864 Henk Aqueduct Pinot Noir 2021
Wine Details
Region Yarra Valley
State Victoria
Wine Type Red Wine
Variety Type Pinot Noir
Alcohol Percentage 13.4%
Product Reviews (3)
The Real Review - 98pts
“Good depth of colour with a bright tint of purple in the meniscus; the bouquet is charming and complex, multi-layered and arresting, leading with fivespice and smoky bacon, a background of sotto voce fruits and flowers. The flavour is likewise multi-faceted and absorbing in its detail. Medium-full bodied and very satisfying, the balance and precision of the palate structure are notable, as is the purity of its line. An outstanding pinot, refined and long, with a super-seductive texture. It’s a fraction more powerful and more detailed than the regular Henk. (Aqueduct Block, Henk Vineyard, Woori Yallock at 225m altitude. 20% whole bunches. MV6 clone)” – Huon Hooke
Wine Reviewer - 96pts
“I don’t often make comparison between Australian Pinot Noir and Burgundy as the objective shouldn’t be to recreate Burgundy on the other side of the world. There is a reason that people want to emulate burgundy as the best wines are breathtaking; the reason for this monologue is this wine reminds me of quality Vosne-Romanee with its floral spiced notes, but an incredible underlying structure. The nose gives a mix of red and black cherry that are floral and framed with undergrowth and background spices. The palate is supple and flows with cherry fruit before tannins take on earth and autumnal spice; there is such a moreishness to this wine with an impressively long finish that has piercingly pure yet expansive cherry fruit wrapped with understated spice and a savoury textural pull.” – Patrick Eckel
The Wine Front - 95+pts
“This delivers. It’s good from the start, from the first whiff, but it’s the fanfare of the finish that really seals it. It’s a medium intensity release with a ton of both spread and run. Undergrowth, red cherry, pippy strawberry and assorted florals and spices. It’s lifted and attractive, earthen and broody, tight and long at once; and it carries all those contradictions in its stride. Now or later this dude will abide.” – Campbell Mattinson
