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2012 Elephant Hill Rania
The Icons

2020
Elephant Hill
Hieronymus

$125.00

10% Case Discount (12 bottles or more, any mix)
Discount automatically applied at checkout
Flat $10 shipping nationwide (New Zealand)

The Icon range represents the pinnacle of Elephant Hill’s winemaking.

Hand crafted in small batches, in low volumes, from a selection of only the best grapes, from the best vineyard blocks and aged in the best quality French barrels. These special wines are for collecting and cellaring and will age well in bottle for many years

Hieronymus is a Bordeaux style red blend named after another notable family ancestor Hieronymus Ebner von Eschenbach, who was Lord Mayor of Nuremberg 1514-1524.

Technical information:

100% Stone  (Gimblett Gravels)
39% Cab Sauvignon 38% Merlot, 23% Cab Franc, handpicked
Inoculated & natural primary ferment, natural malolactic
24 mths barrel, 54% new
251 cs produced

 

Reviews & Accolades:

‘Bordeaux lovers will adore this commanding (wine)’
Joelle Thomson

‘A glorious rendition…gorgeously scented…powerfully concentrated’
Sam Kim

97 points - Candice Chow
95 points - Bob Campbell MW
18.5 points  - Joelle Thomson
98 points – Sam Kim
98 points – Cameron Douglas MS
5 stars – Michael Cooper