2022 Henschke Riesling Peggy's Hill Eden Valley 750 ml

The 2022 Henschke Peggy's Hill Riesling emerges from Eden Valley's hallowed ground as a brilliant expression of why this region has become the high-altitude sanctuary for Australia’s signature white grape. Fifth-generation winemaker Stephen Henschke continues a legacy that dates back to 1868, when Johann Christian Henschke planted his first vineyard in the rolling hills of South Australia.

Eden Valley, situated within the Barossa Range at elevations between 400-550 meters, has established itself as Australia's premier cool-climate Riesling territory. The region's ancient soils—primarily weathered sandstone, quartzite, and slate—impart a distinctive mineral signature that has become the calling card of these world-class wines.

The Henschke family's connection to Eden Valley spans generations, with pioneering work that helped establish the region's reputation for exceptional Riesling. Peggy's Hill, named after a hill that’s a local landmark, exemplifies the family's commitment to crafting the pinnacle of the region. It’s vinified entirely in stainless steel to preserve its bright character and bottled early to preserve its fruit and ageworthy intensity.

The 2022 vintage started out tough for Henschke, as hail during the early spring growing season decimated the young plants and cut the yields for the vintage. But by the time things wrapped up, Eden Valley benefited from cool, even ripening conditions, allowing for perfect phenolic development while maintaining the bracing acidity that defines this world-class, bone-dry Riesling. The result is an exceptional vintage of Peggy’s.

Drinking beautifully now for its youthful exuberance, the 2022 Peggy's Hill possesses the structure and concentration to evolve gracefully for another 15 years, softening and displaying the complexity that marks aged Riesling as one of wine's great transformations.