Helen’s Hill
5 Stars - James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2011-2012
Coldstream, Yarra Valley, Victoria
helenshill.com.au
The Helen’s Hill wine range holds the spirit of those who have gone before us. It celebrates passion, persistence and the genuine connection between people and land.
Each wine is hand crafted and under goes an arduous selection process before it makes it into a Helen’s Hill bottle. As we know, great wine is made in the vineyard and as such only small select parcels of fruit from certain rows of our single vineyard site are hand picked at harvest. Each wine is fermented in select French oak barrels under the watchful eye of winemaker Scott McCarthy. Prior to bottling each barrel is tasted and ranked with only the best barrels being selected for the Helen’s Hill range of wines.
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Helen’s Hill
5 star winery
James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2011-2012
Helen’s Hill Fumé Blanc ‘Evolution’ Sauvignon Blanc
One of the ‘Best of the Best by variety’ and 94/100 points (2007 vintage)
“The Full winemaking Monty, wholly wild yeast barrel-fermented in seasoned French oak barriques followed by 18 months’ maturation on lees. It has worked a treat, the tropical fruit still there to be seen and still fresh, but given texture by the oak handling…”
James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2011
Helen’s Hill Chardonnay
94/100 points, 5 glasses, ‘Special Value’(2009 vintage)
James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2012
94/100 points (2009 vintage)
(…) Smoky flinty notes over nectarine, citrus and melon. No obvious oak influence other than a subtle almond and cinnamon spice flavour. Light crisp palate with very fine acidity – particularly good acidity, in fact, carrying excellent flavour for such a lightweight wine. (…) A wine of subtlety and finesse.”
Gary Walsh, The Wine Front, August 2011
94/100 points (2008 vintage)
“Bright straw-green; a fine and delicate wine that delivers the length and flavour typical of the Yarra at its best, with persistent citrus and white peach flavours, good acidity and subtle oak. Smart new label design.”
James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2011
Highly Recommended (2008 vintage)
“This is a perfectly poised chardonnay. The vibrant white peach combines beautifully with the toasted cashew aromas and flavours. Very lively and long with a lovely acid finish.”
Winewise
Silver medal (2008 vintage) - Royal Melbourne Wine Show 2009
94/100 points (2006 vintage)
“Vibrant colour; good concentration of varietal chardonnay fruit and fine oak. Good weight and texture with a long even finish. Very well-made wine.”
James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2009
Helen’s Hill Pinot Noir
93/100 points (2008 vintage)
“(…) Raspberry, red cherry with good creamy spicy oak and a little undergrowth and fragrant herb. It’s medium weight with good flow and length, light, faintly raspy tannins and a little sap and bitter stalk tweaking the finish. There’s a sort of cranberry freshness about it, although nothing quite so tart or abrasive. Lovely to drink. (…)”
Gary Walsh, The Wine Front, July 2010
Helen’s Hill Syrah
93/100 points (2006 vintage)
“A cool-climate shiraz profile with spice and pepper, but also showing fully ripe fruit in a lush black fruit and licorice spectrum; good tannin and oak management.”
James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2009
Helen’s Hill Cabernets
90+/100 points (2008 vintage)
“This is a Yarra Valley blend of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc, malbec and petit verdot. It’s an attractive sort. Characterised by olive, game and truffle flavour. Built on a foundation of blackcurrant. And finished with notes of dried herbs and earth. It has good weight of flavour without being excessive. And a dry, drying finish. It’s the kind of wine that could really be something given time to mellow and mature. Drink : 2014 – 2020.”
Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front, www.winefront.com.au, July 2011
