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2012 Elephant Hill Rania

2021
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)
50% Cab Sauvignon 42% Merlot, 8% Cab Franc, handpicked
Natural primary fermentation
22 months aged in French barrel, 50% new
294 cases produced

 

Reviews & Accolades:

"Impressive and captivating, the bouquet is filled with blackcurrant, tobacco, game, toasted spice and cedary oak aromas. The palate exhibits awesome weight and depth, superbly complemented by rich fruit intensity with savoury complexity."
Sam Kim

98 points - Candice Chow
98 points – Sam Kim
97 points – Cameron Douglas MS
97 points – Sammy Wilkinson
94 points - Bob Campbell MW
94 points – Huon Hooke
93 points – Andrew Jefford
94 points - Stephen Wong MW

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