruby with a orange edge

Nose : Show's a bouquet with tar, liquorice, vanilla, butter, blooms, blackberries, rosemary, gum

Palate: A full body with sweet tannin, espresso, liquorice, mineral, malt,

I think can be stored in the cellar until 2030.

96 Points

Henschke Mount Edelstone 1994:

Color: Dark black ruby with a orange edge

Nose : Show's a complex bouquet with tar, liquorice, vanilla, butter, blooms, blackberries, rosemary, gum, dried herbs, mineral

Palate: A full body with sweet tannin, espresso, liquorice, mineral, coffee,

I think can be stored in the cellar until 2030.

98 Points

I love the '94 Mt.E. The recent vintages were mediocre effort at best. Doubt Mr.Henschke can pull another one out of the bag?
Heard some positives on the 2001, for those who tried..how do u rate it?

gheiland,

Thanks a bunch for those tasting notes. I'm really keen to try some of the older Edelstones and based on your notes, I'll chase down a bottle of the '86, '90, '93 and '94 Mt Edelstones. I'll be doing a vertical tasting in June up to current release - which will be '02 by then. We'll have '98-'02 and hopefully an '86, '90 and '94 at the very least.

I had a squiz on Langtons and prices are reasonable as far as I'm concerned. However, nothing beyond '93 for current auction. Any thoughts on where I could pick up some older vintages, besides my Dad's cellar?

Cheers,

Chow Chow wrote:I love the '94 Mt.E. The recent vintages were mediocre effort at best. Doubt Mr.Henschke can pull another one out of the bag?
Heard some positives on the 2001, for those who tried..how do u rate it?

Chow chow,

I've tried the '01 Edelstone and enjoyed it immensely - definitely my style of wine. However, I haven't tried any of the previous vintages that had issues raised by the public (including forum members) over brett. I have a '98 HoG sitting in a cellar back in Brisbane so fingers crossed there are no issues when I crack it open in twenty five years.

Max,

maybe you can find some older ME at www.oddbins.com.au or www.wickman.net

Gregor

Maximus wrote:gheiland,

I had a squiz on Langtons and prices are reasonable as far as I'm concerned. However, nothing beyond '93 for current auction. Any thoughts on where I could pick up some older vintages, besides my Dad's cellar?

Cheers,

Tip for young players: auctions are like buses - there's another one along in a minute. If you're subscribing to Langtons, you can probably assemble the world's largest cellar of MtE inside 6 months. Just wait an auction or two - everything you need will come along - especially recent vintages...

cheers,
Graeme

Gregor

Thanks for the notes.

The 50th Anniversary for Mt Edelstone is not far away. Hoping the 02 is suitably impressive for the occassion.

For all ye of little faith- my Barossa scuttlebutt tells me Mt Ed 02 is a goody!

Graeme

I think a 95pt Parker rating for the 01 Mt Ed stopped contemporary vintages being seriously dumped at auction. A good 02 will put the train back on the tracks.

Gregor,

I have tried most of these vintages and would probably have scored the opposite - ie some of the older ones would have scored higher than the younger ones. I for one wasn't overly enamoured with the 92 or 93, yet thought the 86 was stupendous. If you get a chance, the 82 is superb drinking at the moment.

Sounds like a great tasting.

Cheers

Mike

That was me ....

Mike,

was a very great tasting. So i search for a 82

Gregor