Jasper Hill Emily's Paddock Shiraz Cabernet Franc 1994

Jasper Hill Emily's Paddock Shiraz Cabernet Franc 1994Jasper Hill, founded by Ron and Elva Laughton in 1975, is a Heathcote institution. The iconic Emily's Paddock Shiraz Cabernet Franc, named after their daughter Emily, hails from a 3 hectare block planted in 1975 primarily to Shiraz with around five percent planted to Cabernet Franc. The vineyard is located on the famous Cambrian soils that are over 500 million years old. The first vintage of Emily's Paddock produced was 1982. "Intense dark chocolate,

Very smart chardonnay

Production grew in leaps and bounds over the ensuing years and by 1901 had reached 360

Specially constructed effluent ponds screen out the solid waste and aerate the wastewater so that it can be used to irrigate the vineyard

perfect for hand harvesting

As the soils are old and weathered the vines are naturally low yielding averaging less than 2tn per acre in an normal year

beautifully articulating the terroir and its 104-year-old vines through notes of black pepper

a touch of silkiness – indeed a very classy and elegantly structured red with lingering liquorice and dark chocolate on the finish

precise and vibrant

The wine owes its complexity to the slow ripening of the grapes

Penfolds and Seppeltsfield

a bit of liquorice root and potpourri

located near the small village of Moonambel in the heart of the Pyrenees region of western Victoria